Biography
Milena joined King’s College London in January 2022 as a Research Assistant on the Together to Transform project to develop a social paradigm for global mental health with researchers and community practitioners around the world. She now works with Dr Jayati Das-Munshi on the Social and Economic Predictors for the course and prognosis of severe Mental Disorders (SEP-MD) project, linking CRIS medical records with Census data. Both projects are affiliated with the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health.
Milena holds a BA in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics and is currently pursuing a MSc in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Her research interests include the social aspects of mental health and socioeconomic disparities in health outcomes.
Research Interests:
- Mental health
- Health inequalities
- Access to care
- Research ethics & integrity
Research
Together to Transform
A mutual learning platform to develop a social paradigm for global mental health.
Project status: Ongoing
Social and Economic Predictors of the Severe Mental Disorders: The SEP-MD Data Linkage Study
Linking health records and census data to advance understanding of mortality, in-patient admissions and worklessness among people with severe mental illness.
Project status: Ongoing
Features
Bringing data together to understand employment, disability and health among people with severe mental illness
People from racialised minority groups diagnosed with severe mental illnesses may face greater social inequities, leading to worse outcomes following...
The story of the SEP-MD study: Why link data?
In this blog, the SEP-MD study team highlight the importance of their innovative project linking mental health hospital records with Census data.
Linking data to understand severe mental illness: what have we learned so far?
The SEP-MD team explore key findings from their innovative data linkage project.
Research
Together to Transform
A mutual learning platform to develop a social paradigm for global mental health.
Project status: Ongoing
Social and Economic Predictors of the Severe Mental Disorders: The SEP-MD Data Linkage Study
Linking health records and census data to advance understanding of mortality, in-patient admissions and worklessness among people with severe mental illness.
Project status: Ongoing
Features
Bringing data together to understand employment, disability and health among people with severe mental illness
People from racialised minority groups diagnosed with severe mental illnesses may face greater social inequities, leading to worse outcomes following...
The story of the SEP-MD study: Why link data?
In this blog, the SEP-MD study team highlight the importance of their innovative project linking mental health hospital records with Census data.
Linking data to understand severe mental illness: what have we learned so far?
The SEP-MD team explore key findings from their innovative data linkage project.