Ben Lorimer
Research Associate
Profile
Biography
Ben is a Research Associate in the Mental Health and Addiction Research Group, working as part of the Closing the Gap Network. He is primarily working on the OWLS study, which is a longitudinal cohort study exploring how the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions have affected people with severe mental ill health.
Ben is also currently finalising a PhD in Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield, which has involved the investigation of relapse of depression and anxiety following psychotherapy.
Qualifications
- BSc Psychology, Queen’s University Belfast (2015)
- MSc Investigative and Forensic Psychology, University of Liverpool (2016)
- MA Social Research, University of Sheffield (2018)
Research
Overview
Ben’s research interests are in mental health, behavioural and low-intensity interventions, long-term outcomes, and predictive modelling.
