About
My current research investigates how a four-day working week changes biological health, such as immune function, and lifestyle factors, such as diet, mental health, and sleep. I am also leading analyses of how employment interacts with diet, physical, and mental health in the UK Biobank using a big data approach. Alongside this, I am a co-investigator exploring the use of novel technology for monitoring eating behaviour and weight loss.
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I continue to work on projects understanding the behavioural, genetic and neural basis of individual differences in liking for sweet tastes as a marker of risk for developing obesity, drawing on methods from genetics, psychology, nutrition, and neuroscience such as body composition analysis, functional magnetic resonance imaging and twin modelling.
I am also interested in all things ingestive behaviour related, individual differences and wider sensory responses, including multisensory processing. I have previously worked on projects investigating Synaesthesia, brain plasticity and cross-modal responses following sight restoration and most recently a Leverhulme Trust grant on the behavioural and neural-basis of odour-taste associations. I love collaborating, and I am always open to new project ideas!
Education
PhD Psychology
University of Sussex
2020 - 2023
PG Cert Mental Health Practice: Distinction
University of Sussex and
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
2016 - 2017
BSc (Hons) Psychology with Legal Studies: 1st
University of Sussex
2013 - 2016
Teaching
University of Sussex
2020 - 2024
Associate tutor with experience running seminars, workshops and practicals on a broad range of modules from level 4 (UG) to level 7 (MSc). This includes biological, cognitive and developmental psychology modules and research methods (R programming, quantative and qaulatative methods).
Student Supervision
University of Sussex
2018 - Present
Co-supervision for research and academic work of undergraduate, masters’ and placement students.
Public Engagement and Representation
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2022 – 2023
Work-In-PGRess presentation initiative
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2021 – 2023
School of Psychology Doctoral Tutor Rep
2020 – 2023
Science Cluster Outreach and Public Engagement (SCOPE) Panel Member
2020 – 2023
Sussex Universe Public Lecture Series Organising Committee Member
2019 – Present
Academic Content Facilitator for Widening Participation at Sussex University
2016 - 2017
PG Cert Mental Health Practice Course Rep
Teaching, Supervision and Engagement
Awards, Scholarships and Grants
November 2024 - Funding Award
Consumer Lab, Business Interaction Voucher (£46,531)
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September 2024 - Teaching Award
Awarded for Early Career Researcher Excellence in Teaching
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June 2024 - Travel Award
ECRO Travel Grant (€500)
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March 2024 - Funding Award
Innovate UK, Accelerated Knowledge Transfer Award (£23,842)
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September 2023 - Best Poster Prize
ECRO Symposium Best Poster Winner
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September 2023 - Travel Award
ECRO Travel Grant (€500)
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August 2023 - Conference Award
Pangborn ECR Bursary (€1170)
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July 2023 - Conference Award
Doctoral Overseas Conference Grant (£1116)
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​April 2023 - Conference Award
BFDG ECR Conference Bursary (£80)
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​February 2023 - Engagement Grant
Researcher Led Initiative Grant (£750)
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​September 2022 - Study Grant
BPS Postgraduate Study Visit Scheme (£800)
November 2021 - Best Poster Prize
University of Sussex Psychology Poster Competition (£100)
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April 2021 - Conference Award
ACM CHI Virtual Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems ($440)
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September 2020 - Training Award
WGC: Genetic Analysis of Population-based Association Studies (£125)
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October 2017 - Performance Award
NHS prize winner for “Best Performance” in PG Cert Mental Health Practice
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July 2016 - Performance Award
Sussex University’s nomination for British Psychological Society Wessex “Best Undergraduate Finalist Project 2016” (£100)