Chloe Smith
Trial Support Officer
Profile
Biography
Chloe joined YTU as a Trial Support officer in June 2025, the trials she is working on explore interventions to stop smoking in specific populations. Before joining YTU, Chloe completed two research assistant internships and an apprenticeship at Newcastle University. Her previous role as a research assistant in health psychology involved contributing to a systematic review investigating fertility educational interventions on fertility awareness and life course reproductive change. Additionally, her MSc independent project explored the influence of coping strategies in engagement with fertility-related information.
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Psychology, Newcastle University
- MSc Foundations in Clinical Psychology, Newcastle University
Research
Overview
Chloe's areas of interest and expertise include systematic reviews, mixed-method design and analysis, CBT, heath behaviour change, women’s health, educational interventions, and coping strategies.
Projects
- SAVINGS - an RCT assessing the effects of very brief smoking cessation advice delivered by financial guidance services to adults receiving support for financial difficulties.
- YorQuit - A 3-arm RCT to test the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions within lung cancer screening programmes in Yorkshire
Research group(s)
Publications
Selected publications
Smith, C. M., Tang, M. Y., Clark, G., & Madgwick, S. (2025). How do coping strategies influence fertility-related information seeking/avoidance? Human Fertility, 28(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/14647273.2025.2488759
External activities
Memberships
- Graduate member of the BPS (British Psychological society)
