Expertise and public engagement

Emma has experience of working in widening participation as a PhD tutor for the Brilliant Club, a UK charity that aims to widen access to university for students from underrepresented groups. I designed and deliver an 8-week course to small groups of students in secondary schools

Emma is also plenary speaker for Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England, delivering 1 – 1.5 hour workshops to people training to become mental health first aid instructors, on topics linked to my own lived experience of mental health challenges

Emma is an active member of the mental health community, with engagement experience such as:

Training: qualified instructor for the MHFA 2-day youth and adult courses, 1-day youth course, half day mental health aware course.
Panel discussions/lectures about PPI: KCL MSc module ‘Big Data in Urban Mental Health’; BRC Annual Conference 2019; MQ Annual Science Meeting 2016; meeting of the Institute of Mental Health 2017; Clinical Research Network: Mental Health 2015
Public speaking: Media work (BBC News live, Radio 4), policy (e.g., giving evidence at an All-Party Parliamentary Group in the House of Lords; Youth Select Committee at the House of Commons).
Volunteering: Formerly involved in evaluating services (Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) and campaigning (Time to Change)
Writing/blogging: LSE, Mental Health Foundation, MHFA England, The Mighty, University of Birmingham
Member of PPI advisory groups:different mental health research projects since 2014, including: 1) Young People’s Mental Health Advisory Group now managed by NIHR Maudsley’s Biomedical Research Centre (BRC; 2014 – 2018), and 2) the REACH study’s advisory group during its development phase (2016-18)

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