Health Inequalities and Stigma Lab

Director: Michèle Birtel

• Ju Zhang, PhD Student

Reducing Health Inequities through Virtual Reality Interventions: How Embodiment can Tackle Racial and Gender Biases in the Perception of Others' Pain

Ju is based at the University of Greenwich in London and supervised by Harry Farmer, Michèle Birtel and Sylvia Xueni Pan (Goldsmiths University).

• Martha Babbs, PhD Student

The Impact of Existing and New Hate Crime Laws on Juror Decision Making: Ensuring Equality of Outcomes

Martha's research focuses on the impact of hate crime laws on juror-decision making, investigating attitudes from a psychological-criminological perspective. She is interested in researching misogyny hate crime and disability hate crime more specifically. Martha is based at the University of Greenwich in London and supervised by Michèle Birtel, Josh Davis and Louise Hewitt. 

• Devanshi Vikamsey, PhD Student and Research Assistant

An Investigation of Identity, Ostracism and Mental Wellbeing in University Graduates

Devanshi's PhD research aims to investigate the relationship between ethnicity, ostracism, mental wellbeing and social identity among BAME alumni students who have graduated within the past three years. She uses quantitative and qualitative methods. Devanshi is based at the University of Greenwich in London and supervised by Oliver Robinson, Michèle Birtel and Amena Amer.

She is also a Research Assistant on the project Bridging the Divide: Piloting an Intergroup Contact Intervention in the Context of Brexit, led by Michèle Birtel and Nicole Tausch from the University of St Andrews.

• Deborah Wallace, PhD Student

Exploring the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Ethnic Groups and the Role of Intersectional Characteristics within this Impact.

Deborah is based at the University of Greenwich in London and supervised by Paul Newton, Paul McCrone and Michèle Birtel.

• Kelsey Snashall, Research Assistant

Kelsey is a PhD Student based at the University of Greenwich in London and a Research Assistant on the project Bridging the Divide: Piloting an Intergroup Contact Intervention in the Context of Brexit, led by Michèle Birtel and Nicole Tausch from the University of St Andrews.