Our Research Team
Our team includes senior as well as junior researchers including PhD and MSc students.
Prof Nazanin Derakhshan (Naz): specialises in the cognitive and social underpinnings of anxiety and depression and neurocognitive training to boost cognitive and emotional health. She is a world pioneer and has published extensively in this field.
Ms Jo Taylor: Founder of abcdiagnosis and METUPUK. Jo specialises in metastatic breast cancer (MBC) and the MBC pathway. Her red flag Infographics are a unique resource for breast cancer patients.
Prof Beth Grunfeld: specialises in psycho-social oncology and is a health psychologist interested in breast cancer at Birkbeck University of London.
Dr Vida Mirabolfathi: is a clinical psychologist and assistant professor at the ICSS, Tehran, Iran who is interested in PTSD and breast cancer.
Prof Jason Moser: is a psychophysiologist with expertise in cognitive control, emotion and decision making.
Dr Nina Fuller-Shavel: is an award winning integrative cancer care specialist and the founder and director of Synthesis Clinic.
PhD students
Dr Beth Chapman
Beth conducted her PhD under the supervision of Naz and Beth Grunfeld. Her PhD explored the effects of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment on workability. She also conducted a one year longitudinal RCT investigating the effects of adaptive cognitive training on cognitive health and workability.
Dr Jessica Swainston
Jess conducted her PhD under the supervision of Naz and Professor Jonathan Smith. She conducted three longitudinal RCTs exploring the effects of adaptive cognitive training, mindfulness and expressive writing on emotional vulnerability and resilience in women diagnosed with breast cancer.
Karina Dolgilevica
Karina is conducting her PhD under the supervision of Naz and Beth Grunfeld. She is very interested in the effects of heart rate variability bio-feedback training on improving menopausal symptoms, emotional health and cognitive performance.
MSc students who have contributed significantly to our research
Rebecca Turrell
Innes Martin
Anna Dobretsova
Rachel Dunn
