Background
Hammond grew up in Bedfordshire.
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Claudia Hammond
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Education
Hammond grew up in Bedfordshire. She was educated at Sussex University in applied psychology, and Surrey University, where she gained a Master of Science in health psychology, carrying out research into doctor–patient communication in a breast cancer unit
Career
Radio presenter Hammond has said that she decided that she wanted to work in radio quite suddenly, although early. "I was at a children"s book festival and, after I had queued up to get Roald Dahl"s autograph, he asked me what I wanted to do when I grew up. I"m told I said "I want to work in radio".
lieutenant was probably the first time I realised." She presents programmes about psychology on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 4, including All in the Mind.
She also presents Health Check on British Broadcasting Corporation World Service Radio. television presenter In addition to presenting Health Check on British Broadcasting Corporation World News every Friday, Hammond has appeared on several other television programmes (such as The One Show and British Broadcasting Corporation Breakfast) commenting on psychological topics.
In the past, as reporter, she presented science and medical features for Channel 5 News. Journalistic philosophy Hammond has said she tries to "give people a better understanding of the role psychology plays.
Helping people articulate and get across a seemingly technical piece of good research is central to my approach.
I also like bringing different specialists together – it"s amazing how often people who are hugely expert in one area of psychology know next to nothing about related work in a slightly different field" Despite her varied portfolio, Hammond gave "be choosy" as a piece of careers advice in one interview: "Popular programmes are fine – "I sometimes go on Richard & Judy to talk about psychological research – but if I think a show is going to dumb it down, I say northern And sometimes what they’re looking for is a qualified therapist, and that’s not medical " Awards and nominations.
