Laura is a Clinical Researcher at the NIHR ARC, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), and University of Cambridge. She is an accredited Clinical Research Practitioner with the NIHR Academy for Healthcare Science (AHCS) register. Her primary academic focus lies in enhancing patient outcomes and refining service provision within mental health services.
Laura currently works on the i-VALiD project, creating evidence for a specialist service for treatment resistant depression (TRD). She is part of the Clinical Informatics for Mind and Brain Health (CLIMB) Lab at the University of Cambridge, where she is investigating TRD treatment pathways through primary and secondary care. Before joining the ARC, Laura spent six years working within CPFT Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) services, in both clinical and research roles.
email : laura.hannah@cpft.nhs.uk