- Walker, C.R., Gunasinghe, C., Harwood, H., Ehsan, A., Ahmed, F., Dorrington, S. … Rhead, R.D. (2023). Ethnic inequalities during clinical placement: A qualitative study of student nurses' experiences within the London National Health Service. Journal of Advanced Nursing. doi:10.1111/jan.15891.
- Gallimore, J.-.B., Gonzalez Diaz, K., Gunasinghe, C., Thornicroft, G., Taylor Salisbury, T. and Gronholm, P.C. (2023). Impact of mental health stigma on help-seeking in the Caribbean: Systematic review. PLoS ONE, 18(9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291307.
- Woodhead, C., Onwumere, J., Rhead, R., Bora-White, M., Chui, Z., Clifford, N. … Hatch, S.L. (2022). Race, ethnicity and COVID-19 vaccination: a qualitative study of UK healthcare staff. Ethnicity & Health, 27(7), pp. 1555–1574. doi:10.1080/13557858.2021.1936464.
- Woodhead, C., Stoll, N., Harwood, H., Alexis, O. and Hatch, S.L. (2022). “They created a team of almost entirely the people who work and are like them”: A qualitative study of organisational culture and racialised inequalities among healthcare staff. Sociology of Health & Illness, 44(2), pp. 267–289. doi:10.1111/1467-9566.13414.
- Woodhead, C., Gunasinghe, C., Kenrick, J. and Genn, D.H. (2022). social welfare advice and health among young people: a scoping review. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 44(1), pp. 103–123. doi:10.1080/09649069.2022.2028409.
- Hannon, E., Dempster, E.L., Mansell, G., Burrage, J., Bass, N., Bohlken, M.M. … Mill, J. (2021). DNA methylation meta-analysis reveals cellular alterations in psychosis and markers of treatment-resistant schizophrenia. eLife, 10. doi:10.7554/elife.58430.
- Leightley, D., Rona, R.J., Shearer, J., Williamson, C., Gunasinghe, C., Simms, A. … Murphy, D. (2020). Evaluating the Efficacy of a Mobile App (Drinks:Ration) and Personalized Text and Push Messaging to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in a Veteran Population: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 9(10). doi:10.2196/19720.
- Gunasinghe, C., Hatch, S.L. and Lawrence, J. (2019). Young Muslim Pakistani Women’s Lived Experiences of Izzat, Mental Health, and Well-Being. Qualitative Health Research, 29(5), pp. 747–757. doi:10.1177/1049732318803094.
- Gunasinghe, C., Gazard, B., Aschan, L., MacCrimmon, S., Hotopf, M. and Hatch, S.L. (2018). Debt, common mental disorders and mental health service use. Journal of Mental Health, 27(6), pp. 520–528. doi:10.1080/09638237.2018.1487541.
- Huckins, L.M., Hatzikotoulas, K., Southam, L., Thornton, L.M., Steinberg, J., Aguilera-McKay, F. … Zeggini, E. (2018). Correction: Investigation of common, low-frequency and rare genome-wide variation in anorexia nervosa. Molecular Psychiatry, 23(9), pp. 1969–1969. doi:10.1038/mp.2017.202.
- Huckins, L.M., Hatzikotoulas, K., Southam, L., Thornton, L.M., Steinberg, J., Aguilera-McKay, F. … Zeggini, E. (2018). Investigation of common, low-frequency and rare genome-wide variation in anorexia nervosa. Molecular Psychiatry, 23(5), pp. 1169–1180. doi:10.1038/mp.2017.88.
- Brunton, S., Gunasinghe, C., Jones, N., Kempton, M.J., Westman, E. and Simmons, A. (2015). A voxel‐based morphometry comparison of the 3.0T ADNI‐1 and ADNI‐2 volumetric MRI protocols. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 30(5), pp. 531–538. doi:10.1002/gps.4179.
- Oh, G., Wang, S.-.C., Pal, M., Chen, Z.F., Khare, T., Tochigi, M. … Petronis, A. (2015). DNA Modification Study of Major Depressive Disorder: Beyond Locus-by-Locus Comparisons. Biological Psychiatry, 77(3), pp. 246–255. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2014.06.016.
- Huezo-Diaz, P., Perroud, N., Spencer, E.P., Smith, R., Sim, S., Virding, S. … Aitchison, K.J. (2012). CYP2C19 genotype predicts steady state escitalopram concentration in GENDEP. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 26(3), pp. 398–407. doi:10.1177/0269881111414451.
- Schosser, A., Gaysina, D., Cohen‐Woods, S., Domenici, E., Perry, J., Tozzi, F. … McGuffin, P. (2011). A follow‐up case–control association study of tractable (druggable) genes in recurrent major depression. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 156(6), pp. 640–650. doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.31204.
- Rucker, J., Newman, S., Gray, J., Gunasinghe, C., Broadbent, M., Brittain, P. … McGuffin, P. (2011). OPCRIT+: an electronic system for psychiatric diagnosis and data collection in clinical and research settings. British Journal of Psychiatry, 199(2), pp. 151–155. doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.110.082925.
- Schosser, A., Pirlo, K., Gaysina, D., Cohen-Woods, S., Schalkwyk, L.C., Elkin, A. … McGuffin, P. (2010). Utility of the pooling approach as applied to whole genome association scans with high-density Affymetrix microarrays. BMC Research Notes, 3(1). doi:10.1186/1756-0500-3-274.
- Hosang, G.M., Korszun, A., Jones, L., Jones, I., Gray, J.M., Gunasinghe, C.M. … Farmer, A.E. (2010). Adverse life event reporting and worst illness episodes in unipolar and bipolar affective disorders: measuring environmental risk for genetic research. Psychological Medicine, 40(11), pp. 1829–1837. doi:10.1017/s003329170999225x.
- Cohen‐Woods, S., Craig, I., Gaysina, D., Gray, J., Gunasinghe, C., Craddock, N. … Farmer, A. (2010). The Bipolar Association Case–Control Study (BACCS) and meta‐analysis: No association with the 5,10‐Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene and bipolar disorder. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, 153B(7), pp. 1298–1304. doi:10.1002/ajmg.b.31101.
- Schosser, A., Gaysina, D., Cohen-Woods, S., Chow, P.C., Martucci, L., Craddock, N. … McGuffin, P. (2010). Association of DISC1 and TSNAX genes and affective disorders in the depression case–control (DeCC) and bipolar affective case–control (BACCS) studies. Molecular Psychiatry, 15(8), pp. 844–849. doi:10.1038/mp.2009.21.
- Perroud, N., Uher, R., Marusic, A., Rietschel, M., Mors, O., Henigsberg, N. … Aitchison, K.J. (2009). Suicidal ideation during treatment of depression with escitalopram and nortriptyline in Genome-Based Therapeutic Drugs for Depression (GENDEP): a clinical trial. BMC Medicine, 7(1). doi:10.1186/1741-7015-7-60.
- Uher, R., Mors, O., Hauser, J., Rietschel, M., Maier, W., Kozel, D. … Farmer, A. (2009). Body weight as a predictor of antidepressant efficacy in the GENDEP project. Journal of Affective Disorders, 118(1-3), pp. 147–154. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2009.02.013.
- Cohen-Woods, S., Gaysina, D., Craddock, N., Farmer, A., Gray, J., Gunasinghe, C. … McGuffin, P. (2009). Depression Case Control (DeCC) Study fails to support involvement of the muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M2 (CHRM2) gene in recurrent major depressive disorder. Human Molecular Genetics, 18(8), pp. 1504–1509. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddp051.
- Smillie, L.D., Bhairo, Y., Gray, J., Gunasinghe, C., Elkin, A., McGuffin, P. … Farmer, A. (2009). Personality and the bipolar spectrum: normative and classification data for the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire–Revised. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 50(1), pp. 48–53. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2008.05.010.
- Moskvina, V., Farmer, A., Swainson, V., O'Leary, J., Gunasinghe, C., Owen, M. … Korszun, A. (2007). Interrelationship of childhood trauma, neuroticism, and depressive phenotype. Depression and Anxiety, 24(3), pp. 163–168. doi:10.1002/da.20216.
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Cerisse is a Lecturer and Counselling Psychologist in the Psychology Department.
Previously while a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at King's College London, Cerisse was one of the lead coordinators of the Tackling Inequalities and Discrimination Experiences in health Services (TIDES) Study, the HYPE (improving the Health of Young PeoplE) Project and the Health Inequalities Research Network (HERON). As a member of the HERON leadship team, Cerisse was Lead Co-ordindator for UP&RUNNING and the Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Youth Awards as well as supporting the RISE (Research methods in School Education) programme.
Cerisse has worked to understand the experiences of, and advocate for vulnerable and marginalised groups through service-user involvement in her projects. She recognises the importance sharing this acquired knowledge with colleagues through training. Her research interests focus on reducing barriers to social and psychological support and educating community populations to help early identification and treatment of mental and physical health difficulties. Cerisse is also committed to the mentoring and peer-support of local students, early career minority ethnic women as well as allied healthcare professional in their pursuit of academic careers.
Qualifications
- Doctorate in Counselling Psychology, University of East London, United Kingdom
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Conference papers and proceedings (2)
- Woodhead, C., Onwumere, J., Rhead, R., Bora-White, M., Chui, Z., Clifford, N. … Mir, G. (2021). OP35 Race, ethnicity and COVID-19 vaccination: a qualitative study of UK healthcare staff. Society for Social Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts. doi:10.1136/jech-2021-ssmabstracts.35
- Hannon, E., Dempster, E., Burrage, J., Curtis, C., Gillespie, A., Dempster, D. … Mill, J. (2017). AN EPIGENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY OF CLOZAPINE USE IN TREATMENT-RESISTANT SCHIZOPHRENIA.