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Nicola AbbottLecturer in Social Psychology, Department of Psychology and Human Development, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society I am a Social and Developmental Psychologist with expertise in bystander intervention in the context of school bullying. I am particularly interested in bullying that is biased-based (e.g. based on gender, race and ethnicity, country of origin, sexuality and disability etc.) and anti-bullying interventions. For example, I am interested in what makes someone feel confident enough to intervene when they witness bullying, especially when the bullying is directed at someone who belongs to a different social group (e.g. they are from a different ethnic background). Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Ethnic minorities |
Agatha Alves AnetPhD Student, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include Cognition | Global Mental Health | Mood Disorders | Neuroscience |
Humma AndleebPhD student, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Epidemiology | Neuroscience | Global Mental Health | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychosocial |
Rebecca AppletonResearch Assistant, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Children and Young People's Mental Health Phoebe BarnettResearch Fellow Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychological Interventions |Wellbeing |
Jo BillingsAssociate Clinical Professor/Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Division of Psychiatry I have particular clinical and research interests in PTSD, trauma, resilience and the mental health and wellbeing of high-risk occupational groups. I have also published research related to the acceptability and impact of psychological interventions as well as qualitative research on a variety of topics. Other research interests include Psychosocial | Psychological Interventions | Trauma and PTSD |
Christine CarterFull time PhD student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Dementia | Older Adult Mental Health | Physical Health | Cognition | Global Mental Health | Psychosocial Dorina CadarSenior Research Fellow, Institute of Epidemiology & Health Cognition Other research interests include Dementia | Epidemiology | Neuroscience | Psychosocial Jennifer CearnsPostdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology Other research interests include Digital Health | Psychological Interventions | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychosocial |
Merve CetinkayaPhD Student, Division of Psychiatry |
Justin ChanPhD student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include |
Lorna CollinsResearch Fellow, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Psychological Interventions Dena EttehadAcademic Clinical, Fellow in Primary Care and Population Health Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Health and Social Care | Trauma | Suicide and Self-harm | Serious Mental Illness | Digital Health | Mood Disorders | Older Adult Mental Health | Psychosocial Emma Ruby FrancisPhD Candidate, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Serious Mental Illness | Older Adult Mental Health | Trauma |
Sabina FunkResearch Associate, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Cognition | Dementia | Global Mental Health | Mood Disorders | Neuroscience | Older Adult Mental Health | Psychological Interventions |
Anne GaulePhD Student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Neuroscience | Psychosocial | Cognition | Children and Young People's Mental Health |
Eriko GavinioPhD Student and Clinical Psychologist, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Cognition | Neuroscience | Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial |
James GilleenSenior Lecturer, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Pharmacology | Psychological Interventions | Neuroscience | Cognition | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Serious Mental Illness |
Dawid GondekResearch Fellow, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Dawid’s main research interests lie in: Other research interests include |
Ishtar GoviaVisiting Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies Other research interests include Dementia | Global Mental Health | Physical Health | Epidemiology | Psychological Interventions | Pychosocial | Health and Social Care | Cognition | Integrated Approaches | Multimorbidity |
Vivian HillProgramme Director Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Cognition | Children and Young People's Mental Health |
Marjan JahanshahiEmeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Queen Square Institute of Neurology Our current areas of research interest are: Other research interests include Dementia | Mood Disorders | Older Adult Mental Health | Psychosocial | Physical Health | Cognition Naomi Jiehua Li-HorderProject officer (UCL) & counsellor (BACP registered) Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Physical Health Phil JonesProfessor of Children’s Rights and Wellbeing, Institute of Education Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Arts therapies |
Aaron KandolaPhD Candidate, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Neuroscience | Physical Health | Epidemiology | Children and Young People's Mental Health Garrett KiddResearch Assistant, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Health and Social Care | Mood Disorders | Older Adult Mental Health | Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Serious Mental Illness | Substance abuse | Suicide and Self-harm | Trauma |
Rebecca LaceyLecturer in Quantitative Methods and Lifecourse Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Health I am a Lecturer in Quantitative Methods and Lifecourse Epidemiology. I am a social epidemiologist who applies a life course approach to understanding the importance of the early family social environment for health across the life course. Other research interests include Psychosocial | Mood Disorders | Epidemiology | Children and Young People's Mental Health |
Danielle LambSenior Research Fellow, Institute of Epidemiology & Health Danielle is currently a senior research fellow in the NIHR ARC (North Thames). Her work focuses on using mixed methods to evaluate the implementation of complex health services and interventions. Her previous work focussed on mental health services and interventions, particularly acute mental health services such as Crisis Resolution Teams and Acute Day Units. Other research interests include Physical Health | Psychological Interventions | Serious Mental Illness | Occupational Psychology |
Maria LongTrial Manager (NHS) and PhD student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Serious Mental Illness | Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Physical Health | Epidemiology | Cognition |
Virginia LumsdenAssociate Clinical Tutor and Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health in Education Settings |
Hei Wan (Karen) MakResearch Fellow in Quantitative Social Science, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Having a background in Sociology, Karen (Hei Wan)'s research interests centre on using nationally representative data/cohort studies to examine the social determinants of health-related behaviours, mental health and mental wellbeing, including early life experiences, family relationships, neighbourhood factors, and arts and cultural community engagement. Her current research focuses on two main themes: (i) exploring the wellbeing benefits of the arts & cultural community engagement at a population level, and (ii) drawing on various theories from sociology, psychology and geography to understand what encourages some people to participate but acts as a barrier for others. Other research interests include Psychosocial | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Arts and Cultural Community Engagement |
Rosalind McAlpinePhD Student, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Pharmacology | Mood Disorders | Serious Mental Illness | Psychosocial | Substance Abuse | Psychological Interventions |
Jennifer McGowanLecturer, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences My research interests are focused primarily on health psychology. I am interested in projects into:
To date my research has explored the biopsychosocial well-being of adults ageing with HIV in relation to both age and time with diagnosed HIV, and project relating to cancer and smoking, and adolescent health and well-being. Other research interests include |
Daisy McInnerneyPhD Candidate, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Global Mental Health | Psychosocial | Psychological Interventions | Older Adult Mental Health Asta MedisauskaiteSenior Research Fellow, Division of Medicine Other research interests include Health and Social Care | Psychological Interventions | Wellbeing | Occupational Health Psychology |
Darío Moreno-AgostinoResearch Fellow in Population Mental Health, Centre for Longitudinal Studies Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Mood Disorders | Global Mental Health | Older Adult Mental Health |
Helen NichollsDoctoral student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Global Mental Health | Trauma | Digital Health |
Bonamy OliverAssociate Professor, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society I am a developmental psychologist and behavioural geneticist, I have diverse research and applied experience, including in large cohort studies as well as working and collaborating with educational psychologists, child psychiatrists and practitioners. My research focuses on children’s socio-emotional development, psychological adjustment and mental health, with specific emphasis on the role of family, school and the connections between them. In particular, I consider genetic and environmental aetiology of individual differences in development and intervention response, as well as methods that facilitate detailed understanding of interpersonal relationships suitable for large-scale studies, to improve reach, scale and diversity in intervention research. Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychological Interventions | Behavioural genetics | Family processes |
Vasiliki OrgetaAssociate Professor, Division of Psychiatry Dr Vasiliki Orgeta is a research psychologist interested in emotional well-being in people with dementia and their family carers. Her research focuses on the development and evaluation of psychological and psychosocial interventions in dementia and mild cognitive impairment. She is also interested in how stress could be influencing risk of dementia and the effect of caregiving on caregivers physical and mental health. Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Physical Health | Psychosocial | Older Adult Mental Health | Neuroscience | Psychological Interventions | Mood Disorders | Dementia | Cognition |
Praveetha PatalayAssociate Professor, Social Research Institute & Population Science and Experimental Medicine My research interests primarily fall in the area of child development and epidemiology with a focus on mental health through the life course including prevalence, risk factors, consequences, developmental pathways and interventions to promote better mental health. In terms of interventions, my research focuses on community based interventions that are not just about treatment but also focus on prevention of problems, reduction of stigma around mental ill-health and promoting greater wellbeing. Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Mood Disorders |
Elise PaulSenior Research Fellow in Epidemiology/Statistics, Institute of Epidemiology and Health Other research interests include Epidemiology | Psychosocial | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Self-harm |
Georgia PavlopoulouLecturer, Anna Freud Centre I have developed academic, NHS and third sector collaborations both nationally and internationally. I am passionate about working with marginalized groups, service users, scholar activists and Trusts to facilitate service transformation and advance mental health practice through better cross agency collaboration, translational research and better service user participation. Other research interests include Global Mental Health | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Older Adult Mental Health |
George PloubidisProfessor of Population Health and Statistics, Centre for Longitudinal Studies George is a multidisciplinary quantitative social scientist and a longitudinal population surveys methodologist. His main research interests relate to socioeconomic and demographic determinants of health over the life course and the mechanisms that underlie generational differences in health and mortality. His methodological work in longitudinal surveys focusses on applications for handling missing data, causal inference and measurement error. Other research interests include Epidemiology | Physical Health | Older Adult Mental Health | Social Statistics |
Lydia PooleResearch Fellow in Mixed Methods, Institute of Health Informatics Lydia 's research focuses on the psychobiology of chronic disease. She is particularly interested in how depression is linked to physical illness and the biobehavioural pathways through which depression can explain disease onset and progression. Her ESRC funded fellowship comprised a body of work exploring the similarities and differences in depression across different physical illnesses. Lydia has a growing number of first-authored publications in peer-reviewed journals and has co-authored five book chapters. She has participated in several international conferences hand has received travel awards to present her work. Other research interests include Epidemiology | Mood Disorders | Physical Health | Psychosocial Claire PowellSenior Research Fellow, GOS Institute of Child Health Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Health and Social Care | Trauma | Psychosocial Priya RajyaguruChild and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Cognition | Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Mood Disorders | Psychosocial | Wellbeing |
Jessica ReesPhD Student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Dementia | Physical Health | Older Adult Mental Health |
Philippa RenoufResearch Assistant, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Older Adult Mental Health | Dementia | Psychological Interventions | Cognition |
Antonia RichAssociate Professor in Medical Education, UCL Medical School Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Health and Social Care |
Anna RoachPhD Student, GOS Institute of Child Health Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Health and Social Care | Physical Health | Psychological Interventions |
David RuttenbergPhD Student and UCL Staff (Content Creator and PGTA), Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience I am a passionately devoted scientist & PhD candidate within the University College London's Institute of Education & Culture, Communication & Media Department's Knowledge Lab and at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience's Developmental Diversity Lab & Cognition Emotion and Education Lab (CEE) within the Centre for Attention Learning and Memory (CALM) at the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at University of Cambridge (CBU). Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Cognition | Older Adult Mental Health | Sensory, Anxiety and Attention |
Jessica SatchellTrial Manager / PhD Student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Older Adult Mental Health | Trauma | Crime Victims |
Juliet SingerChild and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Global Mental Health | Neuroscience | Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial |
Matt SomervilleLecturer in Psychology, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society Broadly, my research interests are concerned with educational contexts that support children’s social and emotional development. My primary research focus is on emotion regulation and how it relates to mental health and well-being. Other research interests include beliefs about emotion controllability, self-regulation/co-regulation, metacognition, teacher-pupil interactions, peer interactions, the social context of the classroom, and the impact of socioeconomic disadvantage on psychological and educational outcomes. Other research interests include |
Sahra TekinPhD Student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Serious Mental Illness | Global Mental Health | Psychological Interventions |
Simon ToPolicy, Governance and Insight Manager, Students' Union UCL Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychological Interventions | Students |
Hara TrouliProgramme Lead Performing Arts Medicine, Division of Surgery & Interventional Science Other research interests include Epidemiology | Physical Health | Psychosocial | Substance Abuse Muhammad Waqar Ashraf BhattiClinical Psychologist, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Neuroscience | Health and Social Care | Sexuality | Mood Disorders |
Katey WarranResearch Fellow in Social Science (Assets for Resilient Communities in Mental Health [MARCH] Network), Institute of Epidemiology and Health Katey is an interdisciplinary researcher who draws upon the fields of sociology, psychology, performance science, and philosophy to examine complex arts interventions and how they impact upon mental health and wellbeing. More specifically, she is interested in how group arts engagement can support social cohesion and improve social relationships, exploring this from multiple perspectives. For example, using theories from sociology to understand collective emotions and how they cement social bonds, drawing upon social psychology to explore the benefits of shared group identities, and applying theories from the philosophy of religion to unpack the more tacit, experiential aspects of creativity that unite people through shared ineffable experiences. Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychosocial | Psychological Interventions | Arts and Mental Health |
Kaja WiduchData Manager, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Global Mental Health | Psychosocial | Serious Mental Illness | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychiatric Research |
Keri WongAssistant Professor of Psychology, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society My research interests are in the early assessments of childhood mental wellbeing, childhood paranoia/suspiciousness, antisocial and aggressive behaviours, and schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (schizotypal personality disorder) across cultures. Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health |Global Mental Health | Mood Disorders | Older Adult Mental Health | Physical Health | Wellbeing |
Liam WrightResearch Fellow in Epidemiology/Statistics, Institute of Epidemiology and Health I am a Research Fellow in the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at UCL. My work uses genetically informed designs to explore social inequalities in health and change in inequalities across time. My PhD research was on the association between youth unemployment and mental health later in life (so called scarring effects). Other research interests include Francesca ZanattaAssociate Lecturer (Mental Health), Institute of Epidemiology & Health Other research interests include Health and Social Care | Psychosocial | Children and Young People's Mental Health Zhongyao ZhangPhD student, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Health and Social Care | Psychosocial | Mood Disorders | Global Mental Health | | Psychological Interventions |