معرفی
Kirsty Griffiths is a Research Fellow at King's College London's Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry within the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge's Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit. Her research focuses on understanding mechanisms underlying mood, anxiety, and stress-related disorders in adolescents, particularly neurodiverse populations. Currently, she leads the 'My Emotions and Me Over Time' project under the RE-STAR initiative, investigating early depressive symptom onset in neurodiverse adolescents. Previously, she contributed to the MYRIAD trial assessing school-based mindfulness programs.
- Education: PhD in Cognition, Emotion, and Mental Health (University of Cambridge, 2016–2022)
- Key Projects: RE-STAR (emotion regulation in neurodiverse adolescents), MYRIAD (mindfulness efficacy)
- Research Themes: Adolescence, cognitive neuroscience, emotion regulation, longitudinal studies, RCT methodologies
Her work emphasizes translational research, bridging clinical and educational interventions. Collaborations include the Experimental Psychopathology and Neurodevelopment (ExPAND) Group and the Cognition, Emotion, and Mental Health Program (CEMHP). She has published extensively on mindfulness interventions, mental health risk factors, and prosocial behavior in adolescents.
Griffiths actively engages in public outreach, presenting research findings to schools and educators. Her current projects aim to develop scalable mental health interventions for adolescents facing neurodevelopmental challenges.
