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Rona Moss-Morris is Professor of Psychology as Applied to Medicine and Head of Health Psychology at King’s College London. She has been researching psychological factors that affect symptom experience and adjusting to chronic physical health conditions for the past 20 years. This research has been used to design cognitive behavioural interventions, including web-based interventions, for a range of patient groups. RCTs to test the clinical and cost effectiveness of these interventions form a key component of her current research. In 2015 she was awarded the British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology’s Outstanding Contribution to Research Award and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience Supervisory Excellence Award. Her work on Multiple Sclerosis (MS) was awarded the MS Society Annual Award for MS Research of the Year in 2013. She is a past editor of Psychology and Health, incoming editor of Health Psychology Review and was National Advisor to NHS England for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies for People with Long Term and Medically Unexplained conditions from 2011-2016.
Research interests
Models which help us conceptulise and treat conditions such as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and post concussion syndrome.
Understanding adjustment to chronic illness from both patient and family perspectives. Developing and evaluating self-management and CBT based interventions for people with chronic illnesses such as multiple sclerosis http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/depts/psychology/research/ResearchGroupings/healthpsych/research-group/MS.aspx
IBS http://www.kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/depts/psychology/research/ResearchGroupings/healthpsych/research-group/IBS.aspx and CFS.
Developing ways to measure people's perceptions and responses to their symptoms and illnesses. More details of the Illness Perception Questionnaire can be found here http://www.uib.no/ipq/
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Cognitive factors in the maintenance of chronic fatigue syndrome., University of Auckland
Award Date: 1 Jan 1998
Master of Science, Illness perceptions and coping in chronic fatigue syndrome. , University of Auckland
Award Date: 1 Jan 1994
Bachelor of Science, University of Cape Town
Award Date: 1 Jan 1984
External positions
NIHR Programme Grants sub-panel member, King's College London
Jan 2014 → …
Vice Chair of MS Society Grant Panel, Multiple Sclerosis Society
2010 → 2016
Registered Health Psychologist (HPC) registration number: PYLI8838, Health Professions Council
Jul 2009 → …
Chartered Psychologist (BPS) membership number: 220268, British Psychological Society
Apr 2007 → …
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A randomized controlled trial of a digital cognitive-behavioral therapy program (COMPASS) for managing depression and anxiety related to living with a long-term physical health condition
Picariello, F., Hulme, K., Seaton, N., Hudson, J., Norton, S., Wroe, A. & Moss-Morris, R., 1 Jun 2024, In: Psychological medicine. 54, 8, p. 1796-1809 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A real-world longitudinal study implementing digital screening and treatment for distress in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): The COMPASS-IBD study protocol
Jones, A., Harding, S., Seaton, N., Hudson, J., Duff, A., Wroe, A., Singh, H., Norton, S., Picariello, F. & Moss-Morris, R., 24 Aug 2024, In: CONTEMPORARY CLINICAL TRIALS. 145, 107658.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Clinical effectiveness of the psychological therapy Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy in addition to usual care compared with assessment-enhanced usual care alone: a multicentre, randomised controlled clinical trial in the UK
Bennett, S. D., Cross, J. H., Chowdhury, K., Ford, T., Heyman, I., Coughtrey, A. E., Dalrymple, E., Byford, S., Chorpita, B., Fonagy, P., Moss-Morris, R., Reilly, C., Smith, J. A., Stephenson, T., Varadkar, S., Blackstone, J., Quartly, H., Hughes, T., Lewins, A. & Moore, E. & 12 others, , 30 Mar 2024, In: The Lancet. 403, 10433, p. 1254-1266 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access12 Citations (Scopus) -
Clinical effectiveness of the psychological therapy Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy in addition to usual care compared with assessment-enhanced usual care alone: a multicentre, randomised controlled clinical trial in the UK
Bennett, S., Moss-Morris, R., Byford, S. & Ganguli, P., 8 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Lancet.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Correlates and predictors of symptom severity over time in people under investigation for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS)
Knoop, I., Jones, A. S. K., Gall, N., Norton, S., Pascoe, W. & Moss-Morris, R., 11 Nov 2024, In: Psychosomatic medicine. 86, 9, p. 800-809 10 p., 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001346.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
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MS-SM: Digital Health Therapeutics for Treating MS Symptoms
Brown, S. (Co-Investigator), Jones, A. (Co-Investigator), Moss-Morris, R. (Co-Investigator) & Norton, S. (Co-Investigator)
1/10/2024 → 31/03/2028
Project: Research
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Part of King: Anna Cartwright - Refining and optimising an online interpretation training intervention to reduce fear of cancer recurrence in people living beyond breast cancer
Hirsch, C. (Primary Investigator), Cartwright, A. (Co-Investigator) & Moss-Morris, R. (Co-Investigator)
1/10/2023 → 30/09/2026
Project: Research
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COMPASS-MS: Identifying and managing psychological distress in response to MS: Testing COMPASS-MS – a therapist supported digital treatment for managing distress in MS in routine care
Moss-Morris, R. (Co-Investigator) & Norton, S. (Co-Investigator)
1/07/2023 → 30/06/2025
Project: Research
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Maudsley BRC: NIHR SLaM BRC
Hotopf, M. (Primary Investigator), Brose, L. (Co-Investigator), Brown, J. (Co-Investigator), Chalder, T. (Co-Investigator), Cleare, A. (Co-Investigator), Coleman, J. (Co-Investigator), Cunningham, J. (Co-Investigator), Dazzan, P. (Co-Investigator), Deluca, P. (Co-Investigator), Desrivieres, S. (Co-Investigator), Di Forti, M. (Co-Investigator), Dobson, R. (Co-Investigator), Drummond, C. (Co-Investigator), Dutta, R. (Co-Investigator), Egerton, A. (Co-Investigator), Emsley, R. (Co-Investigator), Gilchrist, G. (Co-Investigator), Gillett, A. (Co-Investigator), Goadsby, P. (Co-Investigator), Happe, F. (Co-Investigator), Hirsch, C. (Co-Investigator), Hoffmann, J. (Co-Investigator), Ismail, K. (Co-Investigator), Koutsouleris, N. (Co-Investigator), Lewis, C. (Co-Investigator), Marsden, J. (Co-Investigator), McAlonan, G. (Co-Investigator), McNeill, A. (Co-Investigator), Mehta, M. (Co-Investigator), Mondelli, V. (Co-Investigator), Moran, R. (Co-Investigator), Moss-Morris, R. (Co-Investigator), Neale, J. (Co-Investigator), Pariante, C. (Co-Investigator), Pile, V. (Co-Investigator), Powell, T. (Co-Investigator), Robson, D. (Co-Investigator), Rucker, J. (Co-Investigator), Schmidt, U. (Co-Investigator), Sonuga-Barke, E. (Co-Investigator), Stahl, D. (Co-Investigator), Stewart, R. (Co-Investigator), Strang, J. (Co-Investigator), Sweeney, A. (Co-Investigator), Turkheimer, F. (Co-Investigator), Vassos, E. (Co-Investigator), Wong, C. (Co-Investigator), Wykes, T. (Co-Investigator), Young, A. (Co-Investigator), Zahn, R. (Co-Investigator) & Zelaya, F. (Co-Investigator)
NIHR National Institute For Health & Care Research
1/12/2022 → 30/11/2027
Project: Research
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Developing, optimising and implementing a blended digital self-management tReatmEnt for FatigUe in multiplE scLerosis (REFUEL-MS)
Moss-Morris, R. (Primary Investigator), Barrett, B. (Co-Investigator), Norton, S. (Co-Investigator), Pollitt, A. (Co-Investigator), Shearer, J. (Co-Investigator) & academic, A. (Co-Investigator)
NIHR National Institute For Health & Care Research
3/10/2022 → 2/04/2028
Project: Research