Nick Firth

Nick Firth is a University of Sheffield researcher affiliated with the School of Medicine and Population Health as an Integrated Clinical Academic Research Fellow. He focuses on clinical psychology and psychotherapy effectiveness, particularly in Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programs, and examines therapist effects, clinic effects, and neighborhood effects on outcomes. His work emphasizes socioeconomic deprivation, multilevel modelling, and large dataset analysis.

Research Interests

• Therapist/clinic/neighborhood variability in psychotherapy outcomes
• Socioeconomic deprivation as a moderator of treatment effectiveness
• Multilevel statistical methods for hierarchical clinical data
• Health psychology for long-term physical health conditions

Publication Trends reveal consistent focus on therapist effects (2016-2023), neighborhood deprivation (2018-2023), and multilevel outcomes (2015-2020). His work spans health psychology, CBT applications, and mental health equity for underserved populations.

Awards: No scientific awards explicitly mentioned.

Advising: No student names listed.

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with Derbyshire Community Health Services NHS Foundation Trust's Research Team and ScHARR (School of Health and Related Research).