Currently working on - the DIARY study and Digital Dialogues II: Co-creation projects, working with children and young people and mental health professionals. The DIARY study aims to develop and pilot a journal-based intervention for improving online use amongst young people. The Digital Dialogues II study aims to build on the resources developed during Digital Dialogues I, to create a training package for mental health professionals on speaking to young people about their online use.

Responsibilities include:

• Ethics applications
• Recruiting and managing workshops
• Creation of topic guides/surveys
• Creating study documents
• Managing study finance
• Running day-to-day project work
• Contributing to dissemination output
  
  

Previously worked on - Digital Dialogues I: a co-creation (with young people) art-based research project, aiming to produce resources for mental health practitioners to improve their ability to communicate with young people about the impact of the online world on mental health.

Responsibilities included:

• Recruiting and managing young people in a research advisory group
• Creation of topic guides/surveys
• Conducting focus groups & interviews online
• Creating study documents
• Managing study finance
• Contributing to dissemination output
  
  

Previously worked on - DELVE: a longitudinal qualitative study investigating the benefits and harms of accessing suicide and self-harm content online.

Responsibilities included:

• Recruitment of hard-to-reach population
• Creation of topic guides
• Conducting interviews online
• Creating study documents
• Creating a data analysis plan
• Measuring feasibility of ethnographic diary
• Managing study finance
• Leading trajectory analysis
• Creating reports and slidedecks for external agencies (Samaritans)
• Contributing to dissemination output

Research into the acceptability and effectiveness of the Dove Confident Me Single Session - body image intervention in Indonesian adolescents.

Responsibilities included:

• Leading acceptability sub-study
• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders (including associates at the University of Indonesia, University of Hawaii, Dove, UNICEF Indonesia, and Indonesian research agency - Cimigo)
• Assisting with the organisation and running of the pilot study and main RCT in Indonesia
• Contributing to the development of study materials (e.g. protocols)
• Contributing to intervention development and amendments
• Survey creation and distribution via Qualtrics software
• Qualitative data analysis (framework analysis, content analysis)
• Contributing to presentations and reports for UNICEF Indonesia
• Contributing to manuscript drafts
• Assisting the CAR social media team (twitter)

Research into antipsychotic discontinuation and reduction (RADAR) is a randomised controlled trial looking at effects of antipsychotic reduction on outcome measures including social functioning, neurocognition, and symptom scores.

Responsibilities included:

• Recruitment, Consent, and Assessments (including PANSS/Neurocognitive tests)
• Website and Social Media Management
• Reporting SAEs
• Data Entry, Cleaning, and Analysis
• EDGE and CPMS
• Conducting Qualitative Interviews and Transcribing
• Writing For Publication
• Reviewing Patient Notes

Responsibilities included:

• Co-facilitating Psychology and Occupational Therapy Groups
• Co-facilitating Psychoeducation groups
• Attending Court and School-based meetings on clients’ behalf
• Motivational Interviewing/CBT-p
• Harm Reduction/Needle Exchange
• Shared-Care and MDT Working
• Service Evaluation
• Contingency Management

Life Study was a cohort trial looking at children prenatally and following them and their parents up frequently throughout their lifetimes. Measures included psychometric tests, observational studies, anthropometry measurements, biological samples, and vision assessments.

Responsibilities included:

• Participant Recruitment
• Phlebotomy and Biological Sample Taking
• Psychometric Measures
• Anthropometry and Vision Measures
• Observational Parent-Baby Assessments