I am delighted to have been awarded the SAPC PhD Prize 2021. As a Health Psychologist and Behavioural Scientist, one of my research interests is in how routine medical services and procedures can impact on mental wellbeing and health behaviours. Often, my work means working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders in policy, primary care, and population health. Over the last four years, I’ve been focussing on the psychological impact of women receiving different test results at cervical cancer screening. Particularly, evaluating a new cervical screening method called human papillomavirus...