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Roxana was awarded a scholarship by NIHR ARC KSS to pursue a PhD in Applied Health Research at the University of Kent. Her research focuses on the interrelations between adolescents’ mental health, their digital technology use and digital literacy skills. Roxana’s work will support the ARC KSS research theme Starting Well: Children's Mental Health.
After completing interdisciplinary degrees that were primarily concerned with media studies and computer science at King’s College London and the University of Greenwich, Roxana was able to gain professional research experience in the field of children’s and teenagers’ mental health while working with an EdTech company that supports parents and school staff with academically backed resources. Having combined these distinct areas of research, she makes use of a mixed-methods approach to understand the aforementioned interrelations and determine the impact that contemporary technologies have on young people. With her research, Roxana intends to raise awareness on current issues and hopes that her findings will help to inform and influence policy development within this area.