Awisha Magar

Awisha Magar is a Lecturer in Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner Training at Birmingham Newman University. She holds a BSc in Psychology and MSc in Research Psychology from the University of Birmingham. Her academic background focuses on cognitive psychology, particularly visual attention and language processing mechanisms in the brain.

• Doctorate: None explicitly stated
• Professional Qualifications: Certified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner (PWP) from Staffordshire University

Research interests include neuroimaging studies of the precuneus's role in visual distraction filtering and cross-linguistic visual processing differences. She actively bridges academic research with clinical practice through her work at Wolverhampton NHS Talking Therapies.

Advocacy work includes founding the UK's first Nepalese Mental Health Association to address mental health disparities among ethnic minorities. Her future research plans emphasize exploring mental resilience in Gurkha soldiers, reflecting her heritage as the daughter of a Gurkha veteran.

• Professional Registrations: BABCP-registered PWP