Biography
Dorota is a PhD student within the Re:Spect Research group, supervised by Francesca Happé, a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, and Will Mandy, a Professor of Neurodevelopmental Conditions at University College London. She is funded by the Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP) via the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC).
Dorota’s research centres around the stressors and burnout of autistic people. She is taking a mixed-methods approach, quantitatively exploring the relationships between stress and burnout, and experiences that may be relevant to stress and burnout (e.g., ‘masking’/’camouflaging’), as well as qualitatively exploring the subjective experiences of ‘autistic burnout’ by those who have experienced it.
Dorota has a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from Open University and an MSc in Neuroscience from King’s College London. Throughout her PhD, Dorota has been on a clinical placement across the Neurodevelopmental Pathway at the South London and Maudsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, and, alongside research, hopes to train as a clinical psychologist in the future.
When not studying, Dorota loves to read, write (fiction and not-fiction) and draw.
Research
ReSpect Lab: Researching Autism across the Spectrum and Lifespan
The ReSpect Lab, led by Professor Francesca Happé, comprises researchers and postgraduate students actively engaged in researching autism across the spectrum and lifespan.
Research
ReSpect Lab: Researching Autism across the Spectrum and Lifespan
The ReSpect Lab, led by Professor Francesca Happé, comprises researchers and postgraduate students actively engaged in researching autism across the spectrum and lifespan.