Katie joined Hull York Medical School in 2022 as a Lecturer in Mental Health. Prior to this, she had worked as a Research Fellow at the University of York. Katie completed her undergraduate degree in psychology before training to become a registered mental health nurse and working across a range of clinical settings in Yorkshire and London. She completed an ESRC funded PhD at the University of York in 2019, focusing on the socioeconomic context of mental health and stigma.
Katie's research interests include stigma and the relationship between socioeconomic factors and mental health. Her work focuses in particular on the role of the social security system in supporting people with mental health problems and on the interaction between social security, healthcare and population mental health.
Katie is a mixed methods researcher by background. She regularly engages with people with lived experience, policymakers and the third sector as part of her work.
Katie is a co-lead for the MSc Mental Health Research.
She teaches on topics including stigma and the social determinants of mental health across the MB BS programme.
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Katie is a trustee for the Welfare Benefits Unit.