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Carla Toro

Job Title
Associate Professor
Department
WMS - Health Sciences
Research Interests

Mental health, wellbeing and digital health in chronic illness, neurodiversity, workplaces, schools, colleges and higher education.

Biography

Carla Toro studied for her PhD in Neuroscience and continued as a Research Fellow at the Neuroscience and Psychiatry Unit, University of Manchester investigating disease mechanisms of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder. Since joining the University of Warwick Sept 2018, Carla's research has focused on furthering our understanding of mental wellbeing for different groups including those living with chronic illness (e.g., type 1 diabetes), neurodiversity and work-related stress. Within work, school or university settings, Carla leads the development and delivery of digital interventions to improve mental wellbeing. This research has been funded by research councils (EPSRC and MRC) charities (People's Health Trust, Rosetrees Trust, Hotung Mills Foundation) industry (The Crown Estate and National Grid) the NHS (Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust and NIHR West Midlands CRN) and government (DWP and DHSC). Carla is Deputy Pro Dean (Research) at Warwick Medical School and Deputy Director for the Warwick Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing Research.

  • Toro, Carla T., Sousa, Catia, Tannahill, David, 2010. Axon growth. eLS, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Title Funder Award start Award end
Validation of a Screening Measure for Detecting Eating Disorders in Women with Type 1 Diabetes Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust 01 Mar 2024 31 Aug 2027
Going beyond HbA1c for type-1 diabetes using health-apps: What's available, what works, and how do they address patient's unmet needs? Hotung Mills Education Foundation 01 Oct 2023 30 Sept 2026
Barriers and Facilitators to adoption of mobile health in key stakeholders ORCHA 01 Oct 2021 31 Mar 2026
MRC PHIND Reducing university student loneliness by supporting social connectedness via the 'LunchChat' app with a peer promotion element Medical Research Council (MRC) 01 Jun 2024 31 May 2025
Exploring challenges to mental wellbeing for supply chain construction workers The Crown Estate 06 Oct 2024 05 Nov 2024
Sleep management intervention for shift workers and their employers MRC 15 May 2023 14 Jun 2024
IFA Wellbeing Research Project National Grid Gas Plc 01 May 2022 28 Feb 2024
Ensuring rapid access to brief, effective treatment for adolescents with eating and body concerns: Determining the feasibility of an intervention programme in schools. Rosetrees Trust 01 Feb 2023 30 Nov 2023
Midlands Engine Tender. Improving productivity via enhancing mental health Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 01 Jul 2019 30 Sept 2023
Health Impact of Uplift to Real Living Wage (costed extension for 74110) Peoples Health Trust 01 Apr 2023 30 Jun 2023
UKRI/MTSC: Improving our understanding of rare diseases through collection of app-based real-world data: Exploring needs and requirements among patients and healthcare professionals UK Research and Innovation 02 Jan 2023 30 Jun 2023
Digitising the set up, delivery and management of clinical research National Institute for Health Research (NIHR DoH) 01 Apr 2021 28 Feb 2023
Health Impact of Uplift to Real Living Wage Peoples Health Trust 18 Jul 2022 17 Nov 2022