Generate a tailored SOP for Dr. Helen Bould. Improve your application with a focused, well-structured draft.
Helen E Bould is an Associate Professor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Bristol, where she focuses on the epidemiology of eating disorders and the cognitive neuroscience of body perception. Her research aims to develop an understanding of the aetiology of eating disorders, which facilitates the development of prevention and treatment interventions in this field. Dr. Bould's PhD work involved using cognitive neuroscience techniques to investigate how women perceive their own bodies, including the potential shifts in body size perception. She utilizes large datasets to study the aetiology of eating disorders, demonstrating time relationships between these disorders and school environments. Currently, she serves as an NIHR Advanced Fellow, leveraging a person-based approach to create novel virtual reality interventions for treating eating disorders. In addition to her research, she works clinically as an honorary Consultant Psychiatrist with the Gloucestershire Health Care NHS Foundation Trust. Her work is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach, blending clinical practice with innovative research.
University of Bristol • Bristol, ENG
Teaching and conducting research in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Department of Physics research themes include Astrophysics, Materials and Devices, Particle Physics, and Quantum and Soft Matter.