Emily Shoesmith
Research Fellow

Profile

Biography

Emily is a Research Fellow in the Mental Health and Addiction Research Group at the University of York's Department of Health Sciences. Emily specialises in health research using mixed methods, with a particular interest in the development and evaluation of complex interventions.

Much of Emily's research to date has focused on the development and evaluation of complex interventions in dementia care or mental health inpatient settings. Emily currently works on the NIHR-funded SCEPTRE research programme, aiming to promote smoking cessation and prevent relapse in people with mental illness after a smoke free mental health inpatient stay. 

Emily also works in the area of Human-Animal Interaction. Emily was involved in the large-scale survey investigating interactions and attachment to companion animals in the Covid-19 pandemic, and has investigated 'what works' in robotic animal interventions within an inpatient dementia care context. 

Before joining the Mental Health and Addictions Research Group in York in 2020, Emily obtained her PhD at Leeds Beckett University. Emily designed and developed an evidence-based psychosocial intervention for people with dementia, and assessed its feasibility and acceptability in care settings. 

Qualifications

• Psychology BSc(hons), University of Warwick
• Cognitive Neuroscience MSc, University of York
• Dementia Research (PhD), Leeds Beckett University