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Dr Sebastian Potthoff

Assistant Professor

Department: Social Work, Education and Community Wellbeing

Dr Sebastian Potthoff is a Chartered Health Psychologist and Assistant Professor at ϲ whose research focuses on the intersection betweenԻ. He has a wealth of expertise in supporting the implementation of service innovations into health and social care practice.

He is recognised internationally as an expert in the and has published numerous and , exploring how the concept of ‘habit’ can be drawn on to understand and change the clinical behaviours of practitioners translating research into practice.

Currently, his work focuses on developing practical tools (e.g. and ) to make theory more ‘usable’ for non-academic users who are implementing service innovations. He also leads research to furtheradvance methods and toolsto support comprehensive approaches to in implementation research and practice.

Sebastian co-leads the Innovation and Implementation Research group at ϲ. He is a Head Editor of the , a Director at , and a Training Lead for the of the NIHR Applied Research Collaborative North East and North Cumbria.

Sebastian Potthoff

Campus Address

Room MBA012, Coach Lane Campus West,
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Newcastle upon Tyne
NE7 7XA

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  • in implementation science
  • Healthcare professional behaviour change with a focus onԻ
  • and Behavioural Medicine
  • of interventions alongside trials

Leah Bührmann Co-development of an implementation tool for knowledge mobilisers and implementers in the integrated health and social care system across the North East and North Cumbria Start Date: 01/05/2021

Sebastian has experience in supervising PhD and MD students in a broad range of topics in applied health research. Currently he is supervising two PhD students.

Current postgraduate supervision:

Leah Buhrmann -Translating research evidence into health and social care policy and practice: using best practice across an integrated health and social care system (North East and North Cumbria ARC) to co-develop and evaluate tools for knowledge mobilisers and implementers

Claire Leader -How does the discourse of National Governmental policy influence social practices around the management of wellbeing of Nurses and Midwives working in the National Health Service?

Michealla Lincoln -How can university training and clinical supervision support low intensity practitioners to competently and confidently deliver and embed a Parent-led Cognitive Behavioural Therapy intervention and improve outcomes for children, young people, and families: a mixed methods study.

  • Education Certificate January 12 2021
  • Psychology PhD November 24 2017
  • Psychology MRes January 09 2013
  • Psychology BA August 31 2010
  • Stage 2 Qualification in Health Psychology, British Psychological Society CPsychol 2015


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