Rate My Professor Rebecca Knibb

Professor Knibb's research specializations center on the health-related quality of life and mental well-being of children, adolescents, and parents managing allergic conditions and asthma, with a focus on food allergy. Her research group develops interventions to address food allergy anxiety and enhances global access to psychological support. She has produced 112 research outputs, including recent key publications such as 'Development and validation of the Coping with Food Allergy Scales (CoFAS) for children and young people and parents' (2026, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice), 'The healthcare experiences and psychological support needs of adults and caregivers managing food allergy' (2026, Journal of Health Psychology), and 'A Global Survey of Mental Health Treatment Experiences among Food Allergy Patients and Caregivers' (2025, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice). She chairs the Psychology Special Interest Group of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, serves on the UK Expert Advisory Group for Allergy, and participates in European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Task Forces on adolescent allergy impact. Her team won the Barry Kay Award in 2021 for an outstanding food allergy study and secured funding from the US National Peanut Board. Professor Knibb directs online MSc and BSc Psychology programmes, teaches long-term condition management and psychometric scale development, and supervises PhD students in health and allergy-related areas, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 on good health and well-being.