Ryan Beck

Email: ryan.beck@bristol.ac.uk

Project title: Reassessing the Descriptive and Predictive Role of Sleep Within Novel Data-Driven Conceptualisations of Psychopathology

Supervisory team: Dr Hanna Isotalus and Dr James Pope

 

Bio

Choosing a BSc. in Psychology at Queens University Belfast (2014-2017) was a bit of a shot in the dark; I knew I wanted to help people with my career but wasn't sure how. After graduation this morphed into a job within the community mental health sector, where I worked for 6 years and began to develop a much clearer, more deliberate path for my career. We operated at the intersection of housing, complex mental health challenges, problematic substance use and forensic histories, and the experience was a principle inspiration for my eventual MSc. (distinction) in Applied Psychology & Mental Health Therapies from Ulster University (2021).

For all the value I found working in person-to-person services, I was keenly on the lookout for pathways that would encourage greater compound impact of effort. This brought me to University of Bristol’s Digital Health and Care CDT, wherein the partnering of novel digital modalities has enabled me to view research and service provision in a totally different light.

Always keen to collaborate, if you have any further questions or interest in what I am doing then please feel free to drop me an email at the above address.

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