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Profile summary
Roger is a qualitative researcher working at the intersection of the creative arts and medical humanities. His research interests include creativity, the impact of cultural resources on mental health trajectories, working with communities of children and young people, autistic people, and people with learning disabilities.
He is currently working on EQUIP, a project investigating medication optimisation with people with learning disabilities, as part of the NIHR Mental Health Group at the University of Plymouth.
Previous projects include the NIHR funded ORIGIN project that involves co-designing and testing an online arts and culture intervention for anxiety and depression in diverse people aged 16-24.
Academic qualifications
Design, and creative and performing arts, Doctorate, Collective creativity in childhood: exploring pathways between socio-dramatic imaginary play and the changing landscape of structured drama., University of Exeter
Award Date: 20 May 2024
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Projects
- 2 Active
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Optimising cultural expeRIences for mental health in underrepresented younG people onlINe (ORIGIN)
Sheriff, R. S. R. S. (PI - Principal Investigator), Henderson, C. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Fancourt, D. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Holmes, J. J. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Langley, J. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Hassan, S. S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Chandler, L. L. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Adams, H. H. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Joyce, D. D. (CoI - Co-Investigator), De Roure, D. D. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Arday, J. J. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Geddes, J. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Shankar, R. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Weich, S. S. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Farrell, R. (RF - Research Fellow)
1/05/23 → 30/04/28
Project: Research
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MHRG: NIHR Mental Health Research Group at the University of Plymouth
Byng, R. (PI - Principal Investigator), Hardwick, R. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Hayes, A. A. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Hunt, D. M. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Lang, I. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Elston, J. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Ryan, M. P. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Homer, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Spicer, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Zhou, Y. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Burns, L. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Hobson-Merrett, C. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Barrett, B. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Shankar, R. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Rimes, K. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Stewart, R. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Farrell, R. (RF - Research Fellow)
1/04/26 → 31/03/31
Project: Research
Research output
- 3 Article
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Designing a Mobile App for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Insights From Lived Experience and Clinical Practice
Shankar, R., Laugharne, R., Loizou, M., Varga, M., Lin, S., Daw Srdanovic, B. & Farrell, R., 2026, In: Healthcare Technology Letters. 13, 1, e70098.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring experiences of mental health challenges in under-represented young people (aged 16–24 years) in England: a narrative inquiry protocol
Sheriff, R. S., Arday, J., Shankar, R., Mooney, R., Chandler, L., Adams, H., Nagy, L. Z., Farrell, R., Fancourt, D., Weich, S., Henderson, C., Hassan, S., Langley, J. & Bhui, K., 26 Nov 2025, In: BMJ Open. 15, 11, e098223.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Habits of creativity: agency and children’s drama practice in imaginary play and elective classes
Farrell, R., 2 Apr 2024, In: Theatre, Dance and Performance Training.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review