Qualifications

First Class Honours in BSc Psychology - University of Liverpool 2010

Previous positions

Admissions Secretary, SHCA, Newcastle University

Assistant Psychologist, Walkergate Park Centre for Neurorehabilitation and Neuropsychiatry, NTW NHS Trust

Mental Health Support Worker, NTW NHS Trust

Volunteer Assistant Psychologist/Support, Momentum North East

I am currently working on the MRC-BLISS study with Dr David Cousins investigating the effects of lithium on the brain in bipolar disorder, with respect to treatment response.

For more information about the study and the work of Team Lithium, visit www.teamlithium.co.uk.

• Necus J, Sinha N, Smith FE, Thelwall PE, Flowers CJ, Taylor PN, Blamire AM, Cousins DA, Wang Y. White matter microstructural properties in bipolar disorder in relationship to the spatial distribution of lithium in the brain. Journal of Affective Disorders 2019, 253, 224-231.
• Smith FE, Thelwall PE, Necus J, Flowers CJ, Blamire AM, Cousins DA. 3D ⁷Li magnetic resonance imaging of brain lithium distribution in bipolar disorder. Molecular Psychiatry 2018, 23(11), 2184-2191.
• Cousins D, Smith F, Necus J, Thelwall P, Flowers C, Taylor P, Sinha N, Wang YJ, Blamire A. Imaging the distribution and effects of lithium in the brain in bipolar disorder. In: 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Chemistry. 2018, New York: Elsevier.