Ceri Wilson PhD

Ceri Wilson obtained a first-class honours degree in Psychology (BSc) from Loughborough University in 2009 and completed her PhD at the Loughborough University Centre for Research into Eating Disorders (LUCRED) in 2013. She took up a post as Research Fellow in Mental Health at ARU in January 2013 and was promoted to Senior Research Fellow in August 2016. Here at ARU, Ceri works closely with local NHS Trusts, arts organizations and charities, in addition to collaborating with faculty colleagues and at external universities. Ceri has expertise in both quantitative and qualitative methods and publishes regularly in journals related to mental health, arts and health, and health and social care. Her paper on patient and staff suggestions for reducing restraint in mental health wards won Paper of the Year 2018 in the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing.

Ceri was co-investigator on the ‘Creative Journeys’ project funded by Arts Council England, which was awarded an Outstanding Achievement Award at the Essex County Council You Make a Difference Awards 2019. She was the recipient of an Aging and Social Change International Award for Excellence in 2020. She was a founding member and co-lead of the HeMS Arts and Well-being Research Interest Group, which has now evolved into the cross-faculty Arts, Health and Wellbeing Network, which Ceri continues to co-lead.