Previously, Isabella completed a BSc Psychology at Durham University (2020-2023) followed by an MSc in Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology at King’s College London (2023-2024). She returned to King’s College London to begin her PhD in 2025.

Her research focuses on investigating how victimisation across childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood shapes mental health and functioning at age 30, capitalising on data collected over three decades from the Environmental Risk (E-Risk) Longitudinal Twin Study. The overall goal is to produce recommendations specifying the optimal timing and content for selective prevention strategies aimed at mitigating psychopathology and promoting flourishing among adults with a history of victimisation.

Research interests

• Relationship between victimisation dimensions (timing and duration) and adult psychopathology
• Biopsychosocial mechanisms underlying victimisation-psychopathology association
• Individual, family, and community-level protective factors
• Flourishing in adulthood following a history of victimisation

Expertise and public engagement 

She has previously published articles on the topic of mental health in the digital magazine ‘Inspire the Mind’.