Exploring mental health through novel research methods
ADHD & Depression in Young PeopleA three-year longitudinal study investigating how and why ADHD leads to depression in young people, using two large UK datasets spanning ages 4–25.
Loneliness and Social Isolation in Mental HealthA UCL/Wellcome-funded network investigating how addressing chronic loneliness prevents or improves anxiety and depression in young people aged 14–24.
CHOOSEAssessing CPRD GP records to quantify the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on mental health diagnoses, prescriptions, and referrals in children and young people aged 1–24.
Digital Youth & MANGOSprouting Minds member on the UKRI-funded Digital Youth programme at MindTech, Nottingham. Primary involvement in WP5: MANGO, a crossover trial of a talking gecko app designed to improve engagement with mindfulness tools in 13–24 year olds.
Body Dissatisfaction in AdolescencePre-funding consultation on a proposed study examining links between body dissatisfaction and depression, self-harm, and physical health in young people aged 13–18, using international longitudinal datasets and new school-based data collection.
Eating Disorders in LGBTQIA+ AdolescentsConsulted on a longitudinal study using an Australian birth cohort to map developmental trajectories of body dissatisfaction and disordered eating in sexual and gender minority young people versus cisgendered heterosexual peers.
AI Speech Analysis for Child Mental HealthContributed to a public engagement consultation using speculative fiction to explore the ethical implications of AI systems that analyse parental speech to predict future child mental health risk.
Collaboration in Mental Health ResearchA Science Practice and KCL project mapping existing resources on involving young people in mental health research, and identifying barriers to meaningful collaboration.
Trevor Project UK LGBTQ Youth Mental Health SurveyWorked across five stages of the Trevor Project's first UK LGBTQ youth mental health survey: reviewing the instrument, recruitment materials, test-running the survey, reviewing preliminary findings, and shaping the Country Report dissemination.
Active Ingredients: Universal Schools ProjectCo-author on a mixed-methods study investigating which modifiable aspects of school environments universal mental health interventions should target for LGBTQ+ young people.
BRIDGE PPIA University of Nottingham study investigating facilitators, barriers, and solutions to meaningful involvement of young people in digital mental health trials.
Intersectional InequalitiesA five-year programme quantifying intersectional inequalities in youth mental health across sex, ethnicity, sexual identity, and socioeconomic position using UK cohort data and novel quantitative methods.
Mental Health Inequalities in Gender Minority Young AdultsA quantitative study examining how minority stress factors (individual socio-demographic characteristics and area-level context) drive elevated mental health risk among sexual and gender minority young people in the UK, using Understanding Society, MCS, and COSMO datasets.
LGBTQ+EpidemiologyLongitudinal Study
LGBTQI+ Futures and WellbeingA University of Sheffield-led five-country European study exploring what wellbeing means to LGBTQI+ young adults, using creative participatory methods including body mapping, collage, and digital storytelling.
Severe Mental Illness and Excess WeightPre-funding workshop contributor on a proposed four-year programme investigating co-occurring severe mental illness and excess weight in young people, using epidemiological, creative, drama-based, and expert consensus methods.
CYPMHC 15th Birthday Task and Finish GroupHelped organise the Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition's 15th anniversary Task and Finish Group, bringing together members to mark the coalition's milestone.
RISE-UP FrameworkA consultation on the RISE-UP Framework: seven principles for responsible, safe, and meaningful involvement of young people in mental health research projects.
PPIResearch Methods
Lived Experience Collaboration PlatformWorking group member on a Wellcome and UKRI-funded project developing an online platform. Delivered by Science Practice, McPin, and MHPSS Collaborative to support meaningful lived experience collaboration in mental health research.
MINDpassA proposed school-based RCT testing whether mindfulness, physical activity, and sleep interventions reduce anxiety and depression in young people at risk, across secondary schools in the Midlands.
SchoolsMindfulness
Mental Health MetaphorsResearch examining how the metaphors used to describe mental health in policy, lived experience, social media, and AI shape young people's understanding and wellbeing.
Creative MethodsPPIAI
NEET and Mental HealthA longitudinal cohort study investigating the bidirectional relationship between NEET (Not in Employment, Education, or Training) status and mental health in young adults, using ALSPAC and Next Steps data.
Longitudinal StudyPolicyNEET
E-Risk@30E-Risk Longitudinal Twin Study - a landmark cohort of 2,232 same-sex twins born in England and Wales, tracking mental health and social outcomes across the lifecourse.
Longitudinal StudyEpidemiology
ENGAGEInvestigating why children and young people from marginalised groups disengage from CAMHS, and how services can better meet their needs.
IntersectionalityPPIResearch Methods
Mental Health Liaison Literature ReviewA literature review and national scoping study of mental health liaison services for young people in England, led by the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
PPIResearch Methods
ATTUNEMRC-funded multi-university programme investigating how adverse childhood experiences shape young people's mental health, using participatory arts-based methods to co-produce trauma-informed resources.