Originally from London, Chris has been in Bangor since 2002, when he came to study psychology as an undergraduate. He has been a member of faculty since 2015 and primarily works on the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme as a Research Tutor. His research looks at how social factors can shape our physical and mental health. He is particularly interested in how Wales' legacy of coal mining continues to influence health.

Here is a short video which the British Academy made about one of my research projects which they funded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl8NhyS0tjg

c.saville@bangor.ac.uk

  • PhD: Individual differences in reaction time variability: A combined psychometric and electroencephalographic approach
    2011

I support the research activity of trainees on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology course (DClinPsy). This includes formal teaching in research methods, statistics, and psychometrics, as well as supervision and ad-hoc support of trainees in their thesis projects.

I am interested in how our identities and where we live interact to shape our physical and mental health. More specifically I have been recently working on the following topics:

  1. How does being in the minority in terms of a salient part of one's identity influence mental health?
  2. How does Wales' legacy of coal mining continue to influence our health?
  3. What social factors are associated with men deciding to use anabolic steroids?

I am primarily a quantitative researcher, using a combination of survey, health surveillance, and geographical data; but I enjoy collaborating with qualitative researchers on mixed methods research.

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  • Presented to CDC vaccine demand group

    27 Jun 2022

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • Presenting to Welsh Government's Vaccine Equity Committee

    21 Jun 2022

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • Presentation at International Medical Geography Symposium

    20 Jun 2022

    Activity: Oral presentation (Speaker)
  • Talk to PHW registrars

    4 May 2022

    Activity: Invited talk (Speaker)
  • BU-IIA Funded Project: Covid-19’s transition to endemicity in Wales and Kentucky

    As we move towards the endemic phase of Covid-19, personal protective behaviours are becoming optional guidance, rather than mandated rules. In this new environment, understanding people’s behaviour and how they conceptualise the balance of personal and social rewards and risks, is an important priority for public health. We aim to help shape public health initiatives through two surveys, enriched with qualitative interviews, examining people’s attitudes and behaviour in Wales and Kentucky. Like Wales, Kentucky has a large declining coalfield region, which has faced significant public health challenges before and during the Covid-19 pandemic. The project aims to identify the sociodemographic and attitudinal factors associated with how people are reacting to Covid’s transition to endemicity in the two countries.

    The project will aim to deepen our collaboration with partners in Public Health Wales and in Kentucky, while also building towards a strong REF impact case study and further grant capture. Two related outcomes are (1) to understand what factors support collective population behaviours, such as those seen during Covid-19, and might also be required for future challenges such as the climate crisis or in responding to world conflict. And subsequently, (2) a more systematic understanding of how to communicate risk to different societal groups and hence how to promote healthy behaviours (including Covid-19 PPBs) across Wales.

    Funding awarded through the Bangor University Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £42,000

    1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2023

    Activity: Other (Contributor)

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I am semi-fluent in Welsh and you are welcome to contact me in Welsh or English.