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TitleFirst NameLast NameDeptHEISummary of Research InterestsWebpageEmail
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ProfDominicAbramsSchool of PsychologyKentEquality and human rights, prejudice, discrimination, social attitudes and social change across the life course. Social and developmental psychology and gerontology. https://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/212/www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/212/abrams-dominicd.abrams@kent.ac.uk
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ProfAntonyArthurSchool of Health SciencesUEANurse-led interventions designed to improve the care of older people; The epidemiology of ageing; Mental health needs of older peoplehttps://people.uea.ac.uk/antony_arthurantony.arthur@uea.ac.uk
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ProfMaxBachmannNorwich Medical SchoolUEAInnovation, integration and evaluation of health care for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, respiratory disease, diabetes, hypertension, depression, cancer, and other long term conditionshttps://people.uea.ac.uk/m_bachmannm.bachmann@uea.ac.uk
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DrCarolineBarrattSchool of Health and Social CareEssexqualitative and narrative research; also interested in student wellbeing and inclusivity; range of projects relating to mental health, risk, vulnerability, gender and care.
https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/barra24008/caroline-barratt
barrattc@essex.ac.uk
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DrJoBartonSchool of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise SciencesEssexUse of nature-based interventions to facilitate physical activity, enhance physical and mental health and encourage behaviour change; Connection to nature across the whole life course pathway.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/peaco70504/jo-bartonjobarton@essex.ac.uk
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ProfGarryBartonNorwich Medical SchoolUEAEconomic evaluations, including 'Prevention and treatment of long term social disability amongst young people with emerging severe mental illness'https://people.uea.ac.uk/g_bartong.barton@uea.ac.uk
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DrAndrewBatemanSchool of Health and Social CareEssex1) patient reported outcome measures ("PROMS")
2) psychometrics, especially Rasch measurement models
3) social media in rehabilitation,
4) holistic neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation,
5) assistive technology,
6) specific aspects of neuropsychology - executive functions, dyspraxia, attention impairments
76) generally, rehabilitation service evaluation
https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/batem29808/andrew-bateman
a.bateman@essex.ac.uk
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ProfPeterBeresfordSchool of Health and Social CareEssexPublic participation, and the involvement and empowerment of long term users of health and social care.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/beres15502/peter-beresfordpberes@essex.ac.uk
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Dr KateBlake-HolmesSchool of Social WorkUEAFamilies who experience parental mental ill health and young carershttps://people.uea.ac.uk/kate_blake-holmeskate.blake-holmes@uea.ac.uk
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DrFrancesBlumenfeldSchool of Health and Social CareEssexclinical psychologist; background also in sociology and anthropology; interests in interface between mental health and criminal justice systemhttps://www.essex.ac.uk/people/blume46708/frances-blumenfeldfblume@essex.ac.uk
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DrStellaBolakiSchool of EnglishKentNarratives of illness and disability https://www.kent.ac.uk/english/people/79/www.kent.ac.uk/english/people/79/bolaki-stellas.bolaki@kent.ac.uk
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DrCaraBookerInstitute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)EssexPsychosocial determinants and risk factors of health across the life-course
Social inequalities in health-related behaviours and wellbeing among adolescents
Social media interaction and adolescent and young adult wellbeing
Emerging inequalitiees
Parental relationships and child wellbeing
https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/people/cbooker
cbooker@essex.ac.uk
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DrEilisBoyleSchool of HistoryKentThe intersection of gender and mental health, historical constructions of normativity; resistance to these norms and their reconfiguration in systems and regimes of ‘care’, trauma and violence – in domestic and conflict settings, and the real and presumed relationship between visible differences and mental health.https://research.kent.ac.uk/living-assessment/person/eilis-boyle/e.boyle@kent.ac.uk
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ProfSianCokerNorwich Medical SchoolUEAEating patterns in normal and clinical populations, Perfectionism, Feeding problems in infants, Eating Disorders and Diabeteshttps://people.uea.ac.uk/s_cokers.coker@uea.ac.uk
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DrNicholasCooperDepartment of PsychologyEssexEEG and TMS indices of the putative human mirror neuron system, including effects of life stress on ageing (in particular, memory performance).https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/coope67300/nicholas-cooperncooper@essex.ac.uk
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ProfSimonCoultonCentre for Health Services StudiesKentMental health and psychosocial interventions to elicit behavior change with a focus on alcohol and substance use. Currently undertaking large scale randomized controlled trials of interventions for alcohol use across a variety of populations such as adolescents, adults, older people and settings, primary care, emergency departments, community services, schools and criminal justice. https://www.kent.ac.uk/chss/staff/research/coulton.htmlS.Coulton@kent.ac.uk
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DrDieter DeclercqSchool of ArtsKentA lot of my current research deals with mental health and wellbeing in popular media, and sits at the intersection between media studies, philosophy, health humanities and psychology.https://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/people/academic-staff/declercq.htmldd324@kent.ac.uk
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DrNormanGabrielDepartment of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic StudiesEssexRelational sociology, relational psychoanalysis and the sociology of childhood. https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/gabri43105/norman-gabrieln.r.gabriel@essex.ac.uk
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DrHelge GillmeisterDepartment of PsychologyEssexBody and self representations across the lifespan; social connectedness through touch; tactile and visual perception; EEG/ERPs, neurostimulation, psychophysical and survey methodshttps://www.essex.ac.uk/people/gillm41709/helge-gillmeisterhelge@essex.ac.uk
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DrJurgen GrotzSchool of Health SciencesUEAParticipative approaches and public engagement, working across the academic, public and voluntary and community sectorshttps://people.uea.ac.uk/j_grotzj.grotz@uea.ac.uk
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ProfEmilyGrundyInstitute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)EssexDirector of ISER. Families, households and kin and social networks in later life, especially in relationship to health, associations between family life courses and health and well-being at older ages, and trends and differentials in later life health, disability and mortalityhttps://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/people/eg17433emily.grundy@essex.ac.uk
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Dr SimonHammondSchool of Education & Lifelong LearningUEACritical understandings of young people’s mental health and wellbeing difficulties and how best to support young people and families to build on their own strengths to overcome and manage their difficulties.https://people.uea.ac.uk/s_hammonds.hammond@uea.ac.uk
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DrJoanne HodgekinsNorwich Medical SchoolUEAPsychosis, Youth Mental Health, Recovery from severe mental illness, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Behaviour Therapyhttps://people.uea.ac.uk/j_hodgekinsj.hodgekins@uea.ac.uk
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ProfMichaelHornbergerNorwich Medical SchoolUEAAgeing and Dementia, Cognitive test development, Novel assessment technologies, Neuroimaginghttps://people.uea.ac.uk/m_hornbergerm.hornberger@uea.ac.uk
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DrSarahHothamCentre for Health Services StudiesKentHealth psychology and behavioural medicine in public health, with a focus on obesity and physical activityhttps://www.kent.ac.uk/chss/staff/research/hotham.htmlS.Hotham@kent.ac.uk
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DrMariaHudsonEssex Business SchoolEssexinequalities in work, labour markets and wider society, including an Acas funded research project on the management of mental health at work, drawing on the findings to co-organise a workshop for Essex based employers on the promotion of positive mental health.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/hudso00506/maria-hudsonmhudson@essex.ac.uk
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DrChristianaIordanouSchool of PsychologyKentDrawing and dramatisation as memory aids in children's eyewitness testimony; the interaction between children's internal characteristics (i.e. temperament, mood, symbolic ability, language ability) with different interview methods in children; the content of children's drawings as a source of forensic information; young witnesses' wellbeing; the relation between social anxiety and adolescents' memory of (forensic) eventshttps://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/1063/iordanou-christiana c.iordanou@kent.ac.uk
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DrSarahJohnsSchool of Anthropology and ConservationKentReproductive and sexual health, and how evolutionary theory is a useful explanatory framework in this area. She also has expertise in evolutionary approaches to postnatal mental health and postnatal depression.https://www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology-conservation/people/486/johns-sarahs.e.johns@kent.ac.uk
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Dr LydiaKearneySchool of PsychologyKentSocial anxiety and the experience of mental imagery; cognitive and behavioural precursors of depression and anxiety.https://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/231/kearney-lydial.kearney@kent.ac.uk
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DrSueKegerris Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic StudiesEssexChild and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Psychodynamic Counselling with Children and Adolescents, Applications of Psychodynamic Thinking in non -clinical work, Organisational Dynamics, Eating Disorders, Training issues with Counsellors and Psychotherapistshttps://www.essex.ac.uk/people/keger49504/susan-kegerreisskeger@essex.ac.uk
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ProfSallyKendallCentre for Health Services StudiesKentPatient and public experience of health and health care in the community, public health in relation to children and families and implementation and application of health policy into practice. https://www.kent.ac.uk/chss/staff/research/kendall.htmlS.Kendall-608@kent.ac.uk
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DrAnneKillettSchool of Health SciencesUEARespectful care of older people, including participative or collaborative approaches to research and the organisational arrangements of care of older people using this approach. Also mental wellbeing of children and young people.https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/anne-killetta.killett@uea.ac.uk
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DrVanessaLoaizaDepartment of PsychologyEssexMemory and complex cognition across the adult lifespanhttps://www.essex.ac.uk/people/loaiz58501/vanessa-loaizav.loaiza@essex.ac.uk
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NinaLockwoodPCPHBSMSmental health, counselling and psychotherapy, critical social psychiatry, health inequalities, long-term conditions, task-shifting, co-design/-production and community engagement.https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p93073-nina-lockwoodN.Lockwood@bsms.ac.uk
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DrYunfeiLongSchool of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)Essexnatural language understanding, mainly text processing (including multimodality processing), user profiling, emotion analysis, and digital mental health.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/longy19108/yunfei-longyl20051@essex.ac.uk
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ProfTraceyLoughranSchool of HistoryEssexA historian of twentieth-century Britain, with particular interests in the interaction of ideas and experiences of body, mind and self. Her research centres on how knowledge is constructed, translated and transformed across different disciplines and in different contexts. This thread connects diverse research projects on 'shell-shock' in First World War Britain, psychoanalysis in the interwar period, and female bodily experiences, psychological subjectivities and familial relationships in postwar Britain. https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/LOUGH89901/Tracey-Loughrant.loughran@essex.ac.uk
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DrJulie MacInnesCentre for Health Services StudiesKentEvaluating interventions to support older people with long-term health and social care needs, and the psychological aspects of health and behaviour, notably the influence of beliefs on self-care behaviour in long-term conditions.https://www.kent.ac.uk/chss/staff/research/macinnes.htmlj.d.macinnes@kent.ac.uk
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DrReima AnaMaglajlicSocial Work & Social CareUoSco-production with people who use mental health services, mental health and political conflict, and people with complex and long-term mental health needshttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p330276-reima-ana-maglajlicR.A.Maglajlic@sussex.ac.uk
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ProfWayneMartinSchool of Philosophy and Art HistoryEssexDirector of The Essex Autonomy Project, a research and public policy initiative which aims to clarify the ideal of self-determination, with particular attention to the vocations of care (healthcare, eldercare, psychiatric care, etc.)https://autonomy.essex.ac.uk/people/wmartin@essex.ac.uk
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DrAndrewMartinSchool of PsychologyKentPsychosis-related conditions in terms of underlying cognition, and improving existing and novel treatment options. Also how cognition changes across the healthy lifespan and in disorders of ageing. https://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/2978/martin-andrewa.k.martin@kent.ac.uk
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DrLyndsayMcLeanAnthropologyUoSthe link between (lack of) emotional well-being / mental health and perpetration of gender-based violence in intimate and peer relationshipshttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p142748-lyndsay-mcleanl.c.mclean-hilker@sussex.ac.uk
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DrSusan McPhersonSchool of Health and Social CareEssexChronic depression: long term psychotherapy, management in primary care, informal caring; Therapy outcomes and effectiveness; Psychiatric labelling; Social history and history of health and carehttps://www.essex.ac.uk/people/mcphe54701/susan-mcphersonsmcpher@essex.ac.uk
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ProfRichardMeiser-StedmanNorwich Medical SchoolUEAPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children and adolescents, mainly using prospective longitudinal, case control and clinical trial study designshttps://people.uea.ac.uk/r_meiser-stedmanr.meiser-stedman@uea.ac.uk
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ProfSabineMichalowskiSchool of LawEssexAs a member of the Essex Autonomy Project, Sabine is a researcher on the Wellcome Trust funded Mental Health and Justice project and was also involved in an AHRC funded project on the compatibility of the Mental Capacity Act 2005 with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/micha31307/sabine-michalowskismichal@essex.ac.uk
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DrRasaMikelyteCentre for Health Services StudiesKentDementia care and policy, in particular improving mealtimes for people with dementia, their relatives and staff in NHS Continuing Care facilities. Also micro-cultures in long-term care, mental health in later life, as well as sexuality and gender diversity in later life.https://www.kent.ac.uk/chss/staff/research/mikelyte.htmlR.Mikelyte@kent.ac.uk
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ProfAlisounMilneSchool of Social Policy, Sociology and Social ResearchKentSocial work with older people and their families; mental health in later life; family caring; and long term care. Currently exploring innovative social work practice with older people and is a member of the NIHR-funded Adult Social Care Research Unit research team.https://www.kent.ac.uk/social-policy-sociology-social-research/people/1950/milne-alisoun-ja.j.milne@kent.ac.uk
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ProfAnn-MarieMinihaneNorwich Medical SchoolUEANutrigenetics, n-3 fatty acids and cardio-metabolic health, with a focus on plasma lipids, and vascular and hepatic function, cognition and Alzheimer’s disease, aetiology of APOE4 genotype-chronic disease associations, determinants of flavonoid metabolism.https://people.uea.ac.uk/a_minihanea.minihane@uea.ac.uk
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DrJennyMonkhouseCentre for Health Services StudiesKentEducational psychology, adolescent mental health specifically related to group processes , ADHD, Dyslexia and dyspraxia, female mental health and well being, parenting and childhood experiences or trauma related developmental needs.https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-monkhouse-9b455118b/?originalSubdomain=ukj.monkhouse@kent.ac.uk
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DrAlitaNandiInstitute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)Essexareas of ethnicity and gender, specifically investigating differences in subjective wellbeing (e.g., life satisfaction, mental health) as well as economic wellbeing (e.g., income, wages). My other research activities are (i) in the formation, measurement and impact of identity on life outcomes, (ii) causes and consequences of harassment and discrimination, (iii) in measurement of institutional characteristics in developing countries and exploring their effects.https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/people/anandianandi@essex.ac.uk
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ProfElsbethNeilSchool of Social WorkUEAthe management of psychological issues for adopted children and young people, birth relatives and adoptive parents.https://people.uea.ac.uk/e_neile.neil@uea.ac.uk
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DrBridgetNg’ anduSchool of Social Policy, Sociology and Social ResearchKentWorking with children and families, specifically issues around child sexual exploitation and race, safeguarding and unaccompanied asylum seekers, social work activism, alternative ways of social work practice, social work diversity and international social work practice. BAME Staff Network Co-Chair.https://www.kent.ac.uk/social-policy-sociology-social-research/people/1951/ng-andu-bridgetb.ng'andu@kent.ac.uk
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DrCaitlinNotleyNorwich Medical SchoolUEAsubstance dependency, misuse and addiction, mental health and young people, health needs assessment and qualitative systematic reviewing.https://people.uea.ac.uk/c_notleyc.notley@uea.ac.uk
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DrDavidOrrSocial Work & Social CareUoSglobal mental health; safeguarding adults; hoarding disorder; ethnography of mental healthhttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p177652-david-orrD.Orr@sussex.ac.uk
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DrCiaraPaddenTizard CentreKentunderstanding the links between stress, health and well-being among carers of individuals with developmental disabilities, stress-reduction interventionshttps://www.kent.ac.uk/social-policy-sociology-social-research/people/1435/padden-ciarac.m.padden@kent.ac.uk
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DrGeorgia PanagiotakiNorwich Medical SchoolUEAConceptual development in childhood; Children's theories of biology; Reasoning about nutrition and physical activity; Children’s moral development; Children’s understanding of sciencehttps://people.uea.ac.uk/g_panagiotakig.panagiotaki@uea.ac.uk
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ProfSilkePaulmannDepartment of PsychologyEssexSocial language processing in normal and special populations (e.g., bilinguals, brain damaged, ageing)https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/paulm44904/silke-paulmannpaulmann@essex.ac.uk
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ProfFionaPolandSchool of Health SciencesUEAFamily carers; community-based health and social care services; elder care; dementia care; qualitative research; community-based evaluations; participative research.https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/fiona-polandF.Poland@uea.ac.uk
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DrSaberSamiNorwich Medical SchoolUEAMulti-disciplinary utilising multi-modal imaging, behavioural methods and computational modelling to better understand cortical reorganization in chronic conditions.https://people.uea.ac.uk/s_samis.sami@uea.ac.uk
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DrKristySandersonSchool of Health SciencesUEAPublic health approaches to mental health, especially how to promote mentally healthy workplaces through organisational and individual behaviour change. https://people.uea.ac.uk/kristy_sandersonkristy.sanderson@uea.ac.uk
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ProfLeonardSchalkwykSchool of Life SciencesEssexReearch on the genes involved in behaviour in the mouse and in depression, schizophrenia and Alzheimers disease in human. His research program is now widening to include environmental epigeneticshttps://www.essex.ac.uk/people/schal18107/leonard-schalkwyklschal@essex.ac.uk
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ProfJoannaSemlynNorwich Medical School UEAInterdisciplinary research focuses on health inequalities and health disparities in sexual and gender minority populations (LGBTQ+) and ethnic minorities. She uses mixed methods, drawing on phenomenological qualitative approaches in addition to epidemiological pooled meta-analytic techniques. Her particular research expertise is in mental health.https://people.uea.ac.uk/j_semlyenj.semlyen@uea.ac.uk
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ProfNicolaShaughnessySchool of ArtsKentworks with psychologists and neuroscientists through projects using drama, media and participatory research practices to explore autism, dementia and mental health. https://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/people/538/shaughnessy-nicolan.shaughnessy@kent.ac.uk
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DrCharlieSmithEssex Business SchoolEssexPsychedelic treatments for mental health
Employee mental health
Psychotherapy and workplace integration
Mental health and wellbeing in sport and athletes
The business of mental health and the burgeoning psychedelic industry
https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/SMITH27611/charlie-smithcharlie.smith@essex.ac.uk
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ProfEwenSpeedSchool of Health and Social CareEssexHealth policy, particularly in the context of the NHS; critical approaches to understanding engagement and involvement in healthcare, and to psychology and psychiatry.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/speed44207/ewen-speedesspeed@essex.ac.uk
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DrHannahSwiftSchool of PsychologyKentAgeism, attitudes to age, age-friendly and dementia-friendly communities, workplaces and design, prejudice, discrimination, equality, unconscious bias, intergenerational contact, nudging, diversity and arts based interventions. https://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/276/www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/276/swift-hannahh.j.swift@kent.ac.uk
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DrDannyTaggartSchool of Health and Social CareEssexCommunity psychology, Mad Studies, Trauma based approaches to mental health care, Evaluation of Social Care interventions, Parent Infant Mental Healthhttps://www.essex.ac.uk/people/tagga52706/danny-taggartdtaggart@essex.ac.uk
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DrAnn-MarieTowersCentre for Health Services StudiesKentUse of qualitative methods, such as observations, supported interviewing techniques and forms of adapted communication, to try and ascertain the views and experiences of care home residents and people with cognitive and communication difficulties. https://www.kent.ac.uk/chss/staff/research/towers_ann-marie.htmla.towers@kent.ac.uk
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AlkaTownendEducationUoSChildhood bereavement, Bereavement training in schools, Educating trainee teachers in bereavement support, Proactive loss education, Schools and Bereavement, Grief and loss supporthttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p517129-alka-townendAlka.Townend@sussex.ac.uk
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DrEmmaTravers-HillSchool of PsychologyKentResearch interests lie within the relationship between cognitions and emotions, and how this informs the development of new psychological treatments for clinical disorders. https://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/3609/www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/3609/travers-hill-emmae.l.travers-hill@kent.ac.uk
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DrMichaelTwiggSchool of PharmacyUEAthe role of the community pharmacist in the care of patients with long term conditions. Other significant research interests include the use of medicines in pregnancy (in collaboration with the University of Oslo), pharmacists’ consultation skills (in collaboration with the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education) and the monitoring and prescribing of lithium (in collaboration with the local mental health trust).https://people.uea.ac.uk/m_twiggm.twigg@uea.ac.uk
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ProfFreyaVassSchool of ArtsKentSocial dancing as serious leisure among the "oldest old" in the Kent region, including issues of community maintenance, wellbeing/"successful aging", self-esteem, mobility, and cultural heritage. Also head of Kent Embodied Research Collective (https://blogs.kent.ac.uk/kerc/)https://www.kent.ac.uk/arts/people/2144/vass-rhee-freyaf.vass@kent.ac.uk
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ProfDavidWilkinsonSchool of PsychologyKent seeks to understand how the human vestibular system shapes cognition and mental well-beinghttps://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/253/wilkinson-davidd.t.wilkinson@kent.ac.uk
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