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She completed a PhD in Psychology at City, University of London with a thesis on the cognitive mechanisms of developmental prosopagnosia. After her doctoral studies, Federica obtained a position as postdoctoral researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London to investigate the recognition of interoceptive states in autism spectrum disorder and eating disorders. Federica’s research interests are broad, including emotion recognition, face perception, and the mechanisms of interoception and how atypical interoception contributes to mental illness. Currently, Federica leads the module Applied Research Methods for the MSc Mental Health: Psychological Therapies at WIPH, and co-leads the module Psychopathology with Dr Georgina Hosang for the BSc Psychology at Queen Mary, University of London. Federica is also Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, where she teaches the module Understanding Applied Cognitive Psychology. Alongside teaching and research, Federica is involved in EDI activity and initiatives within the Unit for Psychological Medicine at WIPH. She is one of the ambassadors and organisers of the STRIDE (Summer Training Research Initiative to support Diversity and Equality) Masters scheme. https://www.assetresearch.uk/laura-havers daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667ee5d3b2323106dec6fa69/7bd30516-3511-4177-b373-be800dc26663/Laura1.jpg Laura Havers - Dr Laura Havers Postdoctoral Researcher Laura is a postdoctoral researcher working as part of the quantitative work package of the ATTUNE project. In this role, she is researching relations between youth adversity and mental health in adolescence through the lens of intersectionality. Laura completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies in Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London, and defended her thesis in 2022. Her PhD was focussed on the development of psychotic-like experiences and negative symptoms in adolescence and emerging adulthood. Prior to and throughout her undergraduate degree, Laura worked and volunteered with individuals experiencing mental health difficulties. This work and voluntary experience is imbedded in Laura’s motivation to measure and model the presentation and development of individual differences in psychological and emotional processes, and the societal factors that are associated with these differences. She is passionate about understanding and using quantitative methods that both adequately address the research questions at hand, and capture the psychological constructs being studied. Alongside her postdoctoral research, Laura conducts introductory-level workshops on structural equation modelling topics, with the aim of maximising understanding and practical application among applied mental health researchers. She also runs a quantitative methods discussion and support group for ECR (email Laura if interested to join). Laura is currently a Lecturer (maternity cover) on the MSc Forensic Psychology and Mental Health programme, and she co-supervises the PhD of Emma Hayashibara on mental health disparities in neurodivergent youth from an intersectional perspective. https://www.assetresearch.uk/simone-jayakumar daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667ee5d3b2323106dec6fa69/d7b0ed58-b259-47dc-8663-8777b589381e/favicon+blue.png Simone Jayakumar - Simone Jayakumar PhD Student Simone is a PhD student at the Unit for Psychological Medicine in the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health. Simone completed her BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Applied Psychological Research Methods (Psychopathology endorsement) at the University of Roehampton, London. Simone is currently doing a PhD on the role of inflammation on the recognition and treatment of depression in renal dialysis patients. https://www.assetresearch.uk/abigail-thomson daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667ee5d3b2323106dec6fa69/11890d13-a0b4-487f-a91b-626018720373/Abi.jpg Abigail Thomson - Abigail Thomson PhD Student Abigail started her PhD at the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health in October 2022. She was awarded funding from the London Interdisciplinary School Science Doctoral Training Partnership (ESRC). Her project focuses on emotion regulation as a potential transdiagnostic mechanism (and possible clinical target) underlying multiple mental health problems in adolescents. Abigail holds a Distinction in MSc Foundations of Clinical Psychology and Mental Health and a First-Class Honours degree in BSc Psychology with Neuroscience (with a professional placement year) from the University of Sussex. Abigail’s background is in research, and she previously worked on several large-scale intervention studies based in Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, University of Oxford, UCL and the University of Sussex, utilising both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. This research largely focused on the intergenerational transmission of psychopathologies, and the prevention of mental health problems in children and young people. In addition to her PhD, Abigail also holds roles as a Graduate Teaching assistant, and Demonstrator across both undergraduate and postgraduate courses within Queen Mary, University of London. She is also passionate about improving the involvement and engagement of young people in mental health research, and works to develop spaces within Universities and the NHS where young people with lived experience of mental health problems can lead research. https://www.assetresearch.uk/erin-lawrence daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667ee5d3b2323106dec6fa69/3c83f026-a8f4-4774-b52c-e2d1ebc417bf/Erin.jpg Erin Lawrence - Erin Lawrence PhD Student Erin is a PhD student based in the ASSET team at Queen Mary, University of London. Her PhD project focuses on understanding the psychosocial risk factors for physical multimorbidity among individuals with psychosis, using a mixed methods approach. Erin was awarded funding by the London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP) from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) in 2022 to complete this project. Her previous studies include an MSc in Psychiatric Research (awarded Distinction) from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London and a First-Class Honours BSc in Psychology from the University of Southampton. Erin’s previous research posts include being a Research Assistant at the Academic Department of Military Mental Health at the IoPPN, King’s College London, where she worked across multiple epidemiological research studies to understand the risk factors for mental health outcomes among serving military personnel. She has also worked in industry-based dementia prevention research and helped to develop and test the utility of a digital health application to predict the 10-year risk of dementia using machine learning, in collaboration with the University of Oxford. Erin’s primary research interests lie in the field of psychosis, particularly in the identification of risk factors for health outcomes and disease progression. Specifically, her interests include the understanding of how psychosocial factors, like stress and adverse life events, can detrimentally impact health outcomes, such as the onset of psychotic symptoms or comorbid physical conditions, and how such psychosocial factors can be explained through syndemic frameworks. Alongside her PhD, Erin is also working on a study investigating the moderating effects of genetic and environmental risk factors on the association between bullying victimisation in late childhood and paranoia in adolescence- a symptom that is central to the prodromal phase of psychosis. https://www.assetresearch.uk/irene-gonzalez-calvo daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667ee5d3b2323106dec6fa69/d1f80360-0c6e-4f8e-9a6c-223fcb6df84d/thumbnail_27079455-1429-4b2c-971b-77492e86d5d5.jpg Irene Gonzalez-Calvo - Irene Gonzalez-Calvo PhD Student Irene started her LISS-DTP (ESRC) funded PhD at the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health (Queen Mary, University of London) in October 2022. She is supervised by Dr Georgina Hosang (Primary supervisor) and Prof. Angelica Ronald (University of Surrey, Secondary supervisor). Her PhD aims to identify the risk factors and long-term mental health and functional (e.g., education) outcomes of adolescent subclinical hypomania. Her project uses data from the Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) to assess the degree of genetic and environmental influences in hypomania and bipolar disorder. In addition to her PhD, Irene currently works as Graduate Teaching Associate at the School of Biological & Behavioural Sciences (Queen Mary). Before starting her PhD, she worked as an assistant psychologist and research assistant with adolescents with emotional disorders in transdiagnostic intervention programmes. She has also experience in neurocognitive rehabilitation and delivering substance misuse interventions in forensic contexts. Irene gained a BA in Applied Psychology and Sociology at the University of Brighton, an MSc (Distinction) in Forensic Psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London, and an MSc (Distinction) in Psychopathology, Health and Clinical Interventions at UNED University. https://www.assetresearch.uk/shiqi-lu daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667ee5d3b2323106dec6fa69/2791e246-f5a3-4498-bce5-0d2b88ca8827/Shiqi.jpg Shiqi Lu - Shiqi Lu PhD Student Shiqi is a PhD student in Psychology at Queen Mary, University of London. She was awarded a CSC scholarship from China Scholarship Council. Before that, Shiqi did her Master’s Degree at the University of Bristol in Experimental Psychology and also previously worked as a research assistant in the Psychiatric hospital. Her PhD project aims to examine the risk pathways leading to increased depression and suicidality among youth from the general population and youth with neurodevelopmental conditions, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Specifically, she will integrate information from psychosocial risk factors with biological risk factors derived from non-invasive and clinically-translatable EEG recordings of brain activity. Also, she will use data-driven, prediction methods such as machine learning to leverage existing data longitudinally and explore a wide range of psychosocial and biological risk factors and their effect on the emergence of depression and suicidality. Shiqi also worked as research assistant for a participatory research grant. Collaborating with neurodivergent young people with mental health issues, this project gained insights into the current research priorities and their lived experience in facing barriers to entering mental health support. Her research passion lies in the field of mental health, including depression, suicide, and neurodiversity. Through her research. Shiqi wishes to make meaningful contributions to the improvement of mental well-being among young people. https://www.assetresearch.uk/nikolina-jovanovic daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667ee5d3b2323106dec6fa69/20f12478-6ded-4864-8ac6-e9e3e045af84/favicon+blue.png Nikolina Jovanovic - Dr Nikolina Jovanović Clinical Reader & Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Nikolina Jovanović is a Clinical Reader in Perinatal Psychiatry at Queen Mary, University of London, and a Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist at East London NHS Foundation Trust. Her work focuses on enhancing perinatal mental health care by developing and implementing effective interventions and promoting service user involvement. Over the past seven years, Dr Jovanović has secured over £6 million in research funding from organizations including the European Commission, NIHR, and UNICEF. She has expertise in mixed-method research, especially with individuals with mental illness and hard-to-reach populations, and has led numerous initiatives to improve mental health care in Eastern Europe. Dr Jovanović has supervised three PhD students and served as Director of Graduate Studies at QMUL (2020-2022), where she implemented measures to support students’ wellbeing. She has also held several roles within the European Psychiatric Association, including Board Member and Chair of ECPC, and currently serves on the Committee of Education. https://www.assetresearch.uk/abigail-kemsley daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667ee5d3b2323106dec6fa69/d714379f-c5ca-4c83-891d-e93f5cbc6dd1/AbigailK.jpg Abigail Kemsley - Abigail Kemsley PhD Student Abigail started her PhD at the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health (Queen Mary, University of London) in October 2024, funded by the London Interdisciplinary School Science Doctoral Training Partnership (ESRC) and in partnership with Barts Health NHS Trust, Saving Faces. Her PhD explores facial trauma clinics as ‘reachable‘ moments in improving the support and outcomes for survivors of intimate partner violence. Abigail is supervisor by Dr Sania Shakoor (primary supervisor) and Professor Ania Korszun (secondary supervisor). Abigail holds an MSc in Clinical Applications of Psychology from the University of Warwick and a BSc in Psychology from the University of York. She has worked with adolescents and adults in both inpatient and outpatient mental health services and has held roles specialising in Domestic Violence and Abuse within third sector organisations and local government, including work as an Independent Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocate. https://www.assetresearch.uk/leah-hillari daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667ee5d3b2323106dec6fa69/f6fe7aa7-96f8-4e0b-bbd3-38c442423446/L+Hillari+Photo.jpg Leah Hillari - Leah Hillari PhD Student Leah completed her undergraduate (MA) degree in Psychology in Scotland, followed by an MSc in Health Psychology at UCL. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Life-Course Epidemiology at Imperial College. Her doctoral research focuses on identifying biopsychosocial determinants of healthy aging across the life course. Leah’s research background includes roles in clinical trial management and research assistant positions in the UK, Germany and Canada, spanning projects on COVID-19, neuroplasticity, and occupational and health psychology. She is particularly interested in the intersection of mental and physical health across the life-course as well as examining healthy ageing from a multidimensional perspective. https://www.assetresearch.uk/tabassum-adelyar daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667ee5d3b2323106dec6fa69/006bfeda-c4c8-4c78-9344-84a92673d61e/logo+blue_non+transparent.jpg Tabassum Adelyar - Tabassum Adelyar Research Assistant Tabassum is a Research Assistant at the Unit for Psychological Medicine in the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health. Tabassum holds a BSc in Psychology from Brunel University and an MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences from UCL. Her research interests lie in understanding the impact of social media behaviour on mental health, with a focus on socio-cultural factors and violence prevention. Currently, Tabassum is involved in various projects at Queen Mary University, including the Violence Reduction Academy (VRA), which explores health-based interventions for youth at risk of violence, and the Institutional Racism Project, investigating experiences of systemic racism in acute mental health wards. Additionally, she supported on research exploring domestic violence within South Asian communities. Tabassum is also Research Assistant at UCL, where she explores best practices for community partnerships for parents of children with complex health needs. Through these roles, she is deepening her understanding of trauma-informed care and evidence-based practices, with the aim of contributing to the development of inclusive, culturally sensitive mental health services. https://www.assetresearch.uk/emma-hayashibara daily 0.75 2024-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/667ee5d3b2323106dec6fa69/928a99ba-2616-4e66-ab58-9461fed1c48d/Emma1.jpg Emma Hayashibara - Emma Hayashibara PhD student Emma is a PhD student in the Department of Psychology at Queen Mary University of London, funded by the 1+3 London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP) studentship from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Emma’s research aims to address mental health disparities in neurodivergent young people through an intersectional approach, with a focus on co-producing an inclusive mental health assessment tool tailored to neurodivergent young people from marginalised/minoritised backgrounds. This PhD is in partnership with Embracing Complexity and Autistica. In addition to her PhD research, Emma is a Demonstrator for undergraduate students and also a PhD Representative for the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences (SBBS) Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (EDIC). Previously, Emma completed an MSc in Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology at King’s College London (funded by LISS DTP, ESRC) and an MSc in Psychological Science (Conversion) at the University of Glasgow, both awarded with Distinction. Emma has also worked in the Evidence and Research Team at the National Autistic Society, where she was responsible for compiling evidence reviews and guidance on various autism topics, such as mental health and enabling underrepresented autistic voices. Prior to transitioning to the field of psychology, she completed a BEng (Hons) in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Strathclyde and an MSc in Physics and Engineering in Medicine at University College London (UCL).