Researcher Showcase: Dr Emma Diggins
Dr Emma Diggins is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist who is currently undertaking an NIHR funded doctoral fellowship at the University of Leeds titled “Understanding Gender Differences in Self-Harm in Young People”. The study comprises 3 workstreams; 1. Quantitative analysis of gender differences in risk factors for self-harm across adolescence, using longitudinal data from […]
Researcher Showcase: Heather Rostron
Heather is a Clinical Academic Senior Research Nurse. She is currently completing her NIHR Doctoral Fellowship ‘PaEdiatric Rheumatology FramEworK for Technology enabled care (The Perfekt study). For a small proportion of her time, Heather leads the ‘Leeds Young Research Owls’ – a Young Person’s Advisory Group, which she set up in 2019. ‘The Owls’ as […]
Researcher Showcase: Dr Nicola Hughes
Study: The use of existing healthcare datasets to determine whether the survival of teenagers and young adults with cancer is associated with the dose and intensity of chemotherapy that they receive. Nicola is a Specialist Registrar in Medical Oncology with an interest in using existing healthcare data to improve outcomes in teenagers and young adults […]