Career summary

I joined UEA as a lecturer in Psychology on the Speech and Language Therapy programme in 2012. I completed my PhD in Human Communication Sciences at the University of Sheffield, UK, in 2008. I was a postdoctoral researcher and fellow at the Nottingham University NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing from 2009 till 2012. I worked as a Senior Clinical Psychologist (Paediatrics) in a leading mental health organisation in Mumbai, India before moving into research and academia. 

Family centered practices for mental health and wellbeing of families of children with developmental disabilities. 

Specific interests: Parenting and early speech language and communication •Women's health • Video feedback interventions

Methods

• Video feedback and video based micro-analysis of dyadic interactions (observational coding methods)

• Quantitative 

• Mixed methods

Clinical interests/remit 

• Early interventions

• Video Interaction Guidance- Trainee Practitioner- Member of Association of Video Interaction Guidance-UK (AVIG-UK)

HSC-UEA Research Groups: Health Promotions; Cognition and Communication

Member of ‘Putting Relational Interventions around Mental Wellbeing’ (PRIME), UK wide network, hosted by Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust

Lead lectures and seminars on the undergraduate SLT and interdisciplinary modules (Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy and Paramedic Sciences).

Areas of teaching: Biological, Cognitive and Developmental Psychology, Research Methods, Communication skills in healthcare setting

Special topics: Attachment, Early communication, Autism and Challenging behaviour

BSc (Hons) dissertation supervisor

MClinEd dissertation supervisor

Problem Based Learning (PBL) tutor- BSc SLT, Year 1 (2012-2015; 2021-current)

PPD sessions for PGRs on Team Working

External examiner- Pre-reg SLT and Speech Sciences

Director of Postgraduate Research-School of Health Sciences [Oct 2022 onwards]

Lead Adviser for pre-reg SLT cohorts Years 1-3 [Sept 2022 onwards]

Module Organiser:

Foundations, BSc SLT, Year 1 [2015 onwards]

Mandatory Training portfolio- BSc SLT, OT, PT Years 1-3, MSc OT, PT Years 1-2 [2021-2022]

Research Skills, BSc, Year 2 Interdisciplinary module (SLT, PT and OT) [2013-2018]

Lifespan Development, BSc SLT, Year 2 [2012-2013]

Personal mentor to BSc students on the SLT course [2012 onwards]

Admissions Lead, BSc SLT programme [2012-2015]