Dr Megan Crawford
Reader
Psychology
Personal statement
I joined the School of Psychological Sciences and Health in 2019 after studying and working in Wales, USA, and Australia.聽
I consider myself a sleep researcher and have a particular interest in the treatment of chronic sleep problems such as insomnia and sleep apnoea.聽
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 2016
- Recipient
- 2015
- Recipient
- 2012
- Recipient
- 2010
- Recipient
- 2007
Publications
- , Hartness Tracey, Curran Rebekkah, ,
- BMJ Open Respiratory Research Vol 13, pp. A32-A33 (2026)
- , Boelaert Kristien, , ,
- BMJ Open Respiratory Research Vol 13, pp. A34.1-A34 (2026)
- , , MacMahon Kenneth,
- BMJ Open Respiratory Research Vol 13, pp. A17.1-A17 (2026)
- , , MacMahon Kenneth, Ross Carey, Mohanty Dipalika, Mistry Dinaish, Fulton Chadwick Anastasia Thalia,
- Journal of Sleep Research Vol 35 (2026)
- , , , , , Thomson Scott,
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Vol 23 (2026)
- Wallace Douglas M, Sweetman Alexander, , Buenaver Luis F, Wohlgemuth William K
- Sleep Medicine Vol 136 (2025)
Teaching
I currently teach on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses within the School of Psychological Sciences.聽
I am class lead for the MSc聽Health Psychology Related To Medical Conditions.聽
I also supervise undergraduate and postgraduate research projects.聽
Research Interests
My research focuses on optimising psychological treatments for sleep disorders. In my research, I have focused on optimisation through measuring and improving treatment adherence, improving access to treatments and ensuring that the treatment is generalisable to a number of different groups.聽
My work on treatment adherence started during my PhD, and since then I have developed a theoretical model to explain adherence to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure for sleep apnoea. The model focused on the synergy between psychological, biological and social factors.聽
Improving access to treatment is particularly relevant for individuals experiencing insomnia since the treatment of choice (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) is not readily accessible. As a consequence, digital interventions have been developed to improve access. I recently evaluated one of these interventions as a potential treatment for sleep problems in chronic migraineurs.聽
This study also nicely dovetailed into my third research interest which is ensuring that treatment is generalisable to other groups. So far I have evaluated CBT in individuals with migraines and also individuals with sleep apnoea. This research has demonstrated that we can treat insomnia when it co-occurs in the context of other conditions.聽
Professional Activities
- Contributor
- 26/8/2026
- Recipient
- 31/3/2025
- Recipient
- 31/3/2025
- Recipient
- 31/3/2025
- Recipient
- 25/3/2025
- Recipient
- 2025
Projects
- Crawford, Megan (Principal Investigator) Tse, Dwight (Principal Investigator) Witte, Kimia (Co-investigator) Dragojlovic-Oliveira, Sonja (Co-investigator) McGill, Grainne (Co-investigator) Quigley, John (Co-investigator) White, Chris (Co-investigator)
- 05-Jan-2026 - 31-Jan-2026
- Muirhead, Fiona (Principal Investigator) Bardid, Farid (Co-investigator) Crawford, Megan (Co-investigator) Donnachie, Craig (Co-investigator) Reilly, John (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2026
- Crawford, Megan (Principal Investigator)
- Producing an adherence support programme that can be integrated into the eXciteOSA app. eXcite OSA is a new daytime treatment for obstructive sleep apnoea
- 02-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2022
- Crawford, Megan (Principal Investigator) Fleming, Leanne (Co-investigator)
- 22-Jan-2021 - 30-Jan-2025
- Kirk, Alison (Co-investigator) Crawford, Megan (Principal Investigator) Janssen, Xanne (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2025
- Kirk, Alison (Co-investigator) Crawford, Megan (Principal Investigator) Janssen, Xanne (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2026