RCOMH Lead for Occupation in Child and Adolescent Mental Health research programme Dr Carolyn Dunford
Carolyn
joined the Children’s Trust as Research Associate in October 2010.
She has a mixed clinical and academic background having worked in
the NHS for many years as a clinician/researcher as well as more
recently spending three years as a senior lecturer at York St John
University. She has retained her links with York St John University
through her involvement in the RCOMH executive team. She is
leading the development of the research programme: occupation in
child and adolescent mental health and provides a link to clinical
practice. The team benefits from her passion for
clinically based research and developing outcome measures that
capture the multi-faceted results from rehabilitation
interventions.