About
First Degree BSc, graduated 2009: Psychology (Hons) 1st Class, University of Chester (Department of Psychology). MSc graduated 2010: Research Methods in Psychology Distinction, University of Liverpool (Department of Psychology). PhD graduated 2018: Clinical Psychology, University of Liverpool (Department of Psychology).
I am an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool and a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University. I am co-investigator on the adolescent data collection on the Wirral Child Health & Development Study (WCHADS) and work with a number of other international cohorts.
My research focuses on identifying the mechanisms underlying mental health problems in childhood and adolescence. My research combines multiple levels of explanation (biological, social, individual) using multi-method of data (interview, observational, experimental, biological, survey data). I am particularly interested in the role of relationships (parent-child, peer, romantic) in the intergenerational transmission of mental health problems. My post-doctoral work was completed in the Biostatistics Department at Kings College London and I use advanced statistical methods to characterise developmental pathways to mental health problems and to refine measurement of constructs. My PhD and postdoctoral work focused on behavioural problems in childhood, and driven by the current mental health crisis in adolescence, my recent work focuses on adolescent emotional and behavioural problems. I mainly work with longitudinal child development cohorts.