Susan Fiona Dorinthea Michie FBPsS FAcSS FMedSci FBA (born 19 June 1955)[1] is a British academic, clinical psychologist, and professor of health psychology, director of The Centre for Behaviour Change[2] and head of The Health Psychology Research Group,[3] all at University College London.
[9] As a clinical psychologist she worked with adults and families on topics covering antenatal care, genetic counselling and occupational stress.
[9] Her later career interests have been in designing and evaluating methods of behavioural change, especially in relation to wellbeing and health improvement.
She continued her clinical work, consultancy and research at the Royal Free Hospital’s Occupational Health and Safety Unit part-time.
Some social media users expressed concern over her hiring due to Michie's stances during the COVID epidemic.
[9] In 2019, Michie was named winner of the British Psychological Society Research Board’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her world-leading work creating a coherent language of behaviour change.
[28] In March 2018, she spoke at a public meeting saying that communists should be "working full tilt" for the election of Jeremy Corbyn as prime minister.