Dr Alan Price
School of Health & Society
Allerton Building
School of Health and Society
University of Salford
Greater Manchester
Current positions
Lecturer in Psychology (Biological)
Biography
Dr Alan Price is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Salford, whose main research interest is fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), especially the additional impact of early life adversity and the development and evaluation of therapeutic, educational, and social care interventions. His PhD, supervised by Professor Penny Cook and Professor Raja Mukherjee, was on the additional impact of childhood trauma on cognitive and behavioural functioning in children with FASD. He works with colleagues at the University of Salford, other universities in the UK and overseas, and collaborators outside of academic on a number of projects related to FASD, especially interventions, services and support. He was involved in the first piece of research to estimate the prevalence of FASD in the UK, which was conducted in Greater Manchester. Alan is a founding member of the UK FASD Research Collaboration, and he is a member of the Professional Advisory Panel for Irish FASD charity EndPAE. Alan regularly delivers training, public talks, and lectures on FASD and related topics to academics and other professionals, families affected by FASD, the general public, and students. He is also part of a group that delivers a regular training event on FASD for paediatricians hosted by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. Alan’s published works include journal articles, magazine articles and book chapters. His research has been funded by Medical Research Council (MRC), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Oglesby Charitable Trust, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, and the Mohapatra Family Foundation. He has also received funding from the British Psychological Society and Alcohol Research UK.
Areas of Research
Member of the Salford FASD research team, an internationally-leading group of researchers with several ongoing projects related to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Current projects include development and testing of a parenting programme for caregivers of children with FASD, work related to the additional impact of postnatal adversity in children with FASD and the combined impact of pre and postnatal adversity on attachment, cognitive and behavioural development and life outcomes. Development and delivery of training in FASD for professionals, development and testing of a classroom intervention for children with FASD, and work related to FASD in the criminal justice system.
Separately from this, work exploring the experiences of people with a previously unrecognised phobia - Casadastraphobia - the fear of falling up into the sky.
Areas of Supervision
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
Adverse Childhood Experiences
Casadastraphobia
Lecturer in Psychology
Module co-leader for Philosophical Roots, Research Approaches and Academic Skills in Psychology (level 4)
Seminar tutor for: Core Areas of Psychology (level 4), Introduction to Qualitative Research (level 4), Biological Psychology (level 5), Further Research Methods (level 5)
Lecturer for: Core Areas of Psychology (level 4), Individual Differences (level 5), Cognitive Psychology (level 5), Developmental Psychology (level 5), Atypical Child Development (level 6), Addictive Behaviours (level 7),
Guest lecturer for Midwifery, Nursing, and Social Work programmes
Undergraduate dissertation supervisor (level 6)
Personal tutor (levels 4, 5, & 6)
PhD supervisor (three current students)
Qualifications
-
Postgraduate Certificate of Academic Practice
2023 - 2024 -
PhD
2015 - 2019 -
BSc Psychology
2012 - 2015