People

People in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Research (CAMHR) Centre.

Centre Directors

More information and contact details can be found by clicking on the links under the 'Name' column.

NamePositionResearch Interests
Prof Jo WilliamsCentre DirectorChild and adolescent health and mental health, children's understanding of biology and health, developmental disabilities, and children's interactions with animals
Dr Vilas SawrikarCentre Deputy DirectorEvidence-based early intervention in youth mental health
Dr. Jessica Hafetz MirmanCentre Associate Director 

Centre members: academic staff

NamePositionResearch Interests
Dr Stephanie AdamsResearch FellowHealth messaging/educational programming 
Dr Timothy BirdResearch Fellow 
Dr Simona Di FolioResearch Fellow 
Dr Fiona DuffyLecturerThe development and treatment of adolescent eating disorders and the use of interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) and mentalization in depressed or impulsive adolescents
Dr Karri Gillespie-SmithLecturer 
Dr Lisa-Christine Girard  Lecturer 
Dr Karen GoodallLecturerChildhood adversity, attachment, emotion regulation and metacognition in  relation to well-being. Positive psychology. 
Dr Helen GriffithsSenior LecturerRisk and resilience, particularly the role of attachment and mentalization, for complex psychopathology such as psychosis
Dr Rachel HapperSenior Clinical Fellow 
Dr Susannah JohnstonTeaching Fellow 
Dr Monja KnollSenior Teaching Fellow 
Dr Melina Nicole Kyranides                                                                 Early Career Fellow 
Dr Angus MacbethLecturerPerinatal Mental Health, Complex Psychopathology (Psychosis, Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Personality Disorder), Developmental psychopathology, Data-linkage, Evidence-based mental health
Dr Bradley MacDonaldPostdoctoral Fellow 
Dr Charles MarleyTeaching FellowCommunity psychology; discourse analysis; critical perspectives on ADHD; the relation of social inequalities to mental health difficulties
Dr Janine MuldoonResearch FellowLife transitions (educational, developmental & personal), children's perspectives, emotional wellbeing & relationships, child-animal interactions
Dr Ingrid Obsuth   Lecturer 
Prof Ethel QuayleChair of Forensic Clinical PsychologyInternet sex offending, the role of abuse images in the offending process
Prof Matthias SchwannauerHead of School, Health in Social ScienceAttachment theory, affect regulation, mentalisation, reflective functioning and interpersonal stress in the context of the risk and resilience of psychosis and recurrent mood disorders in adults and adolescents
Dr Emily TaylorSenior LecturerPsychological factors (e.g. perfectionism, attachment, affect regulation) in clinical interventions for children and adolescents, using scale development and qualitative inquiry

Centre members: PhD students

Rowena PiersMaria Francisca Morales Larrazabal
Raahat ManraiHamdullah Tunc
Joana Esteves Craveiro de OliveiraDennis Relojo-Howell
Catalina Martin Kate Leventhal
Lucia DahlbyJingni (Maggie) Ma
Emy NimbleyLisa Golds
Katherine Porter Keith Evans
Emily HennessyShalhavit Simcha Cohen
Aigli RaounaYijun Zhao
Pelin LinCristian Alcaino
Asaly SkrenesMelanie Phillips
Imogen PeeblesTine Opitz
Lilli ClarkLaura Wauthier
Unaiza UqbalXiaoshan Yin
Hasan Huseyin AtesLiron Blajwajs
Jill SteeleLucia Dahlby
Sarah JamiesonElaine Gray
Kiyoshi BhuiyanErcan Özdemir