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What is your name?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Aglaia Freccero<\/p>\n
Where are you from?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
Turin, Italy<\/p>\n
To which class you belong to?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
MSc Translational Neuroscience 2022<\/p>\n
Where and what did you study before joining Imperial College London?<\/b><\/p>\n
BSc Biomedical Sciences at University College London<\/p>\n
How did you find your\u00a0Master\u00a0experience at the College?<\/b><\/p>\n
My Master\u2019s experience has been extremely insightful and rewarding. The modules taught me about various aspects of the neuroscience field, and the research project allowed me to apply that knowledge in practice. I appreciated the guidance and support of the academic staff and had the opportunity to learn from and work with world-leading researchers, as well as brilliant peers<\/p>\n
Which research project did you work on?<\/b><\/p>\n
For my MSc research project, I joined Dr Martina Di Simplico\u2019s lab in the Division of Psychiatry. I researched motivational abnormalities in young people with binging and purging behaviour as part of the iMAGine Study. In particular, I investigated the role of attentional biases towards food and body shape cues and their interaction with negative affect in driving eating disorder psychopathology. I am now in the process of publishing the results of my thesis<\/p>\n
Where are you now?<\/b><\/p>\n
I am still in the Department of Brain Sciences at Imperial, in the Division of Psychiatry. I am now in the second year of my PhD. Following my MSc, I graduated with a Master\u2019s in Public Health at Imperial to translate my experience in clinical mental health research at a population level<\/p>\n
What are you working on?<\/b><\/p>\n
My PhD project investigates the potential of delivering AI-informed mobile behavioural interventions to support adolescents\u2019 mental health in schools. Due to the ubiquitous use of smartphones among adolescents, mobile mental health apps might constitute a promising scalable tool for mental health prevention and early intervention. My project integrates clinical, social and data science. I am being supervised by Prof Dasha Nicholls, Dr Martina Di Simplicio and Dr Lindsay Dewa<\/p>\n
What is the most important lesson you learnt as a\u00a0Master\u00a0student?<\/b><\/p>\n
The biggest lesson I have learnt during the Master\u2019s is to be able to carry out research independently. I believe that my Master\u2019s experience has truly been the start of my journey to mature as a scientist. The MSc taught me how to take ownership of my research, develop appropriate research questions and methodologies and overcome challenges when things do not go as planned<\/p>\n
How did the Master programme help you get to where you are now?<\/b><\/p>\n
The knowledge, skills and network I acquired during my Master\u2019s programme have been fundamental in helping me to get where I am now and being awarded the President\u2019s PhD scholarship. The welcoming environment of the Division of Psychiatry and the solid relationships I built with my supervisors also played a significant role in my decision to stay in the Department of Brain Sciences for my PhD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is your name?\u00a0 Aglaia Freccero Where are you from?\u00a0 Turin, Italy To which class you belong to?\u00a0 MSc Translational Neuroscience 2022 Where and what did you study before joining Imperial College London? BSc Biomedical Sciences at University College London How did you find your\u00a0Master\u00a0experience at the College? My Master\u2019s experience has been extremely insightful […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"\n