Addiction research, GROW programme, Post-doctoral Occupational Therapist to Full Time Researcher Catriona Connell Research Fellow
Post-doctoral “After my years of clinical training, I couldn’t deliver the care I wanted.” Dr Yu Fu Health Services Researcher
"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
PhD “I realised that my lived experience was a form of knowledge and expertise that could make a difference” Andrew C Grundy Lived Experience Researcher
"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
“By engaging in research, pharmacy staff can provide the evidence to make a real difference to the lives of people with mental ill-health” Dr Ian Maidment Clinical Pharmacist
“A PhD is essentially a training degree to learn how to do research and solve problems in clinical practice” Dolly Sud Clinical Pharmacist
"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
“One doesn’t necessarily need to be a medical professional to contribute usefully to mental health research” Associate Professor Mara Violato Health Economist
“I’m inspired to pursue clinical research along with others who aspire for a more equitable society” Dr Ruchika Gajwani Clinical Psychologist
“I became interested in examining whether the issues I saw were replicated in the broader literature” Dr Beth Casey Research Associate
“The number of mental health presentations I see in general practice generated my interest in research” Dr Faraz Mughal General Practitioner (GP)
“I couldn’t wait to start my research career as I simply love the process of thinking” Dr Stella Chan Academic Clinical Psychologist
“The flexibility of research brings both challenges and benefits” Professor Cathy Creswell Clinical Psychologist
Addiction research “Why not become a ‘boundary-spanner’?” Professor Eileen Kaner Professor of Public Health and Primary Care Research
Addiction research “I come at mental health research with a public policy hat” Dr Amy O’Donnell Health services researcher
“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
“Research leads to other opportunities – for example strategic roles, later in your career” Professor Louise Howard Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist
“My earliest work experience in India was the driver for my research today” Professor Roshan das Nair Clinical Psychologist
“Mental health is tangled up in so many aspects of our society – that’s why it’s so interesting” Dr Vishal Bhavsar Psychiatrist
“I’m a sort of bridge between the clinical and academic organisations I work in” Dr Simon Hackett Art Therapist
“People who do mental health research just start doing it - wherever they are” Professor Ben Hannigan Mental Health Nurse
“Clinically-applicable research is nothing like my undergrad research experiences” Dr Emma Černis Clinical Psychologist
