Community, Event Lived Experience Network for Scholars (LENS) Online Meet-up April 16, 2025 Shivani Joshi
Funding: Effects of the Usage of Digital Technology on Brain Development, Social Behaviours and Mental Health in Children and Young People
Funding: Improving outcomes for children and young people in care using interventions that combine mentoring with skills training: A feasibility study
Funding: Higher-calorie refeeding compared with lower-calorie refeeding in malnourished adults with anorexia nervosa
Funding Eating disorders research grants from Medical Research Foundation October 24, 2024 Bea Shelley
Pre-doctoral My fellowship reignited the love of learning and practice I enjoyed early on in my career as a social worker Rachel Murphy Social worker
"My lived experience allows me to have deeper and more relatable collaborations" Dr Blandine French Psychology/ Lived experience
"Knowing how best to sequence treatment strategies was really challenging in practice without relevant evidence to draw on" Dr Maria Loades Clinical psychologist
Funding "After working with my first child who had selective mutism in 2010, I knew that this was the area of research I wanted to pursue." Gino Hipolito Speech and Language Therapist
PhD “I am a researcher of stories” Dr Joy Llewellyn-Beardsley Lived experience researcher/Health Scientist
"I am not pursuing a career as a professional researcher, rather a professional who researches" Hannah Macfarlane Clinical Pharmacist
“My overriding motivation is to represent the voice of the marginalised and fight for social justice” Anonymous case study Lived Experience Researcher
"A successful administrator contributes to research as well as enabling it" Verity Westgate Trial Coordinator/Chartered Librarian
"My aim is to work towards blurring the line between being a psychological researcher & being a lived experience researcher" Bethan Burnside Lived Experience Researcher/Neuroscientist
“Physiotherapists have always championed the importance of keeping the body in mind for mental health” Dr Brendon Stubbs Physiotherapist
“My move from clinical practice into research sort of happened by accident, but I’m really glad it did!” Dr Rachael Kelley Mental Health Nurse
“I got started in nursing research as an undergraduate trainee nurse” Sarah McAllister Mental Health Nurse
“With the right mentors and peers, the journey is not a lonely one” Domna Salonen Occupational Therapist
“My earliest work experience in India was the driver for my research today” Professor Roshan das Nair Clinical Psychologist
“Early on, I saw directly how research can make a difference in clinical settings” Professor Alan Simpson Mental Health Nurse
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