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Dr Michelle Hadjiconstantinou is a Behavioural Scientist and a Chartered Psychologist at the Leicester Diabetes Centre and the Â鶹ÊÓƵ. She is a faculty member at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and is the Academic Lead of the complex intervention team and DESMOND at the Leicester Diabetes Centre. After obtaining her PhD in 2018, which focused on the development of a digital-based programme to improve wellbeing in type 2 diabetes, she gained her status as a Chartered Psychologist by the British Psychological Society, a professional status which recognises a high standard of psychological knowledge and expertise in health research and practice. Dr Hadjiconstantinou applies her academic expertise in applied and clinical research, collaborating with both methodologists and clinical academics nationally and internationally. She holds 15 years of research experience in health, particularly long-term conditions prevention and lifestyle interventions, and holds a well-established portfolio in qualitative research methods. Her research contributes to the ongoing improvement of the emotional wellbeing and quality of life of people living with type 2 diabetes and other long-term conditions, creating real-world impact to self-care and self-management. Her main interests are in psychosocial aspects of long-term conditions, behaviour change, intervention development and process evaluation. In addition to her research capacity, she also co-leads the Self-Management module for the Â鶹ÊÓƵ MSc Diabetes course, and supervises MSc and PhD students.