Children & Young People's Wellbeing @ Exeter

CEDAR/MDC/Psychology 
Professor of Experimental and Applied Clinical Psychology 

Ed is a Professor of Experimental and Applied Clinical Psychology, and currently works as a researcher, teacher, clinical trainer and clinical practitioner within the Mood Disorders Centre. Ed’s research interests include approaches to depression, cognition and emotion. Treatment and prevention of depression.  Ruminative thinking. New approaches to trial design and methodology, e.g MOST, SMART designs. Prevention of depression and anxiety in young people. Digital interventions e,g internet treatment, mobile apps.   
 
Ed leads a £4m MRC grant on improving university student mental health across 6 Universities (Exeter, Oxford, Newcastle, Cardiff, Southampton, Kings College London), a 4m € Horizon 2020 grant to develop a self-help wellbeing app for young people (aged 16-24) across UK, Germany, Spain, Belgium, and a US NIMH grant for rumination-focused CBT for teenagers (age 13-17) with a history of depression.

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College of Medicine & Health/ChYMe 
Associate Professor in Prevention Science  

Vashti is an Associate Professor in Prevention Science, working in the prevention and early intervention of children's psychosocial health difficulties.  She is the Director of the Children and Young People's Mental Health Research Collaboration (ChYMe).  

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I am in my second year of my PhD, researching Gender Based Violence in Secondary Education which directly impacts children’s immediate and long-term wellbeing.  I’m also a secondary school teacher locally and have a keen interest in cyp wellbeing.

Children and young people are the heart of my research, and I am very aware of the need for interdisciplinary connections to benefit research in this area and keen to collaborate with others. 

During my MRes, I studied modules which developed my knowledge of interdisciplinary research, including group projects with collaboration across a variety of fields. I have just commenced my PhD, and through these early stages of my career, have particularly appreciated the valuable insights that are brought to research and innovation through a holistic approach, recognising the perspectives of individuals from varied disciplines. Individually, I am aware that my research - looking into childhood adversity, and the effects of social and environmental factors upon the associations with vascular health outcomes - would not be feasible without an interdisciplinary approach, particularly concerning application in the real-world context.