IMRY members directory

IMRY’s membership brings together mental health researchers from a wide range of disciplines, departments and career stages. Our members directory helps researchers connect, share expertise and develop interdisciplinary collaborations that drive innovation and address mental health priorities.

University of York researchers working on any aspect of mental health are welcome to join IMRY. To become a member, please complete our membership form.

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Name	Research interests
Gamal Abdelmonem Professor, Chair in Architecture & Founding Director of Research York School of Architecture m.gamal@york.ac.uk	Architectural history Urban memory Post-conflict cities Heritage recovery Migration and displacement Material culture Architecture of home
Rob Allison Senior Lecturer Department of Health Sciences rob.allison@york.ac.uk	Psychosis Voice hearing Social power Coercion Family interventions Psychosocial interventions Qualitative research Grounded theory
Prenika Anand PhD Student Department of Computer Science prenika.anand@york.ac.uk	Artificial intelligence (AI) Older Adults Psychological Harms Safety Assisted Living
Koralagamage Kavindu Appuhamy Academic Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry Department of Health Sciences kka505@york.ac.uk	Global mental health Multimorbidity Heath inequalities South Asian mental health Severe mental illness Transcultural psychiatry
Olivia Armstrong PhD Student Department of Psychology zrn538@york.ac.uk	Dissociation Memory Sleep Reality Monitoring Electroencephalography (EEG) Sleep Spindles
Aatik Arsh Post Doctoral Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences aatik.arsh@york.ac.uk	Mental and physical health multimorbidity Depression Type 2 diabetes Behavioural activation Physical activity Implementation science Global health Co-design and cultural adaptation Health inequalities Health equity
Kathryn Asbury Professor Department of Education kathryn.asbury@york.ac.uk	SENDs Learning disability Neurodivergence Inclusion Wellbeing Children and young people Qualitative research Resource development
Amy Barker Research Fellow Centre for Health Economics amy.barker@york.ac.uk	Effective Equitable and efficient mental health care
Beth Bell Senior Lecturer Department of Education beth.bell@york.ac.uk	Digital Wellbeing Adolescence Media literacy Social Media Technology Wellbeing Mental health Body Image Online Harm Education
Kerry Bell Associate Professor Department of Health Sciences kerry.bell@york.ac.uk	Child Adolescent And maternal mental health Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) Schools
Heidi Benyair Trial Support Officer Department of Health Sciences heidi.benyair@york.ac.uk	Severe mental illness Obesity Inequalities Diet and nutrition Community mental health transformation plan
Garima Bhatt Research Associate Department of Health Sciences garima.bhatt@york.ac.uk	Tobacco (smoked, smokeless, dual) cessation Severe mental illness Tobacco control Nicotine products Non-communicable diseases LMICs South Asia
Jane Blackwell Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences jane.blackwell@york.ac.uk	Sleep disorders in children Interventions to promote healthy sleep in children Neurodevelopmental disorders Childhood interventions Randomised controlled trials within educational settings
Sarah Blower Associate Professor of Child Development and Family Wellbeing Department of Health Sciences sarah.blower@york.ac.uk	Infant mental health Early child development Parent-infant relationships Perinatal mental health Family wellbeing Intervention design Intervention evaluation Implementation science Health inequalities Inclusive research
Laura Bojke Professor Centre for Health Economics laura.bojke@york.ac.uk	Health economics Economic evaluation Public health
Kate Bosanquet Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences kate.bosanquet@york.ac.uk	Inclusion Qualitative research Serious mental illness Depression Sociodemographic inequalities
Audrey Bounaix Bains Philanthropy Manager Office of Philanthropic Partnerships and Alumni audrey.bounaix@york.ac.uk
Will Brackenbury Professor of Biomedical Sciences Department of Biology william.brackenbury@york.ac.uk	Breast cancer Brain metastasis Chemotherapy induced brain fog
Samantha Brady Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences samantha.gascoyne@york.ac.uk	Mental health and physical comorbidities Adult mental health Common mental health conditions Severe mental illness Clinical trials Qualitative research Systematic reviews Co-production and PPI
Anna Bramwell-Dicks Senior Lecturer in Interactive Media School of Arts and Creative Technologies anna.bramwell-dicks@york.ac.uk	Accessibility Disability representation Human–computer interaction Immersive technologies
Gary Brannan Keeper of Archives and Research Collections Archives and Research Collections gary.brannan@york.ac.uk	Archives History Research
Baptiste Brossard Senior Lecturer Department of Sociology baptiste.brossard@york.ac.uk	Trauma Suicide Prevention Self Harm Social Determinants Qualitative research
Lindsey Buster Research Associate Department of Archaeology lindsey.buster@york.ac.uk	Prehistory Archaeology Archaeological Science Deep-time perspectives Archaeologies of ageing Intersectionality
Scott Cairney Professor, Director of IMRY Department of Psychology scott.cairney@york.ac.uk	Sleep Memory Emotion Regulation Neuroimaging Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Electroencephalography (EEG) Polysomnography (PSG) Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Psychophysiology
Paul Cairns Professor Department of Computer Science paul.cairns@york.ac.uk	Digital games Player experience Secondary datasets Wellbeing
Adriana Castelli Senior Research Fellow Centre for Health Economics adriana.castelli@york.ac.uk	Health care performance Efficiency and productivity Physical and mental health Policy evaluations
Cristobal Catalan PhD Student School of Arts and Creative Technologies c.catalan@york.ac.uk	Digital Health Storytelling Anxiety Games Interventions Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) Mindfulness Behavioural Virtual
Sangeeta Chawla Senior Lecturer Department of Biology sangeeta.chawla@york.ac.uk	Circadian rhythms Sleep Transcription Microglia Signalling Oxidative stress
Clara Cheung PhD Student Department of History of Art clara.cheung@york.ac.uk	Creative arts and art exhibition history
Amy Claire Chidley Career Development Award Holder School for Business and Society amy.chidley@york.ac.uk	Lived Experience Facilitation Boundary Spanning Social Network Analysis Welfare
James Chong Professor Department of Biology james.chong@york.ac.uk	Microbial community (microbiome) dynamics
Jennifer Chubb Lecturer Department of Sociology jennifer.chubb@york.ac.uk	Science and Technology Studies (STS) Artificial intelligence (AI) Ethics Safety Harm Sociology Philosophy Voice Algorithms Creative practice Education Responsibility
Rachel Churchill Professor Centre for Reviews and Dissemination rachel.churchill@york.ac.uk	Evidence informed decision-making MH prevention Children and young people’s research Evidence Synthesis Co-pro/KM
Lisa Clark Lecturer School for Business and Society lisa.clark@york.ac.uk	Mental health Grief Loss Trauma and bereavement Disenfranchised grief Complex grief Pet loss Anxiety Remembering and rumination
Sabine Clarke Senior Lecturer in Modern History Department of History sabine.clarke@york.ac.uk	History of medicine especially empire Development Toxicity and regulation Experts Health policy History of science and technology
Karen Coales Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences karen.coales@york.ac.uk	Behavioural Activation Task shifting/task sharing Depression South Asian context Qualitative research Health systems
Richard Cookson Professor Centre for Health Economics richard.cookson@york.ac.uk	Health economics Equity Long-term childhood policy modelling
Marianna Cortesi Associate Lecturer School of Arts and Creative Technologies marianna.cortesi@york.ac.uk	Music education Musicians' health and well-being Arts and well-being Mental health awareness
Helena Cox Art Curator Borthwick Institute for Archives helena.cox@york.ac.uk	Art Wellbeing Creativity Mental health Art for health Mindfulness and art
Adam Crawford Professor York Law School adam.crawford@york.ac.uk	The connections between mental health and policing / criminal justice
Rachel Cunningham-Burley Project Support Officer Research, Innovation and Knowledge Exchange rachel.cunningham-burley@york.ac.uk	Public Involvement Co-production Participatory approaches to research Lived experience Public contributors Experts by experience
Joe Cutting Lecturer Department of Computer Science joe.cutting@york.ac.uk	Human–computer interaction Digital Games Quantitative research Online studies
Helena Daffern Professor School of Physics, Engineering and Technology helena.daffern@york.ac.uk	Singing for wellbeing XR technologies Communal singing in XR Music
Pete Dale Senior Lecturer in Music Education School of Arts and Creative Technologies pete.dale@york.ac.uk	DJing rapping beatboxing wellbeing schools gcse
Trish Darcy Research Associate Department of Health Sciences trish.darcy@york.ac.uk	Nature and Health Nature-Based Interventions Green Social Prescribing Community-Based Assets Health Inequalities Multimorbidity Participatory Approaches Co-production Creative Research Methods Mixed-methods research
Robert A Davies Research Associate / Associate Lecturer Department of Philosophy robert.davies@york.ac.uk	Memory Intrusive Memories Intrusive Cognitions Dreams Nightmares PTSD Self-Knowledge Trauma Philosophy of Mental Health
Dan Denis Lecturer Department of Psychology dan.denis@york.ac.uk	Sleep Memory Clinical neuroscience Electroencephalography (EEG) Emotion Ptsd Psychosis
Richard Dennison PhD Student Department of Philosophy plv516@york.ac.uk	Shame Guilt Self And Intersubjectivity
Kajsa Dinesson Lecturer York Law School kajsa.dinesson@york.ac.uk	Criminal law Criminal responsibility Criminal process and evidence Terrorism prosecutions Young and neurodiverse accused
Jo Dixon Lecturer / Research Fellow School for Business and Society jo.dixon@york.ac.uk	Children in care Care Leavers Transitions from Care to independent adulthood Mental health and wellbeing of care-experienced young people Adverse childhood experiences
Kelly Donegan Research Associate Department of Psychology kelly.donegan@york.ac.uk	Habit/Goal-directed control Control-related process Compulsivity Eating Disorders Transdiagnostic Smartphone and online science Non-genuine participation Gamification
Dusana Dorjee Senior Lecturer Department of Education dusana.dorjee@york.ac.uk	Developmental translational neuroscience of mental health and wellbeing School mental health and wellbeing curricula Evaluation of mental health and wellbeing interventions in schools New theoretical frameworks of mental health and wellbeing neurodevelopment Concerns about global existential risks and mental health
Jake Dorothy PhD Student Department of Philosophy jake.dorothy@york.ac.uk	Complex Trauma Phenomenology Philosophy of Psychiatry CPTSD Selfhood
Kayleigh Doyle Research Associate Department of Education kayleigh.doyle@york.ac.uk	Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Learning Disabilities Communication Epistemic (In)justice Qualitative Creative Arts Wellbeing Quality of Life Education Pedagogy
Ana Duarte Senior Research Fellow Centre for Health Economics ana.duarte@york.ac.uk	Decision analytic modelling Cost-effectiveness Public health Health technology assessment
Robert Dudley Professor of Mental Health Department of Psychology rob.dudley@york.ac.uk	Understanding Treatment Psychosis Visual hallucinations Visions Paranoia Psychological therapies
Kerry Dwan Senior Research Fellow Centre for Reviews and Dissemination kerry.dwan@york.ac.uk	Statistician Exercise for depression Statistical Editor Cochrane Common Mental Disorders Group
Rachel Ellison Research Fellow (Pre-Trial Manager) Department of Health Sciences rachel.ellison@york.ac.uk	Mental Heath Children and Adolescents Domestic abuse Trauma Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) Mixed methods research Participatory research Co-production
Mehreen Faisal Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences mehreen.faisal@york.ac.uk	Global Mental Health Mental and Physical Health Climate change and Mental Health Common Mental Disorders Severe Mental Illness Co-production Implementation Science
Pablo Fernandez Velasco Honorary Research Fellow Department of Philosophy pablo.fernandezvelasco@york.ac.uk	Ecological Grief Environmental Emotions Phenomenology Cognitive Science
Jonathan Fisk PhD Student York Law School jonathan.fisk@york.ac.uk	The legal and moral basis of consent
Melanie Forster Senior Lecturer in Psychology Department of Psychology melanie.forster@york.ac.uk	Emotional health Emotional resilience Mental health Lived experience Qualitative research
Laura Fox Lecturer in Psychology in Education Department of Education laura.fox@york.ac.uk	Special educational needs and disabilities Qualitative research Learning disabilities School experiences Inclusive methods Friendships Wellbeing Children and young people
Maria Franco Gavonel Lecturer in Global Social Policy and International Development School for Business and Society maria.francogavonel@york.ac.uk	Migration Sustainable development Human capital
Magdalena Furgalska Lecturer in Law York Law School magdalena.furgalska@york.ac.uk	Mental Health Law Consent to treatment Advance choice documents Mental health tribunals Lived experience
Paul Galdas Professor of Men's Health Department of Health Sciences paul.galdas@york.ac.uk	Men's health Health service design Health policy Health systems Gender-responsive Masculinities
Philip Garnett Professor of Systems and Organisation School for Business and Society philip.garnett@york.ac.uk	Systems Systems thinking Artificial intelligence (AI) Autonomous systems Complexity Public health
Vijay Gc Senior Research Fellow Centre for Health Economics vijay.gc@york.ac.uk	Health economics Digital health Cost-effectiveness Mental health
Lina Gega Professor of Mental Health Hull York Medical School lina.gega@york.ac.uk	Youth mental health Digital therapeutics Clinical trials Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Byron George Chief Executive Officer PCMIS Health Technologies Ltd byron.george@york.ac.uk	20+ years of largescale implementation of evidence-based IAPT mental health research to NHS services. Member of NHS England Talking Therapies Expert Advisory Group and NHS England Digital Research Advisory Group
Simon Gilbody Professor Department of Health Sciences simon.gilbody@york.ac.uk	Trials Epidemiology Behavioural science Depression Loneliness Healthy ageing
Dana L. C. Greaves PhD Student School of Physics, Engineering and Technology dana.greaves@york.ac.uk	Virtual group singing Virtual reality Group singing Social psychology Music technology Music and wellbeing Identity Mood & affect regulation Phenomenology Aesthetics
Lusine Grigoryan Senior Lecturer Department of Psychology lusine.grigoryan@york.ac.uk	Mental health stigma Perceived discrimination and mental health Social identity and belonging
Liz Haddon Emeritus Reader School of Arts and Creative Technologies liz.haddon@york.ac.uk	Refugee music workshops mental health music education
Ines Hahn Lecturer Department of Biology ines.hahn@york.ac.uk	Biological risk factors Genetic risk factors Cell biology Animal models to study cellular mechanisms Drug testing
Rebecca Haythorne PhD Student Department of Health Sciences rh1631@york.ac.uk	Occupational therapy Learning disability Occupational justice Occupational potential Active recreation
Emily Hayward Research Assistant Department of Health Sciences e.hayward@york.ac.uk	Child and Adolescent Psychology Trial Methodology Behavioural Activation (BA) Recruitment and Retention Adolescent Agency Low-Intensity Interventions Participant Experience School-based Research Mental Health Research Mixed-methods research
Pip Hearty Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences pip.hearty@york.ac.uk	Prisoner health Inclusion Health inequalities Mixed-methods research Ethics Substance misuse Mental health
Lisa Henderson Professor Department of Psychology lisa-marie.henderson@york.ac.uk	Sleep's impact on mental health and cognition Digital technology Adolescence
Sebastian Hinde Senior Research Fellow Centre for Health Economics sebastian.hinde@york.ac.uk	Economic evaluation Early years Local context Public health
Hannah Hobson Senior Lecturer Department of Psychology hannah.hobson@york.ac.uk	Communication Language disorder Autism Accessibility Neurodiversity Diagnosis
Krisztian Hofstadter Postdoctoral Researcher School of Arts and Creative Technologies krisztian.hofstadter@york.ac.uk	Meditation Brain-computer music interfacing Sonification Arts
Kelly Hollingsworth Research Assistant Department of Health Sciences kelly.hollingsworth@york.ac.uk	Mental health Young People Psychology Family Wellbeing Psychological Interventions
Jon Hook Professor of Interactive Media School of Arts and Creative Technologies jonathan.hook@york.ac.uk	Interactive media Creativity Storytelling Virtual reality (VR) Augmented reality (AR) IDocs (all with an interest in applications for social good; Including mental health)
Natalie Hopkins Research Associate Department of Health Sciences natalie.hopkins@york.ac.uk	Mental health in custody Community based initiatives Physical activity
Bailey House Senior Lecturer Department of Psychology bailey.house@york.ac.uk	Developmental Psychology Cross-Cultural Psychology Social Norms Prosocial Behaviour Misinformation Susceptibility
Danfei Hu Lecturer Department of Psychology danfei.hu@york.ac.uk	Emotion regulation in depression
Lisa Huddlestone Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences lisa.huddlestone@york.ac.uk	Digital mental health Children and young people Health inequalities Evidence synthesis Development and evaluation of complex interventions
Clara Humpston Lecturer in Mental Health Department of Psychology clara.humpston@york.ac.uk	Schizophrenia Psychosis Severe mental illness Delusions Hallucinations Self-disturbance Novel Interventions
Jo Iacovides Senior Lecturer Department of Computer Science jo.iacovides@york.ac.uk	Video games Interactive technologies Wellbeing Coping Qualitative research
Cynthia Iglesias Professor Department of Health Sciences cynthia.iglesias@york.ac.uk	Economic evaluation Complex interventions Health technology assessment Medical devices Digital technologies Artificial intelligence (AI) Health related quality of life Costs Value Behavioural change
Annie Irvine Lecturer School for Business and Society annie.irvine@york.ac.uk	Employment Work Welfare Social security Incapacity benefits Social determinants Medicalisation Qualitative research Qualitative longitudinal research
Rowena Jacobs Professor of Health Economics Centre for Health Economics rowena.jacobs@york.ac.uk	Mental health economics Mental health policy Big data Linked data Econometrics Causal inference Evaluation Multi-morbidity Life course
Elizabeth Jefferies Professor Department of Psychology beth.jefferies@york.ac.uk	Cognition Neuroimaging Semantic Memory Emotion Control Executive Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Magnetoencephalography (MEG)
Nadia Jessop Lecturer in Psychology in Education Department of Education nadia.jessop@york.ac.uk	Positive youth development Adolescent development Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) International students Minoritised academics Intersectionality of race and gender Youth violence Mental health and wellbeing Schooling Resilient communities
Hannah Jobling Senior Lecturer in Social Work School for Business and Society hannah.jobling@york.ac.uk	Mental health social work Youth mental health and well-being Lived experience of compulsion and coercion in mental health services Socio-legal frameworks and ethical approaches to mental health practice The role of community in support systems
Panagiotis Kasteridis Senior Research Fellow Centre for Health Economics panos.kasteridis@york.ac.uk	Continuity of Care Cancer Care Costing Provider Incentives End of Life care Polypharmacy Health Policy Evaluation Integrated Care Mental health Econometrics
Aharon Katz PhD Student Department of Economics and Related Studies aharon.katz@york.ac.uk	Mental health Ageing Genetic risk scores
Kalli Keramari Philanthropy Manager Office of Philanthropic Partnerships and Alumni kalliopi.keramari@york.ac.uk	Philanthropy Donor relations Fundraising Events Non-profit
Philip Kerrigan Project Manager Department of Health Sciences philip.kerrigan@york.ac.uk	Children and young people Depression Low mood Digital technologies Brief interventions Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) Co-production Arts-based approaches Behavioural Activation Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
Shahadat Khandakar Lecturer in Accounting School for Business and Society shahadat.khandakar@york.ac.uk	Labour regime and control Management accounting Marginalised workers Women empowerment
Charlotte Kitchen Research Associate Department of Health Sciences charlotte.kitchen@york.ac.uk	Children Young people Depression Behavioural activation Health inequalities Qualitative research
Tina Kowalski Honorary Fellow School for Business and Society tina.kowalski@york.ac.uk	Workplace mental health Wellbeing Qualitative research Mixed-methods research HR Psychosocial factors Job design
Heather Leggett Assistant Professor Department of Health Sciences heather.leggett@york.ac.uk	Qualitative research Quality of life Healthcare Acceptability
Jinshuo Li Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences jinshuo.li@york.ac.uk	Economic evaluation Mental health Cost-effectiveness Smoking cessation
Aimée Little Reader Department of Archaeology aimee.little@york.ac.uk	Student health and wellbeing Heritage crafting intervention
Liz Littlewood Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences liz.littlewood@york.ac.uk	Mental Wellbeing & Loneliness Mental Wellbeing & Nature Design and trial evaluation of psychological interventions Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) Real-world evaluation and implementation Behavioural Activation Older Adults Patient and public involvement (PPI) Collaboration with NHS and community sector Programme management
Charlie Lloyd Professor School for Business and Society charlie.lloyd@york.ac.uk	Research on drugs and the criminal justice system
Jonny Lovell Equality and Diversity Manager Equality and Diversity Office jonny.lovell@york.ac.uk	Sharing lived experience of mental illness. Student social isolation
Andrea Manca Professor of Health Economics Centre for Health Economics andrea.manca@york.ac.uk	Health economics Health technology assessment (HTA) Design and analysis of economic evaluation studies using RCTs and observational data from audits Registers And electronic health records Causal inference for HTA Machine learning and policy evaluation Preference elicitation studies (e.g discrete choice experiments)
Simona Manni Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences simona.manni@york.ac.uk	Lived experience Participatory methods Creative methods Co-production Qualitative research Storytelling Community mental health Access to care Self-representation
David Marshall Research Fellow in Evidence Synthesis Centre for Reviews and Dissemination d.marshall@york.ac.uk	Systematic reviews Scoping reviews Autism Mental health Evidence Mapping Child Mental Health
Amanda Mason-Jones Associate Professor of Global Public Health Department of Health Sciences amanda.mason-jones@york.ac.uk	Maternal Perinatal Adolescent Child Injury Violence Migration Health systems Flood Inequity
Maria Ana Matias Research Fellow Centre for Health Economics mariaana.matias@york.ac.uk	Mental health economics Mental health policy Mental health services Mental health system organisation Service utilisation Access to care Healthcare demand Administrative data Econometrics
Nelly Matorina Research Associate Department of Psychology nelly.matorina@york.ac.uk	Sleep Memory Dreaming Memory consolidation Autobiographical memory
Matt Matravers Professor of Law York Law School matt.matravers@york.ac.uk	Personality disorders Preventive Detention Criminal Law and Punishment Dangerousness
Debbie Maxwell Senior Lecturer School of Arts and Creative Technologies debbie.maxwell@york.ac.uk	Participatory design Design research Digital creativity
Leo McCann Professor of Management School for Business and Society leo.mccann@york.ac.uk	Ambulance services Policing leadership qualitative interviews ethnography stress extreme work moral injury
Chantal Mclaren PhD student Department of Psychology bpv519@york.ac.uk	Sleep Misinformation Experiential learning Social information processing Social memory consolidation
Dean McMillan Professor Hull York Medical School dean.mcmillan@york.ac.uk	Behavioural activation Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) Scalable psychological treatments Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) Systematic reviews
Jed Meers Senior Lecturer in Law York Law School jed.meers@york.ac.uk	Bureaucratic justice Empathy in public services Administrative burden in mental health Local authority support
Thirimon Moe Byrne Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences moe.byrne@york.ac.uk	Systematic reviews Scoping reviews Umbrella review Meta-analysis SWAT methodology Video animation Digital health Prison health Mental health Patient information
Kate Mooney Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences kate.mooney@york.ac.uk	Inequalities Child development Parenting intervention Parent mental health Early years Epidemiology
Nicola Moran Lecturer School for Business and Society nicola.moran@york.ac.uk	Mental health Unpaid carers Policing Evaluation Intervention Social connections
Andrew Moriarty NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Primary Care Hull York Medical School andrew.moriarty@york.ac.uk	Depression Anxiety Relapse prevention Risk prediction Evidence synthesis
Kate Morton Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences kate.morton@york.ac.uk	Parent-infant relationships Parent wellbeing Family wellbeing Community engagement Qualitative research Interventions Evaluation Equity
Jennifer Mountain Research Trainee Department of Education jennifer.mountain@york.ac.uk	Youth Engagement Wellbeing Mental health Digital Technologies Media Literacy
Sana Murrani Lecturer in Architecture History & Theory York School of Architecture sana.murrani@york.ac.uk	Spatial memory Displacement and migration Trauma and mental health Cognition and imagination Intergenerational memory Critical cartography Participatory mapping Creative research methods Spatial justice Placemaking and refuge
Holly Louise Myers PhD Student Department of Psychology holly.myers@york.ac.uk	Eating disorders intolerance of uncertainty child development cognitive processes anxiety attachment
James Myers Research Associate Department of Health Sciences james.myers@york.ac.uk	Loneliness Social Isolation Social Gradient Modifiable Risk Factors Longitudinal Data Secondary Data Quantitative research Multilevel Modelling Co-production
Jennifer Naden Associate Lecturer York School of Architecture jennifer.naden@york.ac.uk	Compounding barriers Intersection Neurodivergent students Architectural education
Clau Nader Associate Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences clau.nader@york.ac.uk	Social Justice Digital Mental Health ASMR Creativity Interdisciplinary Co-production Participatory
Chandani Nekitsing Research Associate School for Business and Society c.nekitsing@york.ac.uk	Mental health Perinatal mental health
Suzanna Nesom Research Associate Department of Economics and Related Studies suzanna.nesom@york.ac.uk	Older people Families Econometrics Quasi-experimental methods Wellbeing
Cheti Nicoletti Professor Department of Economics and Related Studies cheti.nicoletti@york.ac.uk	ADHD Children non-cognitive skills Children and parental mental wellbeing Mental health stigma
MaryAnn Noonan Lecturer Department of Psychology maryann.noonan@york.ac.uk	Learning Decision-making Cognitive neuroscience Neurodevelopment
Nathalie Noret Senior Lecturer in Psychology in Education Department of Education nathalie.noret@york.ac.uk	Bullying Peer-Victimisation Gender-Based Violence Trauma Poor mental health Cognitive appraisals
Naomi Norton Lecturer School of Arts and Creative Technologies naomi.norton@york.ac.uk	Promoting and protecting the health and wellbeing of musicians
Nicola O'Donnell Clinical Research Fellow Centre for Reviews and Dissemination nicola.odonnell@york.ac.uk	Intervention development Paediatrics Oncology Psychosocial Psychology Health psychology
Ailbhe O'Loughlin Senior Lecturer York Law School ailbhe.oloughlin@york.ac.uk	Criminal justice Criminal law Mental health law Mental capacity law Personality disorder Sentencing Forensic mental health services Prisons Prisoner rehabilitation Risk
David O'Reilly Lecturer in Education Department of Education david.oreilly@york.ac.uk	Metaphor Figurative language Suicide discourse Quantitative research
Jelena O'Reilly Lecturer Department of Education jelena.oreilly@york.ac.uk
Daniella Oluoch Student Services Coordinator Department of Language and Linguistic Science daniella.oluoch@york.ac.uk	Student Wellbeing ADHD Research Caregiver Support Wellbeing Initiatives Programme administration
Laura Oxley Research Fellow Department of Education laura.oxley@york.ac.uk	Wellbeing Education Teachers Callous-unemotional Behaviour Conduct problems Collaborative solutions Restorative approaches Qualitative research Longitudinal
Geoff Page Lecturer School for Business and Society geoff.page@york.ac.uk	Drug policy Drug treatment Complex needs Lived experience Harm reduction
Andrew Papworth Research Associate School for Business and Society andrew.papworth@york.ac.uk	Research with vulnerable groups Including with people who use drugs People with mental health vulnerabilities with regards to their encounters with the police dementia
Lewis Paton Lecturer Hull York Medical School lewis.paton@york.ac.uk	Artificial intelligence (AI) Machine learning Statistics Smart data Big data Causal modelling
Kyla Pennington Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Department of Psychology kyla.pennington@york.ac.uk	Psychobiology Stress reactivity Cortisol Executive function Early life stress Trauma Mindfulness Mental health continuum
Amanda Perry Professor Department of Health Sciences amanda.perry@york.ac.uk	Psychological Interventions In The Criminal Justice System And Systematic Review Methodology
Camila Piccolo-Lawrance Trial Support Officer Department of Health Sciences camila.piccolo-lawrance@york.ac.uk	Trial management on study exploring BA intervention in CAMHS
Kate Pickett Professor of Epidemiology Department of Health Sciences kate.pickett@york.ac.uk	Social epidemiology Health inequalities
Alexandra Pike Lecturer in Mental Health Department of Psychology alex.pike@york.ac.uk	Eating disorders Anxiety disorders Trauma Computational psychiatry Cognitive neuroscience Online research Controllability Uncertainty Cognition
Shainur Premji Research Fellow Centre for Health Economics shainur.premji@york.ac.uk	Postnatal depression Adverse childhood experiences Mental health interventions during the Early years
Catherine Preston Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor Department of Psychology catherine.preston@york.ac.uk	Mental health Eating disorders Body image Perinatal mental health Cognitive neuroscience EEG / MEG Body illusions Interoception Body Representation
Katie Pybus Senior Lecturer Hull York Medical School katie.pybus@york.ac.uk	Mental health Inequalities Social security Socioeconomic Public health Prevention
Matthew Ratcliffe Professor Department of Philosophy matthew.ratcliffe@york.ac.uk	Phenomenology Phenomenological psychopathology Philosophy of psychiatry Emotion theory Interpersonal experience The self Trust
Elena Ratschen Reader in Health Services Research Department of Health Sciences elena.ratschen@york.ac.uk	Complex intervention development and evaluation Tobacco and mental health Human-animal interaction Animal-assisted interventions
Jane Richards Lecturer York Law School jane.a.richards@york.ac.uk	Mental Disorder Disability Human Rights Criminal Law Criminal Defences Criminal Responsibility
Louise Richardson Senior Lecturer Department of Philosophy louise.richardson@york.ac.uk	Grief Loss Bereavement Emotion Perception
Indrajit Roy Professor, Global Development Politics Department of Politics and International Relations indrajit.roy@york.ac.uk	World order Democracy Equality Hope Human development Institutions Multipolarity Power Connected politics
Michael Saiger PhD Student Department of Computer Science michael.saiger@york.ac.uk	Qualitative research Participatory design Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) User experience
Monika Schmid Professor Department of Language and Linguistic Science monika.schmid@york.ac.uk	Multilingualism Language and migration/refugees Language and conflict
Aqsa Shafique PhD Student Department of Health Sciences ncc541@york.ac.uk	Epidemiology Systematic reviews Quantitative research Mental health Children and adolescents Predictive modelling Qualitative research Meta-analysis Digitalization Education
Emily Shoesmith Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences emily.shoesmith@york.ac.uk	Mental health Human-animal interaction Intervention development Systematic reviews Evidence synthesis Qualitative research Quantitative research Mixed-methods research
Najma Siddiqi Professor of Psychiatry Hull York Medical School najma.siddiqi@york.ac.uk	Multimorbidity Complex interventions Trials Global health research
Daniel Slawson Research Software Engineer in Creative Technologies School of Arts and Creative Technologies daniel.slawson@york.ac.uk	Creative Technologies Digital tools Interactivity Data collection Apps Design Combat
Wei Song Research Fellow Centre for Health Economics wei.song@york.ac.uk	Causal inference in health Mental health service utilisation NHS data analytics (ECDS/MHSDS/HES/NDRS) Health policy evaluation Applied microeconometrics
Joe Spearing Research Fellow Centre for Health Economics joe.spearing@york.ac.uk	Working conditions Disability benefit
Tom Spencer PhD Student Department of English and Related Literature tgs508@york.ac.uk	Creative writing Obsessive-compulsive disorder Culture Creativity Literature Place History
Penny Spikins Professor Department of Archaeology penny.spikins@york.ac.uk	Evolutionary psychology Social emotions Autism Compassion Hunter-gatherers Palaeolithic Evolutionary mismatch
Emma Standley Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences emma.standley@york.ac.uk	Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) Impact Co-production Adolescent Child Mental health Autism ADHD Neurodevelopment Participatory
Tom Stoneham Professor Department of Philosophy tom.stoneham@york.ac.uk	Trauma Dreaming Nightmares Flashbacks Narrative Retraumatization Ethics Artificial intelligence (AI) Data Privacy
Joshua Stubbs Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate Department of Education joshua.stubbs@york.ac.uk	Universal mental health education Social and emotional learning Positive mental health
Jane Suter Senior Lecturer School for Business and Society jane.suter@york.ac.uk	Workplace mental health and wellbeing NHS Small Business Employment
Jennifer Sweetman Research Associate Department of Health Sciences jennifer.sweetman@york.ac.uk	Applied mental health Workforce wellbeing Systematic reviews Delphi Consensus Qualitative research Quantitative research Pilot trials Feasibility trials Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) Surveys
Tahsin Tasneem Tabassum PhD Student Department of Health Sciences tahsin.tabassum@york.ac.uk	Severe mental illness Health risk behaviour Smoking cessation Obesity Fruit vegetable intake South Asia Equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) Mixed-methods study
Jo Taylor Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences jo.taylor@york.ac.uk	Mental health nursing Prevention and early intervention Psychosis
Olivia Taylor Research Associate Department of Health Sciences olivia.taylor@york.ac.uk	Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) Qualitative research Youth Mental Health School Interventions
Lindsay Thurston Research Associate Department of Health Sciences lindsay.thurston@york.ac.uk	Improving mental health and reducing self-harm Suicide Violence and dual harm in prison
Maria Tibbs Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Education maria.tibbs@york.ac.uk	Youth mental health Developmental psychology Digital technologies Digital wellbeing
Paul Tiffin Professor of Psychiatry Hull York Medical School paul.tiffin@york.ac.uk	Psychometrics Adolescent Mental Health Machine Learning Artificial intelligence (AI) Data modelling Workforce
Lucy Tindall Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences lucy.tindall@york.ac.uk	Child and adolescent mental health Evidence synthesis Project design Project management Qualitative research
Umar Toseeb Professor Department of Psychology umar.toseeb@york.ac.uk	Child and adolescent mental health Population mental health Special educational needs Neurodevelopmental conditions Data science Youth offending Longitudinal cohort study Advanced quantitative methods Administrative data School-based mental health
Laura Tucker Practitioner Research Operational Lead School for Business and Society laura.tucker@york.ac.uk	Mental health social work Social determinants Professional roles Marginalised communities Public involvement
Marian Ursu Professor School of Arts and Creative Technologies marian.ursu@york.ac.uk	Creative technologies Interactive media Immersive media Artificial intelligence (AI) Digital storytelling
Christina van der Feltz-Cornelis Emerita Professor Department of Health Sciences christina.vanderfeltz-cornelis@york.ac.uk	Diagnosis and treatment of common mental disorders The interface of somatic symptoms Long COVID Digital decision aids for treatment providers Work functioning Suicide prevention Resilience Biomarkers
Shrathinth Venkatesh Research Fellow Centre for Health Economics shrathinth.venkatesh@york.ac.uk	Economics Applied micro-econometrics Childhood Life course microsimulation Childhood wellbeing Health Education Early childhood
Adrián Villaseñor Research Fellow Centre for Health Economics adrian.villasenor-lopez@york.ac.uk	Healthcare Impact of MH on economic outcomes Determinants of MH
Caroline Waddington-Jones Lecturer School of Arts and Creative Technologies caroline.waddington-jones@york.ac.uk	Music Mental health And wellbeing Disability And special education Music education and technology Music interventions and community practice Co-production and participatory research
Alex Wade Professor Department of Psychology alex.wade@york.ac.uk	Neuroscience
Ruth Wadman Visiting Senior Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences ruth.wadman@york.ac.uk	Children and young people's mental health Prevention Early intervention Co-production
Simon Walker Professor Centre for Health Economics simon.walker@york.ac.uk	Health economics Decision Analytic Modelling Economic Evaluation
Mark Wall Business Development Manager PCMIS Health Technologies Ltd mark.wall@york.ac.uk	Health technology Digital mental health Industry partnerships Sector knowledge
Pengfei Wang PhD Student Department of Health Sciences stl542@york.ac.uk	Environmental health Urban living environments Mental health Longitudinal study
Claire Warrington Research Associate School for Business and Society claire.warrington@york.ac.uk	Trauma Recurrent suicidality Mental health emergencies Police Mental health interactions
Helen Weatherly Professor Centre for Health Economics helen.weatherly@york.ac.uk	Economic evaluation Mental health social care
Martin Webber Professor of Social Work School for Business and Society martin.webber@york.ac.uk	Mental health social care Mental health social work Social interventions Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) Social outcome measures Screening tools Ethnography Process evaluation Mixed-methods research Practitioner research
JT Welsch Senior Lecturer Department of English and Related Literature jt.welsch@york.ac.uk	Literature Creativity Poetry Suicide Mental health Ageing Care
Laura Wiley Research Fellow Department of Health Sciences laura.wiley@york.ac.uk	Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) Trial Management Regulatory Compliance Ethics & Governance Trial Operations & Coordination Data Quality Assurance Participant Recruitment & Retention Multidisciplinary Collaboration Ageing & Biomarkers Research
Qi Wu Health Economist Department of Health Sciences qi.wu@york.ac.uk	Health economics Clinical trials Decision-analytic modelling
Laura Yeoman Access and Digital Engagement Archivist Borthwick Institute for Archives laura.yeoman@york.ac.uk	Archives Heritage Underrepresented histories
David Zendle Senior Lecturer Department of Psychology david.zendle@york.ac.uk	Data infrastructure Gambling Video games

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