Researchers and PhD students

Research Associate

Current projects: Understanding and tackling the barriers to employment faced by autistic adults; Enhancing support provision for autistic people using the ICF CoreSets for Autism strengths and needs assessment

Principle investigator: Professor Megan Freeth

Funding: The Colt Foundation; QR-policy funds

Research Assistant

Current project: Enhancing support provision for autistic people using the ICF CoreSets for Autism strengths and needs assessment

Principle investigator: Professor Megan Freeth

MSc Development, Disorders and Clinical Practice, University of York

Psychology with Neuroscience BSc (Hons), University of Sussex

Funding: QR-policy 

Research Associate

Current project: Communication profiles in genetic syndromes 

Principle investigator: Dr Alisdair McNeill
Co-investigators: Professor Megan Freeth; Prof Danielle Matthews; Dr Silke Fricke

PhD, The University of Nottingham; BSc in Neuroscience, The University of Leeds. 

Funding: Baily Thomas Charitable Fund

Supervisor: Professor Megan Freeth

DClin topic: Autistic adults' experience of diagnostic disclosure

Past studies: BSc Psychology; MSc Research Methods in Psychology; PhD Psychology

Current role: Trainee Clinical Psychologist (Sheffield Health and Social Care; the University of Sheffield)

First supervisor: Professor Megan Freeth
Second supervisor: Dr Emma Broglia

PhD project: Measuring Psychological Distress in Autistic Students 

MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience and Human Neuroimaging, University of Sheffield

BSc in Psychology with Diploma in Professional Studies, Loughborough University

Funding: 1+3 ESRC (including Social Research MA, University of Sheffield)

First supervisor: Professor Megan Freeth
Second supervisor: Professor Andrew Thompson

DClinPsy project: Lived experiences of unemployed and underemployed autistic adults: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

MSc Forensic Mental Health, Nottingham Trent University; BSc Psychology with Clinical and Health studies, Bangor University.

First supervisor: Professor Megan Freeth
Second supervisor: Professor Andrew Thompson

DClinPsy project: Lived experiences of pregnancy in autistic women: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

Mres in Clinical Psychology, The University of Hertfordshire; BSc Psychology, University of Portsmouth

First supervisor: Professor Richard Bentall
Second supervisor: Professor Elizabeth Milne
Third supervisor: Dr Georgina Rowse

PhD project: The role of explicit and implicit psychological processes in clinical and subclinical paranoia

MSc (Res) Clinical Psychology, University of Groningen; Licentiate degree, Psychology, University of Mendoza 

Funding: The University of Sheffield, Faculty of Science scholarship

First supervisor: Professor Elizabeth Milne
Second supervisor: Professor Megan Freeth

PhD project: Cultural differences in diagnosis of autism and camouflaging of autistic traits.

MA, Psychology and Education, the University of Sheffield; BSc, Psychology, Northeast Normal University

Funding: Self-funded

First supervisor: Dr Alisdair McNeill
Second supervisor: Professor Megan Freeth

PhD project: What is the impact of atypical neurogenesis on cognition, behaviour and brain activity?

MSc Clinical Neuropsychiatry – The University of Birmingham; BSc Psychology – the University of Sheffield 

Funding: SiTRAN