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Dr Margarita Panayiotou
Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology at the University of Manchester
Dr Margarita Panayiotou is a senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology at the University of Manchester. She is interested in understanding and improving adolescent mental health. Dr Panayiotou is currently leading a project that focuses on better understanding and assessing adolescent social media experience. Along with co-authors, she has recently published a study examining the interplay between social media use and the mental health, wellbeing and social life of just over 12,000 UK teens.
Dr Margarita Panayiotou
Senior Lecturer in Educational Psychology at the University of Manchester
How influential is social media on young people's mental health?
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Dr Aurelie Lange
Senior Researcher, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
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Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Queen Mary University of London
July 2024
The impact of digital experiences on teens with mental health vulnerabilities
Dr Gill West
Lecturer in Language Sciences: Development and Disorders at University College London
June 2024
NELI Preschool: a new oral language enrichment programme for preschools and nurseries
Dr Julie Moote
Freelance research and evaluation consultant.
May 2024
"More is more”: the impact of careers education on later outcomes
Dr Sona Kumar
Postdoctoral Researcher
April 2024
STEM in preschool settings: do teachers’ scientific questions differ by child gender?
Dr Mariya Stoilova
Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Department of Media and Communications
March 2024
Do parental controls work and what are the pros and cons?
Dr Francesca Solmi
Principal Research Fellow in the Division of Psychiatry at University College London.
February 2024
BMI, body dissatisfaction and depression: positive steps forward
Professor Amelia Lake
Professor of Public Health Nutrition
January 2024
New study links energy drinks to mental health problems in young people