Prof David French PhD CPsychol FEHPS
Chair in Health Psychology
Research interests
Current external research funding
- S Lamb, D Altman, N Arden, K Barker, J Bruce, G Collins, J Fairbanks, J Fitch, DP French, F Griffiths, Z Hansen, C Hutchinson, C Mallen, S Petrou & E Williamson. Better outcomes for older people with spinal trouble (BOOST). NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research (Apr 2015 to Dec 2021) £1 999 934.
- A Farmer, DP French, D Hughes, L Locock, L Tarassenko, LM Yu, P Bower, R Horne, V Williams, J Mc Sharry, C Velardo, B Shields, R Rea, B Gudgin, & P Van Den Berg. Supporting people with type 2 diabetes in effective use of their medicine through a system comprising mobile health technology integrated with clinical care. NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research (Apr 2017-Dec 2022) £2 580 075.
- M Sutton, P Bower, T Chandola, W Whittaker, C Sanders, P Wilson, D French, S Cotterill, D Reeves, E Kontopatelis, R Meacock. Evaluating the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP): the DIPLOMA research programme (Diabetes Prevention – Long term Multimethod Assessment). NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research (Apr 2017 to Sept 2022). £ £2,052,127.
- I Bruce, and others including (Cancer Prevention and Early Detection theme) DG Evans, A Renehan, E Woodward, M Harvie, E Crosbie, S Howell, T Howell, H Kitchener, J Yorke, DP French, M Humphries, K Muir, W Newman, M Smith, S Astley, T Maxwell, & A Lophatananon. Manchester Biomedical Research Centre. NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (Apr 2017 to Oct 2022).£28 500 000.
- A Slatcher, and others including (Manchester) J Rothwell, AJ Barker, S Lindley, DP French, & J Anderson. GROW GREEN: Green cities for climate and water resilience, sustainable economic growth, healthy citizens and environments. European Commission Horizon 2020 (Jun 2017 to Sept 2022) €11 224 058.
- DG Evans (CoPI), DP French (CoPI), A Maxwell, F Ulph, M Harvie, R Dobrashian, S Astley, J Kokan, F Harrison, A Howell, J Cuzick, K Payne, N Qureshi, SW Duffy, T van Staa. Providing breast cancer risk information as part of national breast cancer screening programme: building an evidence base on benefits and harms to inform a decision to implement (PROCAS2). NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research (Aug 2017 to Jun 2022). £962 475.
- S Delaloge and others including (Manchester) DG Evans, DP French, A Maxwell, S Astley & A Howell. MyPeBS (My Personal Breast Screening): Randomized Comparison Of Risk-Stratified versus Standard Breast Cancer Screening In European Women Aged 40-70. European Commission Horizon 2020 (Jan 2018 to Dec 2025). €12,361,858.
- DP French, DG Evans, K Payne, F Ulph, T van Staa, & T Howell. How feasible and acceptable is it to recommend to women at low risk of breast cancer that they delay further screening? Breast Cancer Now (Oct 2018 to Feb 2022). £291 153.
- N Cullum, B Bridgewater, N Pendleton, N Peek, K Lovell, D Hodgson, P Bower, P Wilson, M Sutton, P Bee, R Webb, S Bucci, P Chitsabesan, J Green, K Abel, L Cree, L Walker, C Todd, S Burden, A Burns, G Grande, J Keady, E Stanmore, T O’Neill, M Morciano, L Anselm, J Dumville, YS Lau, R Meacock, L Munford, J Stokes, A Turner, S Turner, D Dowding, J Ainsworth, W Dixon, S van der Veer, K Checkland, W Whittaker, P Nelson, F Bradley, S Spooner, C Robinson, K Walshe, E Schafheutle, A McBride, R Kislov, D French, C Armitage, J Yorke, J Lavallee, C Sharp, E Kontopantelis, C Sanders. NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester. NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (Oct 2019 to Sept 2024). £8,999,722.
- M Sutton, P Bower, D French, S Cotterill, E Murray, J Ross, D Reeves, E Kontopantelis, & R Meacock. Evaluating the NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme (NHS DPP): the DIPLOMA research programme (Diabetes Prevention – Long term Multimethod Assessment) – variation to contract to examine Digital NHS DPP. NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research (Feb 2020 to Sept 2022). £789,228.
- S Cotterill, P Bower, D French, E Kontopantelis, R Elliott, P Wilson, B McMillan, M Rutter, C Sanders, & S Giles. Healthy Living Diabetes - Long-term Independent National Evaluation (HEDLINE). NIHR Policy Research Programme (May 2020 to Sept 2023). £750,000.
- T Bannan, J Anderson, J Evans, D French, D Topping, & S Cotterill. Development of land at Brent Cross, London: Co-development of a flourishing index and collection and management of baseline data. BXS GP Limited (Jan 2021 to Dec 2021). £52, 988.
- DG Evans, S Howell, A Antoniou, M Widschwendter, D Easton, S Astley, S Wright, K Payne, J Usher-Smith, DP French, & N Peek. A case control study of women aged 30-39 to augment breast cancer risk prediction and assess acceptability and preference of systematic risk prediction approach through primary care. Cancer Research UK (ACED: International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection) (Sept 2021 to Aug 2024). £528,154.
- C Faivre-Finn, G Price, S Devaney, S Hølm, E Kontopantelis, T van Staa, A McWilliam, K Payne, DP French, C Sanders, N Proudlove, R Willans, S Parsons, L Hamrang, & B Turner. Using real world data and rapid learning to drive improvements in lung cancer survival. NIHR Programme Grant for Applied Research (Nov 2021 to Oct 2026). £2,376,526.
- YK Bartlett (CoPI), DP French (CoPI), A Farmer, M Harvie, & M Mistry. Developing evidence-based text messages to target diet and physical activity behaviour for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus. NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (Apr 2022 to Sept 2023). £150,574.
Current research interests
- Screening programmes: behavioural, emotional and implementation aspects
- Cancer prevention and early detection
- Interventions to change health-related behaviours (development and evaluation)
- Understanding maintenance of changes in behaviour
- Walking, including walking groups
- Medication adherence
- Developing interventions with reach
- Evaluations of built environment interventions
- The role of self-efficacy in changing behaviour
- Risk communication
- Measurement reactivity
Projects
Research and projects
Using real world data and rapid learning to drive improvements in lung cancer survival
Faivre-Finn, C., Devaney, S., French, D., Holm, S., Kontopantelis, E., Mcwilliam, A., Payne, K., Price, G., Proudlove, N., Sanders, C. & Van Staa, T.
1/11/21 → 31/10/26
Project: Research
InPAct - Increasing Patient Activation by encouraging and enhancing online records access in primary care
McMillan, B., Bower, P., French, D., Sanders, C. & Van Staa, T.
1/04/21 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
HeLP Diabetes - Long-term Independent National Evaluation (HED-LINE).
Cotterill, S., Bower, P., Elliott, R., French, D., Giles, S., Kontopantelis, E., McMillan, B., Rutter, M., Sanders, C. & Wilson, P.
1/10/20 → 29/02/24
Project: Research
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Greater Manchester.
Cullum, N., Abel, K., Ainsworth, J., Arden Armitage, C., Bee, P., Bower, P., Bucci, S., Burden, S., Burns, A., Checkland, K., Dixon, W., Dowding, D., Dumville, J., French, D., Grande, G., Green, J., Griffiths, J., Hodgson, D., Keady, J., Kislov, R., Kontopantelis, E., Lovell, K., Meacock, R., Morciano, M., Munford, L., O'Neill, T., Peek, N., Pendleton, N., Sanders, C., Spooner, S., Stanmore, E., Sutton, M., Todd, C., Turner, S., Van Der Veer, S., Webb, R., Whittaker, W. & Wilson, P.
1/10/19 → 30/09/24
Project: Research