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Research

Dr Sula is an active clinical researcher, with honorary associations with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London.

About Dr Sula's research

Dr Sula published six papers from her PhD in leading peer-reviewed journals and have co-authored others in the area of psychological approaches to IBS and IBD. Some of these papers have been published in top journals including the BMJ, Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology and the British Journal of Health Psychology. 

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​Her research to help contribute to the knowledge of, and improve health outcomes, of women's health has led to collaborations with Vanderbilt University research lab investigating psychological approaches to support Bladder Pain Syndrome and Overactive Bladder Syndrome and Teesside University exploring the experiences of women with Chronic Urinary Tract Infections. 

"It has long been my ambition to apply the knowledge from my research to the area of women's health. In particular urogynaecological, pelvic and bladder conditions that women commonly experience with little support in the healthcare system." 

Dr Sula Windgassen, PhD

Research Publications in Peer-reviewed Journals

The journey between brain and gut: A systematic review of psychological mechanisms of treatment effect in irritable bowel syndrome

Psychosocial Factors in bladder pain syndrome and interstitial cystitis

Self-management Intervention for Symptoms of Fatigue, Pain, and Urgency in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

  1. Windgassen, S., Sweeney, L., Artom, M., Norton, C., Moss-Morris, R., (in press) A novel digital self-management intervention for symptoms of fatigue, pain and urgency in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (BOOST): Describing the process of development. Journal of Formative Research

  2. Poulter, H., Eberhardt, J., Moore, H., & Windgassen, S. (2022). “Bottom of the Pile”: Health Behaviors within the Context of In-work Poverty in North East England. Journal of Poverty, 1-20.

  3. McCrone, P., Everitt, H., Landau, S., Little, P., Bishop, F.L., O’Reilly, G., Sibelli, A., Holland, R., Hughes, S., Windgassen, S. and Goldsmith, K., (2021). Cost-effectiveness of therapist delivered cognitive behavioural therapy and web-based self-management in irritable bowel syndrome: the ACTIB randomised trial. BMC gastroenterology, 21(1), pp.1-13.

  4. Fawson, S., Dibley, L., Smith, K., Batista, J., Artom, M., Windgassen, S., Syred, J., Moss-Morris, R. and Norton, C., (2021). Developing an Online Program for Self-Management of Fatigue, Pain, and Urgency in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Patients’ Needs and Wants. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, pp.1-14.

  5. Windgassen, S. & McKernan., L (2020) Cognition, Emotion and the Bladder: Psychosocial Factors in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome. Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports.

  6. Dibley, L., Khoshaba, B., Artom, M., Van Loo, V., Sweeney, L., Syred, J., Windgassen, S., Moffat, G & Norton, C. (2020). Patient Strategies for Managing the Vicious Cycle of Fatigue, Pain and Urgency in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Impact, Planning and Support. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 1-13

  7. Hughes, S., Sibelli, A., Everitt, H.A., Moss-Morris, R., Chalder, T., Harvey, J.M., Falcao, A.V., Landau, S., O'Reilly, G., Windgassen, S. and Holland, R., (2020). Patients’ Experiences of Telephone-Based and Web-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Longitudinal Qualitative Study. Journal of medical Internet research, 22(11), p.e18691

  8. Everitt, H., Landau, S., O’Reilly, G., Sibelli, A., Hughes, S., Windgassen, S., ... & Goldsmith, K. (2019). Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS): 24 month follow-up of ACTIB trial participants. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.

  9. Everitt, H. A., Landau, S., O’Reilly, G., Sibelli, A., Hughes, S., Windgassen, S., ... & Goldsmith, K. (2019). Assessing telephone-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and web-delivered CBT versus treatment as usual in irritable bowel syndrome (ACTIB): a multicentre randomized trial. Gut.

  10. Windgassen, S., Moss-Morris, R., Goldsmith, K., & Chalder, T (2019) Key mechanisms of cognitive behavioural therapy for irritable bowel syndrome: The importance of gastrointestinal specific cognitions, behaviours and general anxiety. Journal of Psychosomatic Research.

  11. Windgassen, S., Moss-Morris, R., Goldsmith, K., & Chalder, T (2018) The importance of cluster analysis for enhancing clinical practice: An example from irritable bowel syndrome. Journal of Mental Health 27(2):94-96. DOI: 10.1080/09638237.2018.1437615

  12. Windgassen, S., Moss-Morris, R., Everritt, HE., Sibelli, A., Goldsmith, K., & Chalder, T (2019) Cognitive and behavioural differences between irritable bowel syndrome subtypes & other psychosocial associations. Behavour Therapy. DOI 10.1016/j.beth.2018.09.006

  13. Windgassen, S., Moss-Morris, R., Goldsmith, K., & Chalder, T (in review) The distinction in illness-related behaviours & other psychological factors between Irritable Bowel Syndrome subtypes. British Association of Behaviour and Cognitive Therapy

  14. Windgassen, S., Moss-Morris, R., Goldsmith, K., Chilcot, J., Sibelli, A., & Chalder, T. (2017) The Journey Between Brain and Gut: A systematic review of psychological mechanisms of treatment effect in Irritable Bowel Syndrome. British Journal of Health Psychology. 22(4):701-736. doi: 10.1111/bjhp.12250

  15. Windgassen, S., Goldsmith, K., Moss-Morris, R., & Chalder, T. (2016). Establishing how psychological therapies work: the importance of mediation analysis. Journal of Mental Health 25(2):93-9. doi: 10.3109/09638237.2015.1124400.

  16. Sibelli, A., Moss-Morris, R., Chalder, T., Bishop, F. L., Windgassen, S., & Everitt, H. (2018). Patients’ perspectives on GP interactions after cognitive behavioural therapy for refractory IBS: a qualitative study in UK primary and secondary care. Br J Gen Pract, 68(674), e654-e662.

  17. Sibelli, A., Chalder, T., Everitt, H., Workman, P., Windgassen, S., & Moss-Morris, R. (2016). A systematic review with meta-analysis of the role of anxiety and depression in irritable bowel syndrome onset. Psychological medicine, 46(15), 3065.

  18. Wade, D. F., Moon, Z., Windgassen, S., Harrison, A. M., Morris, L., & Weinman, J. A. (2016). Non-pharmacological interventions to reduce ICU-related psychological distress: a systematic review. Minerva anestesiologica, 82(4), 465-478.

  19. Bogosian, A., Chadwick, P., Windgassen, S., Norton, S., McCrone, P., Mosweu, I. & Moss-Morris, R. (2015). Distress improves after mindfulness training for progressive MS: A pilot randomised trial. Multiple Sclerosis Journal, 21(9), 1184-1194.

  20. Ryan, C., Bergin, M., Titze, S., Ruf, W., Kunz, S., Mazza, R., Chalder, T., Windgassen, S., & Wells, J. S. (2017). Managing the Process of International Collaboration in Online Course Development: A Case-Example Involving Higher Education Institutions in Ireland, Switzerland, Austria, and the United Kingdom. Innovative Higher Education, 1-12.

Co-authored Therapeutic Manuals

Regula8-IBS-manuals

Regul8: A self management programme for IBS. Patient Manual. Moss-Morris, R., Sibelli, A., Windgassen, S., Didsbury, L., & Chalder, T.​

 

Regul8: A self management programme for IBS. Therapist Manual. Moss-Morris, R., Sibelli, A., Windgassen, S., Didsbury, L., & Chalder, T.

 

IBD-BOOST cognitive behavioural online intervention for inflammatory bowel disease. Moss-Morris, R., Artom, M., Windgassen, S., Sweeney, L., & Norton, C.

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Research and consultancy

Research

Dr Sula is an active clinical researcher, with honorary associations with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London. 

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Her current research is focused on biopsychosocial approaches to women's health. She is in the process of addressing revisions on a systematic review in endometriosis and finalising qualitative papers in endometriosis, urogenital conditions and interstitial cystitis. She is available to supervise and collaborate on research in this area. â€‹Current collaborations include; Vanderbilt University, Teeside University and City University. 

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Consultancy

Dr Sula has worked with a number of commercial, academic and not-for-profit organisations to develop health psychology research and interventions and produce health psychology content. 

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