Dr Dan Bowers is the Head of Psychology at the University of South Wales. He has developed and led the USW Housing and Health Research Network since 2023. His primary research interests are associated with exploring the impact of housing on health outcomes. 

Dr Bowers' research is primarily focused on the application of social psychology to real world scenarios. To date, his work has focused on the barriers and facilitators associated with the use of new health technologies, the various impacts of housing on health and well-being, and the identity impacts that emerge as an outcome of new diagnoses.

Daisy Carey (MRes - current): Evaluating the Platfform 4YP school wellbeing programme: State of mind (with Dr Klara Price and Dr James Greville).

Sophie Bradbury (PhD - current) : Investigating the Efficacy of Interventions Targeting Functional Speech for Minimally Verbal Learners with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities (with Dr Richard May)

Sarah Anne Ashton (PhD - current): Constructivist Grounded Theory exploration of the lived experiences of first year undergraduate students after receiving a diagnosis of dyslexia at a Welsh University (with Dr Rachel Taylor)

Will Price (PhD - current): Enhancing Psychological Well-Being and Cognitive Function: The Benefits of Football Playing and Team Membership (with Dr Phil Tyson and Dr Hayley Gibbon)

Leanne Fox (MRes - current): An Evaluation of the PERMA Wellbeing Game: An Interactive Serious Game Targeting Wellbeing in Children and Young People (with Dr Alexis Jones, Dr Victoria Markham & Dr Deborah Lancastle)

Holly Driscoll (MRes - awarded 2024): Supporting Extra Care Tenants to Reintegrate into their Community Post Covid (with Dr Phil Tyson, Dr Alexis Jones & Dr Klara Price)

Alessia Evans (MRes - awarded 2023): Engaging Elderly Male Care Home Residents in Social Activities (with Dr Phil Tyson, Dr Alexis Jones & Dr Klara Price)

Lucy Fishleigh (PhD - awarded 2022): Investigating the efficacy of an innovative interactive technology for powered wheelchairs (with Dr Rachel Taylor)