Dr. Joanna Reid is an Assistant Research Professor and Chartered Psychologist with a background in clinical and child and adolescent neuropsychology. As a mixed-method researcher, she specialises in the development, evaluation, and implementation of complex interventions.

Jo’s research focuses on child and adolescent mental health, with a particular interest in school-based mental health initiatives, early identification of mental health difficulties, and the development and evaluation of programmes that support young people’s mental health and well-being. Jo is also experienced in researching the use of new technologies to deliver personalised, adaptive interventions that improve mental health outcomes and access to care.

Hayley is a Research Assistant with training in Psychology (BSc Hons) and Psychological Research Methods (MSc). She has delivered mental health intervention studies targeting children’s self-regulation, anti-bullying, depressive symptoms, involvement with the criminal justice system and self-harm behaviours.

Hayley recently worked with the Education Endowment Foundation to review evidence on what works to support the implementation and sustainability of interventions in schools. She is experienced in conducting mixed methods studies, with a primary expertise in quantitative methods.

Dr Jenny Saxton is an Assistant Research Professor using mixed methods to explore children and young people’s mental health trajectories and the effectiveness of interventions. Jenny recently led research on the HOPE study (Health Outcomes for Young People throughout Education) which used linked education and health records, surveys and interviews, to better understand outcomes for children and young people with Special Education Needs and Disabilities.

She is currently working with population-based datasets in conjunction with intervention data from Place2Be to determine the effectiveness of one-to-one counselling to improve mental health, school attendance and reduce exclusions. She has recently started working with administrative mental health data from Cambridge and Peterborough to quantify the relationship between different mental health conditions and emotionally-based school avoidance.

Dr Anne-Marie Burn is a Chartered Psychologist and Assistant Research Professor at the University of Cambridge. Anne-Marie’s research uses co-production and qualitative methods to develop and evaluate interventions that support young people’s mental health and improve health service delivery.

She works across multidisciplinary projects addressing the needs of underserved groups, including families affected by domestic violence or homelessness. She is interested in school-based mental health, particularly self-harm, and created the SORTS training resource.