research includes developing methodologies for designing and evaluating theory-based interventions to change behaviour, and advancing scientific knowledge about, and applications of, behaviour change interventions. She leads the Human Behaviour-Change Project funded by the Wellcome Trust. Michie has served as president of the European Health Psychology Society and chair of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Health Psychology. In July 2022, Michie was appointed chair of the WHO’s Behavioural Advisory Group. She will advise the WHO on how to increase adherence to vaccination campaigns and other initiatives that influence national health policy. Some social media users expressed concern over her hiring due to Michie's stances during the COVID epidemic. Recognition Michie was elected a Fellow of the British Psychological Society in 2001, the Academy of Social Sciences in 2010, the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2017, the British Academy in 2021, the European Health Psychology Society, and the US Society of Behavioral Medicine and Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research. In 2019, Michie was named winner of the British Psychological Society Research Board’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her world-leading work creating a coherent language of behaviour change. Government advisor In 2009, Michie became a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and convened its subgroup, the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Behaviour group. In 2020, she became a participant in the COVID-19 SAGE's Scientific Pandemic Insights group on Behaviour (SPI-B). She also sits on the Independent SAGE committee, chaired by Sir David King. Michie frequently contributes to national news media during the COVID-19 pandemic as an expert in behaviour change, notably in May 2020 when a government advisor left the city and thus broke the government's COVID-19 rules. Personal life Michie was married from 1981 to 1997 to the trade union official Andrew Murray and has three children. She married psychologist Robert West, Emeritus Professor at University College London, in 2009. Michie is a member of the Communist Party of Britain and was also member of its predecessor the Communist Party of Great Britain. In March 2018, she spoke at a public meeting saying that communists should be "working full tilt" for the election of Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister. She made a £14,000 donation to Labour under Corbyn's leadership. She has stated that her political positions are unrelated to her scientific advice. References External links Academic home page – University College London 1955 births Living people Alumni of St Anne's College,