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Roger Farrell is a Research Fellow at the Peninsula Medical School within the Faculty of Health at the University of Plymouth. His work bridges qualitative research, creative arts, and medical humanities, focusing on creativity, cultural resource impacts, and mental health trajectories. He engages with communities including children, young adults, autistic individuals, and people with learning disabilities.
Currently, he leads the NIHR-funded ORIGIN project, co-designing and testing an online arts-and-culture intervention to address anxiety and depression in diverse 16-24 year olds. This initiative emphasizes participatory approaches to mental health support through creative interventions.
His research integrates interdisciplinary methods to explore how cultural resources influence mental health outcomes, particularly for marginalized groups. Collaborative and community-driven methodologies are central to his work.
Funding & Grants: Primary support comes from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) for the ORIGIN project. No additional grants are specified in available texts.
Labs/Teams: Affiliated with the Peninsula Medical School’s research teams focused on medical humanities and public health initiatives.
