Centre for Innovation in Mental Health

Our people

Learn about our researchers and their expertise. Explore research interests, publications, contact details and more.

Dr Alessio Bellato Ph.D., MSc, BSc, FHEA, PGCHE

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Emotion regulation and dysregulation
  • Psycho-physiology (e.g., heart rate variability)
  • Neurodevelopmental conditions (e.g., ADHD, autism)

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Anoop Kadan

Lecturer in Machine Learning

Research interests

  • Digital Mental Health
  • Machine Learning
  • Affective Computing

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Becky Ward PGCE, PhD, FHEA, CPsychol

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Psychological approaches to homelessness
  • Homeless prevention for young people
  • Developmental psychology
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Dr Catherine Brignell

Senior Teaching Fellow
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Dr Charlotte Lee PhD

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Facial Recognition and Metacognition
  • Individual Differences in Eye Movements
  • Chronic Pain and Interpersonal Relationships
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Dr Cora Sargeant

Senior Teaching Fellow
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Dr Ellen Hedstrom PhD

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Parenting stress
  • Family Functioning
  • Asylum seekers and mental health
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Mrs Emily Ellington

Research interests

  • Autism
  • Teaching and learning
  • Service development across education, health, and social care
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Dr Emma Palmer-Cooper PhD, CPsychol, FHEA, AFBPsS

Lecturer B

Research interests

  • Metacognition in Psychosis and other serious mental health conditions
  • Creativity and Wellbeing
  • AI and Digital Mental Health

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Gaby Pfeifer CPsychol, FHEA

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Interoception and psychophysiological processes across the lifespan.
  • The relationship between interoception, personality and emotional processing.

Accepting applications from PhD students

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