Jasmine Chavda is a Research Fellow at the University of Hertfordshire and a researcher in NIHR ARC East of England’s Mental Health and Wellbeing theme.
Jasmine is working on the research stream of Neurodiversity and Mental Health and her research focus is to develop research around mental health access, provision and support to adults and young people with neurodiversity. She is a qualified teacher in Psychology and have worked as a researcher at the Institute of Health Research, University of Bedfordshire on the Children’s Health in London and Luton (CHILL) study, a large public health study funded by the NIHR Public Health Research Programme (PHR). A longitudinal study on over 3500 children investigating the effects of air pollution on children’s health, and therefore have a wealth of experience working with schools and children from diverse backgrounds.
As part of her role, she will create a schools’ network to propel research in the area of mental health and neurodiversity in schools.