Julia Michalek

Dr. Julia Michalek serves as a Research Fellow at the Youth Resilience Unit within the Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Queen Mary University of London. Her primary focus involves a Barts Charity-funded longitudinal cohort study investigating risk and resilience factors among young children in East London.

Her research spans Child Psychology and Developmental Psychology, emphasizing protective factors in adverse urban environments. Through longitudinal epidemiological methods, she examines how early childhood experiences shape developmental trajectories within public health frameworks. Her work bridges clinical observation with population-level analysis to identify interventions promoting resilience.

As a core member of the Youth Resilience Unit, Dr. Michalek contributes to the institute's mission of translating population health research into practical community applications. Her current project represents a significant effort to understand socio-ecological determinants of child wellbeing in diverse urban settings.