Robert Edwards
Priyanka is working as a researcher at the Kent Medical and Medway School. She is a psychologist and a public health researcher with a focus on global mental health specifically intervention design and implementation; advocacy and outreach; and health economics. She has been working in the field for over 7 years now and has worked in the areas of adolescent and youth mental health, severe mental health challenges, neurodevelopmental disorder, caregiver burden amongst others. During her research career, she has been involved in several projects globally which focus on increasing accessibility, feasibility and acceptance of novel interventions that bridge the gap between community members and care, particularly in low resource settings. Her work involves principles of participatory research, community engagement and involvement and use of digital technology to increase access to services and psychoeducation materials. Her research efforts are also aimed towards developing a more holistic understanding of the complexities in mental health by drawing from the work in other disciplines.
She has an interdisciplinary academic background with an undergraduate degree in Sociology and Economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai followed by two postgraduate degrees in psychology from The University of Edinburgh and King's College London. Priyanka has also worked as lecturer in Delhi where she led modules for Human Psychology and Research Methods for graduate and post-graduate design students.
Project: CHiP-D
Email: priyanka.suneja@kmms.ac.uk