Luisa Fassi

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I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) of Radboud University and I am a Research Affiliate at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit of the University of Cambridge, as part of the Digital Mental Health Team.

My current work draws on different disciplines: Psychology, Psychiatry, Communication Science, and, more recently, Philosophy of Science. In my research, I examine the complex and evolving relationship between social media use and adolescent mental health, with a particular emphasis on young people with mental health conditions such as anxiety, depression or ADHD. I use a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods, and I also explore questions around measurement and method development.

Ultimately, my goals are to develop research paradigms that allow us to study mental health in meaningful ways and to understand how we can support children and young people growing up in an increasingly digitalised world.

I have a research background in Molecular and Cognitive Neuroscience, I completed my Bachelor in Psychology at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands, I then moved to the United Kingdom to complete my Master of Science in Psychological Research at the University of Oxford and my PhD in Medical Sciences and Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge.

Previous affiliations and roles:

• University of Cambridge, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit; PhD supervised by Research Professor Amy Orben and Professor Tamsin Ford
• University of Oxford, Department of Experimental Psychology; MSc supervised by Professor Roi Cohen Kadosh
• Erasmus Medical Centre, Department of Molecular Psychiatry; BSc supervised by Professor Steven Kushner
• Erasmus University Rotterdam, School of Social and Behavioural Sciences