Cindy Forbes

Dr Cindy Forbes

Senior Lecturer

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Hull York Medical School

Qualifications

  • PhD / DPhil

Summary

I am originally from Nova Scotia, Canada and completed most of my graduate training at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. After completing my PhD in 2015, I worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia as well as a Visiting Research Fellow for 6 months with the University of Adelaide in Adelaide, Australia.

More detail can be found on my ResearchGate profile page https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cynthia_Forbes

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Digital health interventions for all? Examining inclusivity across all stages of the digital health intervention research process

Krukowski, R. A., Ross, K. M., Western, M. J., Cooper, R., Busse, H., Forbes, C., Kuntsche, E., Allmeta, A., Silva, A. M., John-Akinola, Y. O., & König, L. M. (2024). Digital health interventions for all? Examining inclusivity across all stages of the digital health intervention research process. Trials, 25(1), Article 98. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-07937-w

Reducing intervention- and research-induced inequalities to tackle the digital divide in health promotion

König, L. M., Krukowski, R. A., Kuntsche, E., Busse, H., Gumbert, L., Gemesi, K., Neter, E., Mohamed, N. F., Ross, K. M., John-Akinola, Y. O., Cooper, R., Allmeta, A., Silva, A. M., Forbes, C. C., & Western, M. J. (2023). Reducing intervention- and research-induced inequalities to tackle the digital divide in health promotion. International Journal for Equity in Health, 22(1), Article 249. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-02055-6

Breathlessness limiting exertion in very old adults: findings from the Newcastle 85+ study

Johnson, M. J., Pitel, L., Currow, D. C., Forbes, C., Soyiri, I., & Robinson, L. (2023). Breathlessness limiting exertion in very old adults: findings from the Newcastle 85+ study. Age and ageing, 52(9), Article afad155. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad155

Use of Wearable Activity-Monitoring Technologies to Promote Physical Activity in Cancer Survivors: Challenges and Opportunities for Improved Cancer Care

Keats, M. R., Yu, X., Sweeney Magee, M., Forbes, C. C., Grandy, S. A., Sweeney, E., & Dummer, T. J. (2023). Use of Wearable Activity-Monitoring Technologies to Promote Physical Activity in Cancer Survivors: Challenges and Opportunities for Improved Cancer Care. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(6), Article 4784. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20064784

Is the uptake, engagement, and effectiveness of exclusively mobile interventions for the promotion of weight-related behaviors equal for all? A systematic review

Szinay, D., Forbes, C. C., Busse, H., DeSmet, A., Smit, E. S., & König, L. M. (in press). Is the uptake, engagement, and effectiveness of exclusively mobile interventions for the promotion of weight-related behaviors equal for all? A systematic review. Obesity Reviews, Article e13542. https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13542

Research interests

I am interested in how to improve quality of life among people with cancer using physical activity behaviour change. I am also interested in how digital technologies such as websites and wearable activity trackers can be used to assist this behaviour change. I currently have collaborations with researchers in Canada and Australia; we are developing and testing the feasibility of individually tailored, website delivered exercise programs and support for people diagnosed with cancer.

Lead investigator

Project

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Grant

Started

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Project

A phase II, randomised feasibility trial of a tailored, home-based exercise programme on disease-free survival among early stage high-risk recurring cancers in Yorkshire

Funder

YCR Yorkshire Cancer Research

Grant

£932,740.00

Started

1 September 2022

Status

Ongoing

Project

Digital and community-based, personally tailored activity support among older adults living with and beyond cancer

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£500.00

Started

1 December 2019

Status

Complete

Project

Adapting a smartphone-based rehabilitation programme for older adults living with and beyond cancer: an intervention development study

Funder

NIHR National Institute for Health Research

Grant

£135,659.00

Started

1 April 2022

Status

Complete

Project

TRANSFORM - CanBenefit II: CANcer BEhavioural Nutrition and Exercise FeasIbility Trial among older adults with lung cancer

Funder

YCR Yorkshire Cancer Research

Grant

£120,356.00

Started

1 September 2021

Status

Complete

Project

TRANSFORM: Effects of physical activity during the cancer journey

Funder

YCR Yorkshire Cancer Research

Grant

£385,894.00

Started

1 June 2018

Status

Complete

Co-investigator

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Grant

Started

Status

Project

Understanding barriers and facilitators to implementing physical activity interventions for patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy: A qualitative study

Funder

Cancer Prevention and Management-ISBNPA

Grant

£1,015.00

Started

1 November 2023

Status

Ongoing

Project

Publication Costs Award: PC/46

Funder

YCR Yorkshire Cancer Research

Grant

£1,540.00

Started

1 June 2018

Status

Complete

Project

YCR Publication Costs Award PC/52

Funder

YCR Yorkshire Cancer Research

Grant

£1,620.00

Started

24 November 2021

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Exercise Oncology, Ehealth

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