All 2023 Supervisors and Projects

Children, Young People, and Perinatal Mental Health

Supervisor and University	Project Title
Dr Diane Thembekile Levine University of Leicester	Diet and depression: a new interdisciplinary exploration
Dr Michelle O’Reilly University of Leicester	A qualitative exploration of children’s use of digital media and their mental health
Professor Stephen Jackson University of Nottingham	Developing the next generation of wearable neuromodulation devices for child neuropsychiatric conditions
Dr Sarah A Redsell University of Nottingham	Development of a complex feeding intervention to reduce stress and anxiety in parents with multiple births
Elizabeth Such University of Nottingham	Insecure work and risks to the mental health of pregnant women
Professor Mathew Thomson University of Warwick	Assessing the Value of History in Understanding the Recent Rise of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Problems in the UK
Domenico Giacco University of Warwick	Creative arts psychotherapy for young people with mental health difficulties.
Helena Tuomainen University of Warwick	The role of attachment theory in the recovery journey of young people with eating disorders and their families – a mixed-methods study to support service delivery
Andrew Prayle University of Nottingham	Understanding the neurocognitive consequences of severe obstructive sleep apnoea in children
Carla Toro University of Warwick	Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Eating Disorders (EDs): Co-morbidity and treatment implications.

Common Mental Health

Supervisor and University	Project Title
Tammy Ayres University of Leicester	Human Enhancement Drugs: Consumption, Identity, Health and Wellbeing
Sarah Qian Gong University of Leicester	Old age mental health awareness and culturally appropriate support for ethnic minority groups in the UK
Dr Natalie Darko University of Leicester	Black and mixed minority women’s experiences of health and mental wellbeing
Dr Catherine Steele University of Leicester	Exploring the impact of community, health coaching and behaviour change on the wellbeing of adults with cancer
Professor Dorothee Auer University of Nottingham	Mapping brain circuit changes to understand resilience to depression in children and adolescents
Professor Stephen Jackson University of Nottingham	Developing the next generation of wearable neuromodulation devices for child neuropsychiatric conditions

Severe Mental Health

Supervisor and University	Project Title
Professor Mike Slade University of Nottingham	Impact of the NEON Intervention on self-compassion in people from diverse cultures
Anna Harpin University of Warwick	Acting Mad: The Use of Actors in Psychiatric Training and Assessment Practices
Professor Lisa Chakrabarti University of Nottingham	Development of a tool to predict risk of cardiometabolic impairment with antipsychotic therapy: a personalised precision medicine approach
Claudia Danielmeier University of Nottingham	Dynamic neurometabolite changes as a new marker for cognitive impairment in early psychosis
Professor Marcus Kaiser University of Nottingham	Focused ultrasound of deep-brain structures as an intervention for schizophrenia
Dr Stefan Rennick-Egglestone University of Nottingham	Narrative accounts of mental health service treatment: how can we use self-reported patient experiences to improve service quality?

Dementia

Supervisor and University	Project Title
Elizabeta Mukaetova-Ladinska University of Leicester	Discovering blood-based RNA biomarkers for improving clinical diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy bodies
Dr Nikos Evangelou University of Nottingham	Studying cerebral control of gait in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI)
Alison Pilnick University of Nottingham	Improving dementia communication skills in care homes
Professor Tom Dening University of Nottingham	Establishing an East Midlands Young Onset Dementia Clinical, Imaging and Biomarker Cohort Registry
Professor Elizabeth Barry University of Warwick	The Phenomenology of Dementia: Navigation of Time and Space

Physical Health and Mental Health Multimorbidity

Supervisor and University	Project Title
Samuel Tromans University of Leicester	The Epidemiology of Eating Disorders in Adulthood: A Secondary Analysis of the 2023 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey
Dr Christopher Williams University of Leicester	End-of-life care in Huntington’s disease: How are we doing, and how can we do better?
Dr Mervyn Thomas University of Leicester	Impacts of early vision loss on mental health and wellbeing
Professor Christina Faull University of Leicester	Psychological Wellbeing in End-of-life-care in the Context of Non-Invasive Advanced Respiratory Support: Understanding Barriers and Enablers to Best Practice
Professor Nicole Tang University of Warwick	Developing a Hybrid Chronic Pain and Insomnia Treatment for IAPT
Prof Robert Dineen University of Nottingham	Advanced brain imaging to understand mechanisms of disease modifying drug-withdrawal symptoms in people with multiple sclerosis
Dr Ainslea Cross University of Leicester	Optimising wearable and digital psychological support for mental health co-morbidities in physical health services
Dr Gianina-Ioana Postavaru University of Leicester	Addressing mental health inequalities in cancer patients from ethnic minority groups across different cancer care pathways
Professor Paul Morgan University of Nottingham	Measuring and mapping cognitive decline following brain radiotherapy