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The impact of formal child welfare service involvement upon educational and criminal justice outcomes of vulnerable children – 2022-23 Funded by ADR-UK

A multilevel analysis using the linked MoJ-DfE dataset to examine how different classifications by child welfare services as either 'child in need', ‘child protection plan’, or 'looked after child', impact upon educational engagement and criminal justice involvement.

Service evaluation of the Leeds Time to Shine project - 2015-2021 - Funded by Ageing Better, National Lottery Community Fund.

An impact and process evaluation of the Time to Shine projects on loneliness, social isolation and wellbeing of older people.

Mindfulness meditation practices for self-regulation in children, young people and adults - 2013 - 2021 - PhD Teaching Fellowship, Department of Psychology.

Experimental and secondary analysis of the effect of mindfulness meditation on the cognitive functions (e.g., executive functions, attention) underpinning self-regulation in children and adults. 

The protective value of mindfulness in the perinatal period - 2020-2021 - University of Amsterdam.

Data from a longitudinal cohort study of women across the perinatal period examining the potential protective effect of trait mindfulness on
anxiety.

Anna’s main research interests are:

• The impact of inequalities and the social determinants of health and wellbeing, education, and offending
•  Child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing
• Mindfulness and self-regulation
• Health and mental health in the perinatal period
• Loneliness and social isolation