Jenna Gillett our PhD student from WITHIN passed her viva yesterday and is now Dr Gillett. We are very proud of you! Many thanks to Frankie Maratos, Gemma Gray, and Michaela Gummerum for being such amazing examiners!

Following rigorous evaluations by an independent committee, her paper has been awarded the accolade "Best PhD Student Open Science Paper in 2023". Very well deserved!

Gillett, Jenna L., Karadag, Paige, Themelis, Kristy, Li, Yu-Mei, Lemola, Sakari, Balasubramanian, Shyam, Singh, Swaran P. and Tang, Nicole K. Y. (2023) Investigating mental defeat in patients with chronic pain : protocol for a longitudinal experience sampling study. BMJ Open, 13 . e066577. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066577 ISSN 2044-6055.

Many congratulations to Dr Laura Chandler, who passed her viva this afternoon with flying colours!

Her thesis is entitled "Supporting the Sleep and Mental Health of University Students. Empirical Rationale, Feasibility and Barriers to Developing and Implementing Digital Self-Monitoring Interventions."

Our lab's PhD student, Laura Chandler, has just published a paper in Education Sciences about mental health symptoms during the pandemic and university study completion. It's Open Access - do take a look!

Do Mental Health Symptoms during the Pandemic Predict University Non-Completion in a Sample of UK Students? A Prospective StudyLink opens in a new window

Pleased to announce that Elettra passed her PhD viva with flying colours yesterday! Very well done - time to celebrate Dr Latini!