Biography
I am interested in using epidemiological research methods and data linkage to investigate issues affecting children, adolescents and young people. My work particularly focuses on the intersection between mental health, education and crime.
My current research fellowship is funded by Administrative Data Research UK (ESRC). I am investigating educational trajectories and criminal justice involvement among children and adolescents using a linkage between Ministry of Justice and Department for Education data.
I undertook my PhD in the Department of Psychological Medicine at King’s College London. My PhD research focused on educational trajectories of children and adolescents with depression, which I investigated using linked administrative health and education datasets and longitudinal statistical modelling techniques.
Prior to my PhD, I was a Research Assistant at King’s Centre for Military Health Research. I have a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences (both University College London).
Research Interests
- Child and adolescent mental health
- Education
- Crime
- Epidemiological research methods
- Administrative data linkage
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Ter-Minassian, L., Viani, N., Wickersham, A., Cross, L., Stewart, R., Velupillai, S. & Downs, J., 8 Aug 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: BMJ Open. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Carr, E., Oetzmann, C., Davis, K., Bergin-Cartwright, G., Dorrington, S., Lavelle, G., Leightley, D., Polling, C., Stevelink, S. A. M., Wickersham, A., Vitiello, V., Razavi, R. & Hotopf, M., 20 Mar 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 79, 8, p. 514-520 7 p., 108097. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2021-108097
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Wickersham, A., Barack, T., Cross, L. & Downs, J., 3 Dec 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Carr, E., Davis, K., Bergin-Cartwright, G., Lavelle, G., Leightley, D., Oetzmann, C., Polling, C., Stevelink, S., Wickersham, A., Razavi, R. & Hotopf, M., 22 Oct 2021, In: Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2021-107667
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Wickersham, A., Ford, T., Stewart, R. & Downs, J., 11 Oct 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Epidemiology And Psychiatric Sciences. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Leightley, D., Lavelle, G., White, K., Sun, S., Matcham, F., Ivan, A., Oetzmann, C., Penninx, B. WJH., Lamers, F., Siddi, S., Mario Haro, J., Germeys, I. M., Bruce, S., Nica, R., Wickersham, A., Annas, P., C. Mohr, D., Simblett, S., Wykes, T., Cummins, N. & 6 others, Folarin, A., Conde, P., Ranjan, Y., Dobson, R., Narayan, V. & Hotopf, M., 18 Aug 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: BMC Psychiatry. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wickersham, A., Carr, E., Hunt, R., P. Davis, J., Hotopf, M., Fear, N., Downs, J. & Leightley, D., 10 Mar 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 6, p. 1-11 11 p., 2792. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062792
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Davis, K., Carr, E., Leightley, D., Vitiello, V., Bergin-Cartwright, G., Lavelle, G., Wickersham, A., Malim, M., Oetzmann, C., Polling, K., Stevelink, S., Razavi, R. & Hotopf, M., 8 Dec 2020, In: medRxiv preprint server. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article. DOIs: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.07.20245183
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Wickersham, A., Sugg, H. V. R., Epstein, S., Stewart, R., Ford, T. & Downs, J., 23 Oct 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Wickersham, A., Dickson, H., Jones, R., Pritchard, M., Stewart, R., Ford, T. & Downs, J., 29 Jul 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: British Journal of Psychiatry. Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review