Emily is a Research Fellow in the Mental Health and Addiction Research Group at the University of York’s Department of Health Sciences. Emily is currently involved in research relating to human-animal interactions and health and wellbeing.

Emily has a background in elderly care research and worked on the NIHR funded EPIC trial, evaluating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of Dementia Care Mapping™ for people with dementia living in care homes. Emily also designed and developed an evidence-based psychosocial intervention for people with dementia, and assessed its feasibility and acceptability in care settings.

Experience

  • 2020–present
    Research Fellow, The University of York
  • 2015–2020
    Research Assistant, Leeds Beckett University

Education

  • 2020 
    Leeds Beckett University, PhD
  • 2014 
    The University of York, Cognitive Neuroscience MSc
  • 2013 
    The University of Warwick, Psychology BSc (Hons)

Contact Emily for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision