Stephanie Davey is a Postgraduate Research student at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London.

Stephanie's research focuses on barriers and facilitators of influenza vaccination uptake amongst parents of children aged 2-16 in England.

Stephanie joined King’s College London in 2026 to continue her doctoral research, transferring from the University of Derby, where she obtained an MSc in Health Psychology. She holds a BSc in Psychology from the Open University and a BA in Drama & Theatre / Film & Television from the University of Roehampton.

Outside of her doctoral research, Stephanie co-leads a project exploring HPV vaccination uptake in boys, supported research looking at mentoring excellence in health psychology, and is a member of the FAIR (Fraud Analysis in Internet Research) working group.

Supervisors: Dr Daniel Gaffiero (King’s College London), Dr Michael Head (University of Southampton), Dr Amelia Woodward (University of Derby) and Professor James Elander (University of Derby).

Research interests

• Vaccination uptake
• Vaccine hesitancy
• Health communication
• Health psychology

Expertise and public engagement

• Conference Scientific Committee Member, Division of Health Psychology, British Psychological Society (2025-present)
• Co-Lead Communications, Division of Health Psychology, British Psychological Society (2024-present)
• Committee Member, Midlands Health Psychology Network (2023-present, previously Co-Chair 2024-2026)
• Committee Member, Health Psychology Trainee Network: Stage 1 (2023-present)