Hannah is a Research Assistant working on an NIHR funded grant investigating cocaine use with Virtual Reality (VR) and Cue Exposure Therapy (CET). Hannah joined the Addictions Department at Kings College London in January 2025. This is her first research role after previously working for the NHS as a Physician Associate in General Practice. From 2021 to 2023 she completed her Msc in Physician Associate Studies from the Hull York Medical School. Prior to this Hannah completed a BSc in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Hull, in which she wrote a dissertation on the diagnostic abilities of somatostatin receptor analogues, in PET/CT scanning of neuroendocrine tumours. 

Research Interests

• Virtual reality to deliver Cue Exposure Therapy
• Wearable technology within addictions research

Expertise and Public Engagement 

Currently working on a Scoping Review for the Centre of Addictions and Mental Health Research (CAMHR) at the University of Hull, looking at Assertive Care and Intensive Case Management for young people experiencing co-occurring substance use and mental health problems.