Public Health and Sport Sciences

About me:

I am a Senior Research Fellow working accross the Children and Young People's Mental Health Research Collaboration (ChYMe) and the Peninsula Mental Health Research Initiative (PenMHRI). I am interested in finding ways to support the emotional and social development of children and young adults. My focus has been evaluating complex interventions with families, schools and health services.

 

Within my work at PenARC (https://arc-swp.nihr.ac.uk/) I co-lead PenMHRI (https://arc-swp.nihr.ac.uk/research/projects/penmhri/) to identify key areas of uncertainty between local needs and mental health research which can be addressed either through conducting primary research or by adapting existing evidence to improve services. I do this by building relationships and connections with mental health services and public collaborators working in the South West, with a view to developing research partnerships.

 

I have been a professional author with the organisation MindEd who provide free educational resources on children and young people's mental health for any adult who works with them, for example, parents, teachers, therapists. I regularly work with children's charities such as the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and The Children's Society. Until recently, I was a research advisor for Place2Be and was delighted to be invited to be a judge on the Place2Be Wellbeing in Schools Awards 2019.

 

 


Interests:

Mental Health

Developmental Psychology

Clinical Psychology

School Based Research

 


Qualifications:

BSc Psychology

MSc Psychological Research Methods

PhD


Career:

  • Research interest in the promotion of good mental health in young people and families, with a particular focus on prevention and school based intervention
  • Managed large successful trials of complex health interventions, main outcomes published in high quality scientific journals
  • A Ph.D. in developmental psychology investigating young infant’s perception of speech sounds
  • Experienced in all aspects of research – design, funding, implementation, analysis and dissemination

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