Samantha Cartwright-Hatton

Samantha Cartwright-Hatton is a Clinical Professor at the School of Psychology, University of Sussex, specializing in intergenerational mental health transmission. She supervises PhD students Abby Dunn (ESRC-funded) and Laura Chapman (School-funded), and collaborates with NHS partners on interventions for parents with mental health conditions.

• Current projects: Kavli Trust-funded online anxiety prevention program for parents
• 2017 co-founded UK’s first parenting support clinic at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Research Focus: Mental health continuity in families, particularly anxiety and eating disorders. Explores digital delivery of interventions and inpatient parenting support. Key areas include:

• Parental anxiety effects on child development
• Co-produced mental health interventions
• Systematic reviews of family-based therapies
• Workplace mental health policies
• Borderline personality disorder in parenting

Scientific Recognition: Recipient of the British Psychological Society’s May Davidson Award (2009) for childhood anxiety research.

Grant History: NIHR Career Development Award (2011), Kavli Trust grant (2020-2023), MRC Clinician Scientist Fellowship, and NHS Executive Fellowship.