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About
Overview
Lewis is a health services researcher with a clinical background in psychology. He is currently a final year PhD student within the School of Health and Psychological Sciences and undertaking a funded PhD studentship researching complex trauma experiences among Black adult mental health service users. His interests are in examining and strengthening health and social sector responses to violence and abuse, mental health policy, and trauma-focused applied clinical studies. He is supervised by Professor Steve Gillard, Professor Jacqueline Sin and Dr Jessica-Jones Nielsen.
PhD title - Complex adverse childhood and adult experiences in Black adults: understanding and improving assessment and access to services for trauma experiences.
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip) in LI Cognitive Behavioural Interventions, UCL, United Kingdom, Sep 2019 – Sep 2020
- MSc Mental Health Studies, King's College London, United Kingdom, Sep 2018 – Sep 2019
- BSc Psychology, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom, Sep 2014 – Sep 2017
- A-levels (A*, A*, B), Sixth Form, United Kingdom, 2012 – 2014
Employment
- PhD in Health Services Research, City, University of London, Oct 2021 – Oct 2024
Languages
English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review).
Research
Title of thesis: Complex adverse childhood and adult experiences in Black adults: understanding and improving assessment and access to services for trauma experiences
Oct 2021 – Jan 2025
Summary of research
This doctoral research project aims to improve access to care among Black adults with complex trauma and involves mixed methodology:
i) Mixed-methods systematic review with meta analysis. Understanding the effectiveness and acceptability of adapted interventions and assessments to assess and treat CPTSD, PTSD and trauma among racialised minority groups.
ii) Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS) study: examining de-identified electronic healthcare data of service users accessing South London and Maudsley NHS Trust. Exploring routine enquiry of trauma experiences, investigating completion rates of assessment for trauma at initial entry to mental health services, subsequent referral pathways, outcomes and how these are differentiated by ethnicity group
iii) Qualitative, participatory study with Black service users with histories of trauma and healthcare clinicians. Examining current clinical practice for assessing and treating complex trauma and CPTSD in racialised minority groups
1st supervisor
- Steve Gillard, Professor of Mental Health
2nd supervisors
- Dr Jessica Jones Nielsen, Assistant Vice President (EDI- Race Equality)
- Dr Jacqueline Sin, Professor of Mental Health Nursing