My experience as a PhD student in mental health | Ava Mason
Ava Mason is a UCL PhD student interested in understanding the neuropsychological mechanisms underlying trauma and psychosis.
Ava Mason is a UCL PhD student interested in understanding the neuropsychological mechanisms underlying trauma and psychosis. Her studies utilise a biopsychosocial approach to mental health, including methods in neuroimaging, epidemiology, and qualitative analysis. She also helps manage the international Developmental Trauma and Psychosis network and UCL trauma special interest group. She is currently on the UCL-Yale exchange, where she is collaborating on a neuroimaging study before co-chairing and presenting at the Schizophrenia International Research Congress in Toronto. As a YouTube educator, Ava has published over 100 videos discussing evidence-based mental health research and giving a personal perspective of her own research journey.