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Jala Rizeq is a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Glasgow, having joined the Mental Health and Wellbeing group in 2021. Jala is a member of the UK Trauma Council and the Glasgow Climate Change Mental Health Network. She holds a BA (Honours) in Psychology, an MA, and a PhD in Clinical Developmental Psychology from York University, Toronto, Canada, where she also completed a Graduate Diploma in Quantitative Methods. Jala has undergone Clinician Scientist Training Fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, and completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice at the University of Glasgow. Her primary research expertise lies in child, youth, and family mental health and wellbeing. Jala's research interests include identifying mental health outcomes experienced by young people facing early adversity and global stressors, such as climate change. She is particularly focused on the interplay of neurodevelopment and outcomes in care-experienced children and young people, as well as exploring stress, coping mechanisms, and the effects of changing environments. Furthermore, Jala investigates future thinking and its development, aiming to measure biases in future thinking to optimize and support the mental health and wellbeing of young people.
University of Glasgow • Glasgow, UK
Responsibilities include teaching and research in the field of Clinical Psychology, with a focus on mental health and wellbeing.