SPECTRA Labs Director and Co-lead the Mental Illness and Neuro Digital (MIND) Health theme in the Global Research Institute for Health and Care Technologies.

I I am interested in how we can use simulated environments, technology and feedback to reduce anxiety and improve performance. I specialise in social cognition, face processing and attention and am currently developing digital mental health research interventions, measures, validation and research project services. Further to this, I am interested in face processing and cognitive biases in social judgments.

Co-lead the Mental Illness and Neuro Digital (MIND) Health theme in the Global Research Institute for Health and Care Technologies.

Dr Theodore Lim leads the Digital Tools Group. His research covers the use of mixed/virtual reality environments and systems for knowledge capture and human factors studies.

“I am excited to have joined the SMILE team as a Research Associate with the university. I earned my MA (Hons) in Psychology in 2020 and completed an MSc in Psychological Research the following year. During my studies, I specialised in Clinical Neuropsychology, focusing on neurodevelopment throughout childhood as well as memory loss in older adults.

My professional experience includes working in mental health settings within both the third sector and the NHS. In these roles, I delivered CBT-based interventions to individuals with mild-to-moderate mental health difficulties.

In addition to my current role, I am actively involved in two research projects at the University of Glasgow. One project investigates sleep disturbances in early-stage psychosis in adults, while the other conducts a systematic review of the long-term physical health outcomes of children with neurodevelopmental disorders. 

Please feel free to reach out to me at h.stocks@hw.ac.uk”

Deepshikha started her PhD in September 2022 at Heriot-Watt University. She completed her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at Loreto College, Kolkata (India), and her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology at University of Calcutta (India), with her thesis focusing on social cognition. During her Research Master’s degree at Radboud University (The Netherlands), she studied social anxiety and avoidance behaviours.

During her PhD, she will be working with Mel McKendrick, Louise Delicato, and Thusha Rajendran, to uncover the patterns of processing facial emotional expressions in people with social anxiety and autism.

Please email to get in touch with Deepshikha.