I have been awarded with a PhD from UCL in 2019, examining the relationships of autistic and non-autistic siblings , and then went on to a post-doc at UCL looking at personalised care in sleep management and anxiety with autistic adolescents and sleep research priorities of autistic adults.

I  am committed to creative participatory health and educational research, co-producing work with community members, alongside valuing public engagement and outreach work to ensure that research has impact beyond academia.

 

I have expertise using a combination of behavioural, phenomenological and community based participatory techniques together with a developmental approach. 

 

In April 2021 I founded the Group in Research in Relationships in Neurodiversity. The group is currently running research on school belonging and drafting a grant on victimisation and psychological care of autistic adults. 

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In May 2021, I received a UCL Impact Fellowship award to work with mental health clinicians and and autistic teenagers to promote digital material that supports autistic mental health.  

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In September 2021 I received UCL One Professional award for tackling stigma and inequalities in East London through an autistic led project Flow Unlocked looking at relationships of autistic adults before and during the pandemic.

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In September 2021 I got an MRC/Developing Mind/UKRI award as Co-Investigator to work with Prof Sonuka-Barke (Principal Investigator) on a 3.3 million project looking at prevention of depression in autistic and ADHD adolescents.