Clarissa Gardner

Clarissa Gardner is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Global Health Innovation within the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London. She serves as a Research Assistant in the Digital Health team, focusing on evaluating the clinical effectiveness, user experience, and acceptance of digital health tools through simulation-based research methods. Clarissa is also pursuing an MSc in Healthcare and Design, collaborating with the Interaction Foundry and Oremi Centre to develop a mental health self-management tool tailored for and co-created by the Black community.

• Active member of Imperial As One network for BAME staff and students
• Organizer of Imperial’s first BAME Early Careers Conference in STEMM & Business
• Founder of the Julia Anderson Training Programme for early-career professionals

Her work emphasizes improving representation in academia and creating equitable career development opportunities for underrepresented groups.