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Profiles
Dr Elizabeth Gabe-Thomas
Senior Assessment Psychometrician
Peninsula Medical School (Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry)
Qualifications
Education
MSc Psychological Research Methods with Distinction. Plymouth University (2007)
BSc hons Psychology Plymouth University (2005)
Other Qualifications
Teaching interests
Introduction to Human Factors (UoP Psychology BSc, Psyc105) 2016- Current
Standard Setting (PSMD MClinEd, CLI712) 2016
Case studies (UoP Psychology BSc, Psy246) 2010-2011
Research interests
Medical Education
Behaviour Change
Environmental Psychology
Cognitive & Social Psychology
Risk & Decision Making
Risk Communication
Other research
Grants & contracts
Seminar Series - Understanding and Using Open Source Technology for Research with People: An Introduction to R, PsychoPy and Arduino. The University of Bath’s Researcher Development Fund. (£873.70 +£210.25 additional funding from the Department of Psychology, University of Bath). Gabe-Thomas, E., Martin, S., & Gamble, T. 2015.
ENLITEN impact acceleration feasibility (£5000). The University of Bath's EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account. Natarajan, S., Lovett,T., Gabe-Thomas, E., Walker, I., & O’Neill. 2013.
A comparison of multi-component indices of COPD severity in primary care: an UNLOCK study from the IPCRG (£4,705). International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG). Hyland, M., Jones, R., & Gabe-Thomas, E. 2012.
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2017
'Overheating in vulnerable and non-vulnerable households'
Building Research & Information
45,
(1-2)
102-118
, DOI
2017
'The reality of cross-disciplinary energy research in the United Kingdom: A social science perspective'
Energy Research & Social Science
25,
9-18
, DOI
2017
'The reliability of inverse modelling for the wide scale characterization of the thermal properties of buildings'
Journal of Building Performance Simulation
1-19
, DOI
2016
'Designing sensor sets for capturing energy events in buildings'
Building and Environment
110,
11-22
, DOI
2016
'Householders’ Mental Models of Domestic Energy Consumption: Using a Sort-And-Cluster Method to Identify Shared Concepts of Appliance Similarity'
PLOS ONE
11,
(7)
e0158949-e0158949
, DOI
PEARL
2014
'Evaluating the application of research-based guidance to the design of an emergency preparedness leaflet'
Applied Ergonomics
45,
(5)
1320-1329
, DOI
PEARL
2013
'A comparison of multi-component indices of COPD severity in primary care: An UNLOCK study from the IPCRG'
EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
42,
Other academic activities
Conference/ Workshop Presentations
Gabe-Thomas, E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2015). Insights from the ENLITEN project. ‘What do you know about energy literacy?’. 16th November.Bath, UK.
Gabe-Thomas, E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2015). The value of individuals’ responses in surveys of household energy use. Symposium on‘Interactions between household members in pro-environmental behaviour and attitudes’. 11th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology.August. Groningen, Netherlands.
Gabe-Thomas, E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2015). Energy taxonomies: Exploring the influences of domestic energy consumption at the household and behavioural level. Symposium on ‘Facing the energy challenge:From understanding behavioural strategies and mental models to behaviour change in work and domestic contexts’. 11th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology. August. Groningen, Netherlands.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2015). Energy Segmentation: Clustering Households and Behaviours using Behavioural Antecedent Measures. British Environmental Psychology Society 2nd Annual Conference: Environmentally Sustainable Lifestyles. June, University of Sheffield, UK
Gabe-Thomas,E. (2015). A reflection on designing and implementing a domestic energy project in social housing: strategies for recruitment success. TEDDINET-Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation. Workshop : Energy social scientists in a multidisciplinary setting: opportunities and challenges,University of Bath,UK.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2015). Exploring mental representations of home energy practices. TEDDINET- Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation. Workshop 4, University of Nottingham, UK.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2014). Exploring mental representations of home energy practices. TEDDINET- Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation. Workshop 2, Loughborough University, UK.
Lovett, T.,& Gabe-Thomas, E. (2014). Update on the ENLITEN project. TEDDINET-Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation. Workshop 2,Loughborough University, UK.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2014). Exploring mental representations of home energy practices and habitual energy consuming behaviours. 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Paris, France.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., Verplanken, B. & Lovett, T. (2013).ENLITEN project and mental representations of home energy systems. Influencing Climate Change Policy workshop. Berkshire, United Kingdom.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., Verplanken, B., Lovett, T. (2013). ‘Mental representations of home energy systems’ 10th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, Magdeburg. Germany.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Jones, R., Hyland, M., & Hellier, E. (2012). ‘The impact of graphic warnings on cigarette packets- more harm than good?’ 6th IPCRG World Conference, Edinburgh. UK.
Gabe-Thomas,E. (2012). ‘Writing up, submitting your thesis and viva preparation’. School of Psychology Postgraduate Discussion Group. Plymouth University. UK.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Hellier, E., Edworthy, J., & Handley, S. (2011). ‘Everything will be alright’: Prefactual thinking, risk taking and warnings. BPS Cognitive Psychology Section Annual Conference. KeeleUniversity. Keele UK.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Hellier, E., Edworthy, J., & Handley, S. (2010).Individual differences in waning compliance: The role of domain specific risk taking. PsyPAG25th Annual Conference. Sheffield. UK.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Hellier, E., Edworthy, J., & Handley, S. (2010).Individual differences in waning compliance: The role of domain specific risk taking. Assisting Decision Makers Workshop Meeting. University College of London.London. UK.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Hellier, E., Edworthy, J., & Handley, S. (2009).Risk propensity and warnings: Individual differences in hazard perception and intended compliance.BPS Cognitive Psychology Section Annual Conference. University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield. UK.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Hellier, E., Edworthy, J., & Handley, S. (2009).Investigating the relationship between measures of risk taking propensity and hazard perception. PsyPAG 24th Annual Conference. Cardiff. UK.
Gabe-Thomas,E., & Parmentier, F. (2008). An empirical study risk taking and attention capture by threatening stimuli. PsyPAG 23rd Annual Conference.Manchester. UK
Hellier,E., Bahadoor, C; Gabe Thomas, E & Edworthy, J (2006) Exploring the relationship between measures of sensation seeking and the perception of auditory and visual warnings. Proceedings of the IEA 16th world congress, July 2006
Cockerill, J., Gabe-Thomas, E., Ferguson, C., Zahra, D., & Roberts, M.J. A Tool to Help Ensure Coverage of the Assessment Blueprint in MCQs. EBMA Assessment in Medical Education. University of Exeter, Exeter UK 14-15th October 2016.
Zahra, D., Gabe-Thomas, E., Cockerill, J., & Roberts, M.J. Measuring Knowledge Growth: Reliable Change and Identifying Struggling Students. EBMA Assessment in Medical Education. University of Exeter, Exeter UK 14-15th October 2016.
Lee, J., Ramallo-Gonzalez, A.P., Mogles, N., Gabe-Thomas, E., Ren, G.,Natarajan, S., Padget, J., Walker, I., Coley, D., Biri, B., Woollacott, C.(2015). Intelligent Home Energy Feedback for Occupant Energy Literacy. Reducing Energy Demand with Smart Buildings. KTN, TEDDINET, Innovate UK conference,London, UK.Mogles, N., Gabe-Thomas, E., Padget, J. (2015). Translation of Energy Information into Internal Values for Effective Energy Feedback. Reducing Energy Demand with Smart Buildings. KTN, TEDDINET, Innovate UK conference, London, UK.
Ramallo-Gonzalez,A., Mogles, N. & Gabe-Thomas, E. (2014). Towards an agent-based model for A/C purchasing prediction. 1st International Symposium on Occupant Behaviour,OB’14. University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., Verplanken, B. & Lovett, T. (2013).Card sorting as method for exploring mental representations with environmental implications. 10th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, Magdeburg, Germany.
Gabe-Thomas,E., Lovett, T. & Ramallo-Gonzalez, A. (2013). ENLITEN: Energy Literacy through an Intelligent Home Energy Advisor. Futurebuild Conference. University of Bath, United Kingdom