Dr Richard de Visser has been working in the fields of health psychology and public health for 25 years. He is Professor of Health Psychology at Brighton & Sussex Medical School, where has received awards for his individual and group teaching. Richard’s research interests span a broad range of topics in health psychology, including: sexuality and relationships; gender and health; alcohol use; use of health services; and cross-cultural analyses. He has expertise in qualitative and quantitative methods, intervention studies, and mixed-methods designs. He is lead- or co-author on over 130 papers in peer-reviewed journals, and his work is cited widely.

co-author of textbooks:
. Psychology for Medicine (Sage, 2011)
. Psychology for Medicine & Health Care - 2nd Edition (Sage, 2017)
. Psychology for Medicine & Health Care - 3rd Edition (Sage, 2021)

co-editor of:
. Palgrave Handbook of Psychological Perspectives on Alcohol Consumption. (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021)