
Felicity is a PhD student at the University of Birmingham in the School of Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation Sciences. Her PhD focuses on understanding how to optimise the delivery of exercise-based clinical trials for people at risk of dementia. She is using both qualitative and quantitative methods throughout her PhD, and is conducting studies in several areas, including exercise biochemistry, epidemiology, and patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE).
Felicity has an academic background in psychology and neuroscience; with her aptitude for these areas demonstrated by her receipt of the British Psychological Society Undergraduate of the Year Prize and Micheal Joseph Prize for Excellence in Research at undergraduate and master’s level respectively. She has presented work from her master’s and PhD at international conferences.
Outside of academia, Felicity volunteers with the Criminal Justice Hub as a User Researcher. In this role, she has designed and conducted studies with the aim of improving usability and accessibility of the Criminal Justice Hub. Her background in psychology provides her with a holistic understanding of human behaviour, which is invaluable in this role.
Email: fss220@student.bham.ac.uk
