Professor Heather Cleland Woods
- Professor of Psychology Education and Sleep Health, Director of Education (Psychology & Neuroscience Education Hub)
telephone:
0141 330 5170
email:
Heather.Woods@glasgow.ac.uk
pronouns:
She/her/hers
School of Psychology, Room 440, 62 Hillhead Street, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ
Tuesday 3pm to 5pm
Research interests
I graduated in 2006 with BSc (Hons) Psychology from the University of Glasgow and completed an MSc in Research Methods in Psychological Science. I completed my PhD under the supervision of Prof Stephany Biello and Prof Colin Espie in 2011. My research was funded by the ESRC.
My research interests lie in understanding the development, maintenance and contributors to poor sleep. My current research focuses the relationship between sleep quality and social media use in both adults and adolescents through the #sleepyteens project.
I teach and supervise at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels with a focus on sleep and the link between brain and behaviour.
View my publications and conference abstracts here:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Heather_Woods/contributions?ev=prf_act
https://sleepyteens.github.io/webpage/index.html
Publications
2024
Hartstein, L. E. et al. (2024) The impact of screen use on sleep health across the lifespan: a National Sleep Foundation consensus statement. Sleep Health, 10(4), pp. 373-384. (doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2024.05.001) (PMID:38806392)
2023
Shore, C. B. , Martin, A. , Rigby, B. , Blake, C. , Scott, H., Cleland Woods, H. , Haughton, D., Evans, R. E., O'Brien, A. and Simpson, S. (2023) A Peer Influence Approach to Reduce Night-time Use of Interactive Electronic Devices and Social Media Among Adolescents (CLOCK OFF): Intervention Development Using Causal Loop Diagrams. 18th UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Birmingham, UK, 28-29 March 2023.
Cleland Woods, H. , McAleer, P. , Sijtsma, M., Schorrlepp, L., Reid, G. and Brady, L. (2023) Seeing beyond labels: staff and student perspectives on the importance of building community. In: Varsou, O. (ed.) Teaching, Research, Innovation and Public Engagement. Series: New Paradigms in Healthcare. Springer, pp. 121-135. ISBN 9783031224515 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-22452-2_10)
Creaven, A.-M., Button, K. S., Cleland Woods, H. and Nordmann, E. (2023) Maximising the educational and research value of the undergraduate dissertation in psychology. Collabra: Psychology, 9(1), 90216. (doi: 10.1525/collabra.90216)
2022
Millington, E. , Simmons, D. R. and Cleland Woods, H. (2022) Brief report: investigating the motivations and autistic traits of video gamers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(3), pp. 1403-1407. (doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-04994-x) (PMID:33886033)
2021
Bellamy, G. , Brown, R. , Cleland Woods, H. , Labrosse, N. , Senn, H. , Singer, J. and Vezza, M. (2021) Togetherness: the central tenet of an effective institutional online pivot. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 9(2), pp. 82-90. (doi: 10.14297/jpaap.v9i2.491)
Cleland Woods, H. , McAleer, P. and Paterson, H. (2021) A Curriculum Centered on Reproducible Research for the Psychologists of the Future. Division Of Academics, Researchers and Teachers In Psychology Annual Conference (DARTP 2021), 23-24 June 2021.
Scott, H., Biello, S. M. and Cleland Woods, H. (2021) Nodding off but can't disconnect: development and validation of the iNOD index of Nighttime Offline Distress. Sleep Medicine, 81, pp. 430-438. (doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.02.045)
Swingler, M., Wehbe, L., Pringle Barnes, G., Cleland Woods, H. , Buglass, E., Conlan, V., Sabha, N. and George, F. (2021) Staying Connected: Group work resources. [Website]
2020
McAleer, P. , Cleland Woods, H. and Paterson, H. (2020) Using Personalised Analytics to Improve Your Assessment Feedback. 13th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 25 Aug 2020.
2019
Scott, H. , Biello, S. and Cleland Woods, H. (2019) Identifying drivers for bedtime social media use despite sleep costs: the adolescent perspective. Sleep Health, 5(6), pp. 539-545. (doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2019.07.006) (PMID:31523005)
Scott, H. , Biello, S. and Cleland Woods, H. (2019) Social media use and adolescent sleep patterns: cross-sectional findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. BMJ Open, 9(9), e031161. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031161) (PMID:31641035) (PMCID:PMC6830469)
Cleland Woods, H. and Scott, H. (2019) Merging the biological and cognitive processes of sleep and screens. Current Sleep Medicine Reports, 5(3), pp. 150-155. (doi: 10.1007/s40675-019-00149-8)
Scott, H. and Cleland Woods, H. (2019) Understanding links between social media use, sleep and mental health: recent progress and current challenges. Current Sleep Medicine Reports, 5(3), pp. 141-149. (doi: 10.1007/s40675-019-00148-9)
2018
Scott, H. and Cleland Woods, H. (2018) Fear of missing out and sleep: cognitive behavioural factors in adolescents' nighttime social media use. Journal of Adolescence, 68, pp. 61-65. (doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.07.009) (PMID:30031979)
Rolinska, A., Swingler, M., Cleland Woods, H. and Barr, M. (2018) Employability Across Disciplines: a Roadmap for Staff. 15th Enhancement Themes Conference: Evaluation, Evidence & Enhancement: Inspiring Staff & Students, Glasgow, UK, 7 Jun 2018.
Swingler, M., Hendry, G., Rolinska, A., Cleland Woods, H. and Bohan, J. (2018) Cookie Cutting or Gaining a Broader Perspective? Embedding Graduate Attributes in the Curriculum. BPS DART-P Conference, Birmingham, UK, 06-07 Jun 2018.
McAleer, P. , Stack, N., Cleland Woods, H. and Paterson, H. (2018) Using Open Access Peer-Reviews and Pre-Printed Submissions to Improve Students’ Comprehension of Academic Writing. 11th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 28-29 Mar 2018. (Unpublished)
Swingler, M., Roy, A., Rolinska, A., Armour, S., Hendry, G., Kirby, S., Woods, H. and Bohan, J. (2018) Enhancing Employability Through a Multi-disciplinary Approach to Graduate Attributes: Embedding Engagement and Developing Self Efficacy in Pre-honours Undergraduates. 11th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 28-29 Mar 2018.
2016
Woods, H. C. and Scott, H. (2016) #Sleepyteens: social media use in adolescence is associated with poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. Journal of Adolescence, 51, pp. 41-49. (doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.05.008) (PMID:27294324)
Paterson, H. , McAleer, P. and Cleland Woods, H. (2016) Recycle, Repurpose, Reimagine: Using Open Source Technology to Enhance Student’s Learning of Research Methods. 9th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 12 Apr 2016.
Swingler, M. V., Armour, S., Bohan, J., Cleland Woods, H. , Curry, G. B. and Roy, A. W.N. (2016) Where am I now and where do I want to be? Developing awareness of graduate attributes in pre-honours students. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 11(1),
2015
Harris, K., Speigelhalder, K., Espie, C. A., Macmahon, K., Woods, H. C. and Kyle, S. D. (2015) Sleep-related attentional bias in insomnia: a state-of-the-science review. Clinical Psychology Review, 42, pp. 16-27. (doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2015.08.001) (PMID:26284598)
Bohan, J., Swingler, M. and Woods, H. C. (2015) Matching Student Expectations and Staff Practices in Producing and Engaging with High Quality Feedback. In: 2nd International Conference on Enhancement and Innovation in Higher Education 2015, Glasgow, UK, 9-11 Jun 2015,
2013
Woods, H. , Korhonen, V. and Biello, S. (2013) Interaction between mindfulness, insomnia and selective attention. An insight into treatment efficacy? In: British Sleep Society 25th Anniversary Meeting, October 2013,
Woods, H.C. , Scheepers, C. , Ross, K.A., Espie, C.A. and Biello, S. (2013) What are you looking at? Moving toward an attentional timeline in insomnia: a novel semantic eye tracking study. Sleep, 36(10), pp. 1491-1499. (doi: 10.5665/sleep.3042)
2010
Woods, H. , Ross, K., Scheepers, C., Biello, S. and Espie, C. (2010) Selective Processing of Sleep-Related Words in Psychophysiological Insomnia: A Novel Eye-Tracking Study. In: 20th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 14-18 Sept 2010, p. 286. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2010.00868.x)
2009
Woods, H. , Marchetti, L.M., Biello, S.M. and Espie, C.A. (2009) The clock as a focus of selective attention in those with primary insomnia: an experimental study using a modified Posner paradigm. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47(3), pp. 231-236. (doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.12.009) (PMID:19200946)
2008
Woods, H. , Kathuria, P., Biello, S. and Espie, C. (2008) Covert attention to sleep in those with primary insomnia: no evidence for an attentional bias. In: 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 7-12 June 2008,
2007
Woods, H. , Marchetti, L., Biello, S. and Espie, C. (2007) The clock as a focus of selective attention in those with primary insomnia. In: Sleep 2007 APSS meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 9-14 June 2007, A256.
Articles
Hartstein, L. E. et al. (2024) The impact of screen use on sleep health across the lifespan: a National Sleep Foundation consensus statement. Sleep Health, 10(4), pp. 373-384. (doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2024.05.001) (PMID:38806392)
Creaven, A.-M., Button, K. S., Cleland Woods, H. and Nordmann, E. (2023) Maximising the educational and research value of the undergraduate dissertation in psychology. Collabra: Psychology, 9(1), 90216. (doi: 10.1525/collabra.90216)
Millington, E. , Simmons, D. R. and Cleland Woods, H. (2022) Brief report: investigating the motivations and autistic traits of video gamers. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52(3), pp. 1403-1407. (doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-04994-x) (PMID:33886033)
Bellamy, G. , Brown, R. , Cleland Woods, H. , Labrosse, N. , Senn, H. , Singer, J. and Vezza, M. (2021) Togetherness: the central tenet of an effective institutional online pivot. Journal of Perspectives in Applied Academic Practice, 9(2), pp. 82-90. (doi: 10.14297/jpaap.v9i2.491)
Scott, H., Biello, S. M. and Cleland Woods, H. (2021) Nodding off but can't disconnect: development and validation of the iNOD index of Nighttime Offline Distress. Sleep Medicine, 81, pp. 430-438. (doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2021.02.045)
Scott, H. , Biello, S. and Cleland Woods, H. (2019) Identifying drivers for bedtime social media use despite sleep costs: the adolescent perspective. Sleep Health, 5(6), pp. 539-545. (doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2019.07.006) (PMID:31523005)
Scott, H. , Biello, S. and Cleland Woods, H. (2019) Social media use and adolescent sleep patterns: cross-sectional findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. BMJ Open, 9(9), e031161. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-031161) (PMID:31641035) (PMCID:PMC6830469)
Cleland Woods, H. and Scott, H. (2019) Merging the biological and cognitive processes of sleep and screens. Current Sleep Medicine Reports, 5(3), pp. 150-155. (doi: 10.1007/s40675-019-00149-8)
Scott, H. and Cleland Woods, H. (2019) Understanding links between social media use, sleep and mental health: recent progress and current challenges. Current Sleep Medicine Reports, 5(3), pp. 141-149. (doi: 10.1007/s40675-019-00148-9)
Scott, H. and Cleland Woods, H. (2018) Fear of missing out and sleep: cognitive behavioural factors in adolescents' nighttime social media use. Journal of Adolescence, 68, pp. 61-65. (doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.07.009) (PMID:30031979)
Woods, H. C. and Scott, H. (2016) #Sleepyteens: social media use in adolescence is associated with poor sleep quality, anxiety, depression and low self-esteem. Journal of Adolescence, 51, pp. 41-49. (doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.05.008) (PMID:27294324)
Swingler, M. V., Armour, S., Bohan, J., Cleland Woods, H. , Curry, G. B. and Roy, A. W.N. (2016) Where am I now and where do I want to be? Developing awareness of graduate attributes in pre-honours students. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 11(1),
Harris, K., Speigelhalder, K., Espie, C. A., Macmahon, K., Woods, H. C. and Kyle, S. D. (2015) Sleep-related attentional bias in insomnia: a state-of-the-science review. Clinical Psychology Review, 42, pp. 16-27. (doi: 10.1016/j.cpr.2015.08.001) (PMID:26284598)
Woods, H.C. , Scheepers, C. , Ross, K.A., Espie, C.A. and Biello, S. (2013) What are you looking at? Moving toward an attentional timeline in insomnia: a novel semantic eye tracking study. Sleep, 36(10), pp. 1491-1499. (doi: 10.5665/sleep.3042)
Woods, H. , Marchetti, L.M., Biello, S.M. and Espie, C.A. (2009) The clock as a focus of selective attention in those with primary insomnia: an experimental study using a modified Posner paradigm. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 47(3), pp. 231-236. (doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2008.12.009) (PMID:19200946)
Book Sections
Cleland Woods, H. , McAleer, P. , Sijtsma, M., Schorrlepp, L., Reid, G. and Brady, L. (2023) Seeing beyond labels: staff and student perspectives on the importance of building community. In: Varsou, O. (ed.) Teaching, Research, Innovation and Public Engagement. Series: New Paradigms in Healthcare. Springer, pp. 121-135. ISBN 9783031224515 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-22452-2_10)
Conference or Workshop Item
Shore, C. B. , Martin, A. , Rigby, B. , Blake, C. , Scott, H., Cleland Woods, H. , Haughton, D., Evans, R. E., O'Brien, A. and Simpson, S. (2023) A Peer Influence Approach to Reduce Night-time Use of Interactive Electronic Devices and Social Media Among Adolescents (CLOCK OFF): Intervention Development Using Causal Loop Diagrams. 18th UK Society for Behavioural Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Birmingham, UK, 28-29 March 2023.
Cleland Woods, H. , McAleer, P. and Paterson, H. (2021) A Curriculum Centered on Reproducible Research for the Psychologists of the Future. Division Of Academics, Researchers and Teachers In Psychology Annual Conference (DARTP 2021), 23-24 June 2021.
McAleer, P. , Cleland Woods, H. and Paterson, H. (2020) Using Personalised Analytics to Improve Your Assessment Feedback. 13th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, 25 Aug 2020.
Rolinska, A., Swingler, M., Cleland Woods, H. and Barr, M. (2018) Employability Across Disciplines: a Roadmap for Staff. 15th Enhancement Themes Conference: Evaluation, Evidence & Enhancement: Inspiring Staff & Students, Glasgow, UK, 7 Jun 2018.
Swingler, M., Hendry, G., Rolinska, A., Cleland Woods, H. and Bohan, J. (2018) Cookie Cutting or Gaining a Broader Perspective? Embedding Graduate Attributes in the Curriculum. BPS DART-P Conference, Birmingham, UK, 06-07 Jun 2018.
McAleer, P. , Stack, N., Cleland Woods, H. and Paterson, H. (2018) Using Open Access Peer-Reviews and Pre-Printed Submissions to Improve Students’ Comprehension of Academic Writing. 11th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 28-29 Mar 2018. (Unpublished)
Swingler, M., Roy, A., Rolinska, A., Armour, S., Hendry, G., Kirby, S., Woods, H. and Bohan, J. (2018) Enhancing Employability Through a Multi-disciplinary Approach to Graduate Attributes: Embedding Engagement and Developing Self Efficacy in Pre-honours Undergraduates. 11th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 28-29 Mar 2018.
Paterson, H. , McAleer, P. and Cleland Woods, H. (2016) Recycle, Repurpose, Reimagine: Using Open Source Technology to Enhance Student’s Learning of Research Methods. 9th Annual University of Glasgow Learning and Teaching Conference, Glasgow, UK, 12 Apr 2016.
Conference Proceedings
Bohan, J., Swingler, M. and Woods, H. C. (2015) Matching Student Expectations and Staff Practices in Producing and Engaging with High Quality Feedback. In: 2nd International Conference on Enhancement and Innovation in Higher Education 2015, Glasgow, UK, 9-11 Jun 2015,
Woods, H. , Korhonen, V. and Biello, S. (2013) Interaction between mindfulness, insomnia and selective attention. An insight into treatment efficacy? In: British Sleep Society 25th Anniversary Meeting, October 2013,
Woods, H. , Ross, K., Scheepers, C., Biello, S. and Espie, C. (2010) Selective Processing of Sleep-Related Words in Psychophysiological Insomnia: A Novel Eye-Tracking Study. In: 20th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society, Lisbon, Portugal, 14-18 Sept 2010, p. 286. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2869.2010.00868.x)
Woods, H. , Kathuria, P., Biello, S. and Espie, C. (2008) Covert attention to sleep in those with primary insomnia: no evidence for an attentional bias. In: 22nd Annual Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, 7-12 June 2008,
Woods, H. , Marchetti, L., Biello, S. and Espie, C. (2007) The clock as a focus of selective attention in those with primary insomnia. In: Sleep 2007 APSS meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA, 9-14 June 2007, A256.
Key Findings
Swingler, M., Wehbe, L., Pringle Barnes, G., Cleland Woods, H. , Buglass, E., Conlan, V., Sabha, N. and George, F. Staying Connected: A Toolkit for Effective Groupwork: Video podcast. [Key Findings]
Website
Swingler, M., Wehbe, L., Pringle Barnes, G., Cleland Woods, H. , Buglass, E., Conlan, V., Sabha, N. and George, F. (2021) Staying Connected: Group work resources. [Website]
Supervision
Research Assistant
- Corinna Bruce (Intern)