Dr Kajal Gokal

PhD

Pronouns: She/her
  • Senior Research Associate (Behavioural Medicine)

Research groups and centres

Kajal Gokal

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Kajal obtained her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Aston University, and her PhD from Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ University. Kajal’s PhD research focused on the implementation of a self-managed, physical activity intervention among breast cancer patients during active chemotherapy treatment. The randomised controlled trial found that subjective cognitive function was maintained whilst psychosocial well-being and levels of physical activity improved among female breast cancer patients.

Following the completion of her PhD, Kajal took up a Research Associate position at Coventry University where she worked on a number of NIHR, MRC and CRUK funded projects developing and evaluating digital health interventions. Kajal joined Ïã¸ÛÁùºÏ²Ê¹ÒÅÆ as a Senior Research Associate on the Snacktivity project in September 2019.

Kajal’s research focuses on the design, implementation, and evaluation of health-related behaviour change interventions, and providing individuals with the resources to make positive changes to their health and well-being. Kajal has a strong interest in digital behaviour change interventions and self-managed physical activity interventions. Kajal also has an interest in Psycho-oncology which focuses on aspects of cancer that affect the individual’s lifestyle and psychological well-being.

Featured publications

  • Gokal, K., Daley, A. J., & Madigan, C. D. (2024). . Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 32(1), 87. DOI: 10.1007/s00520-023-08293-2
  • Langworthy, E., Gokal, K., Kettle, V.E., Daley, A.J. . BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine 2023. DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2022-001466
  • Daley, A.J., Griffin, R.A., Moakes, C.A., Sanders, J.P., Skrybant, M., Ives, N., Maylor, B., Greenfield, S.M., Gokal, K., Parretti, H.M., Biddle, S.J.H., Greaves, C., Maddison, R., Mutrie, N., Esliger, D.W., Sherar, L., Edwardson, C.L., Yates, T., Frew, E., Tearne, S., Jolly, K. . Pilot and Feasibility Studies 2023. DOI: 10.1186/s40814-023-01272-8
  • Krouwel, M., Greenfield, S.M., Chalkley, A., Sanders, J.P., Parretti, H.M., Gokal K, et al. (2023) . PLoS ONE 18(9): e0291040. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291040
  • Sanders, J.P., Gokal, K., Thomas, J.J., Rawstorn, J.C., Sherar, L.B., Maddison, R., Greaves, C.J., Esliger, D., Daley, A.J. and Snacktivity Investigators, 2023. . JMIR Formative Research, 7, p.e41114. DOI: 10.2196/41114
  • Madigan, C. D., Graham, H. E., Sturgiss, E., Kettle, V. E., Gokal, K., Biddle, G., Taylor, G., & Daley, A. J. (2022). . BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 377, e069719. DOI: 10.1136/bmj-2021-069719
  • Gokal, K., Amos-Hirst, R., Moakes, C. A., Sanders, J. P., Esliger, D. W., Sherar, L. B., Ives, N., Biddle, S., Edwardson, C., Yates, T., Frew, E., Greaves, C., Greenfield, S. M., Jolly, K., Skrybant, M., Maddison, R., Mutrie, N., Parretti, H. M., & Daley, A. J. (2022). . BMC public health, 22(1), 618. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-13050-x
  • Milton, K., Poole, K., Cross, A., Gasson, S., Gokal, K., Lyons, K., Pulsford, R., & Jones, A. (2022). . European journal of cancer care, 31(3), e13573. DOI: 10.1111/ecc.13573
  • Jones, C., Gibbons, M., Magsamen-Conrad, K., Ulanday, K. T., Watterson, J., Oakley-Girvan, I., Houghton, L. C., & Gokal, K. (2022).  American journal of health promotion : AJHP, 36(3), 410–420. DOI: 10.1177/08901171211055317
  • Tyldesley-Marshall, N., Greenfield, S. M., Parretti, H. M., Gokal, K., Greaves, C., Jolly, K., Maddison, R., Daley, A. J., & Snacktivity™ Study Team (2022). . International journal of behavioral medicine, 29(5), 553–564. DOI: 10.1007/s12529-021-10040-y
  • Oakley-Girvan, I., Watterson, J. L., Jones, C., Houghton, L. C., Gibbons, M. P., Gokal, K., & Magsamen-Conrad, K. (2021). . JMIR research protocols, 10(7), e28147. DOI: 10.2196/28147
  • Houghton, L. C., Gibbons, M. P., Shekelle, J., Oakley-Girvan, I., Watterson, J. L., Magsamen-Conrad, K., Jones, C., & Gokal, K. (2021). . BMC public health, 21(1), 1805. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11775-9
  • Sanders, J. P., Biddle, S., Gokal, K., Sherar, L. B., Skrybant, M., Parretti, H. M., Ives, N., Yates, T., Mutrie, N., Daley, A. J., & Snacktivity Study Team (2021).  Preventive medicine, 153, 106851. DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2021.106851
  • Fulton, E. A., Newby, K., Kwah, K., Schumacher, L., Gokal, K., Jackson, L. J., Naughton, F., Coleman, T., Owen, A., & Brown, K. E. (2021). . NIHR Journals Library. DOI: 10.3310/phr09050
  • Fulton, E., Brown, K., Newby, K., Gokal, K., Kwah, K., Jackson, L., Naughton, F., Schumacher, L. & Coleman, T. (2019). . .BMJ Open 9, 4, 7 p., e028721. DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028721
  • Gokal, K., Munir, F., Ahmed, S., Kancherla, K., Wallis, D. (2018). . PLoS ONE, 13(11), e0206874. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206874
  • Fulton, E., Gokal, K., Griffiths, S., Wild, S. (2018). . Public Health, August. DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.04.014
  • Gokal, K., Wallis, D., Ahmed, S., Boiangiu, I., Kancherla, K., Munir, F. (2016). . Supportive Care in Cancer, ISSN: 0941-4355. DOI: 10.1007/s00520-015-2884-5.
  • Gokal, K., Munir, F., Wallis, D., Ahmed, S., Boiangiu, I., Kancherla, K. (2015). . BMC PUBLIC HEALTH, 15, ISSN: 1471-2458. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1751-0.