My research focuses on how risk and resilience can infrom early identification and prevention in mental health. Primarily, my work focuses on intergenerational determinants of mental health, specifically how parental adversity and mental health impact on the next generation's mental health, cognitive, emotional, and developmental outcomes.

I take a lifespan approach to mental health, but focused particularly on the "First 1000 days" from conception through the perinatal period and into infancy. This has the potential to lead to preventative or early intervention paradigms for mental health and wellbeing. In doing so, my research focuses on global health priorities and sustainable development goals, given the growing burden of mental disorder across the world.

I work with a broad range of mental health conditions from common presentations such as depression and anxiety through to complex difficulties such as personality disorder and psychosis.

I use different methods including observational cohort studies, linkage of routine and 'big' data, treatment studies and data synthesis and have worked with cohorts in Scotland/UK, Denmark, Chile and with health providers, UNICEF and NGOs such as Mellow Parenting.

From a clinical perspective, my work is also concerned with how we can better integrate psychological approaches to mental health into health and social care. This spans a broad range of approaches from infant mental health (Mellow Parenting), Digital Mental Health (Togetherall) and adult personality disorder (Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy).