Holly Myers
PhD Student
Profile
Biography
I completed my integrated Masters degree (MSci) in Psychology at the University of York in 2024, before obtaining departmental funding and starting my PhD at York in September 2024. While completing my integrated masters I held a range of positions such as Research Assistant, Peer Assisted Learning Leader and a play Worker role in a primary school.
My MSci dissertation investigated the relation between social anxiety, catastrophizing and disordered eating behaviours, and was supervised by Dr Alex Pike. Part of this project involved the creation of a questionnaire examining catastrophizing in the context of disordered eating, which I am hoping to validate as part of my PhD. My PhD focuses on the relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and eating disorders, from a developmental perspective.
More broadly outside of my PhD I am interested in child development, particularly predictors for poor mental health, body image and current approaches to eating disorder treatment (especially in the UK).
Career
- PhD in Psychology, University of York, (2024- Present)
- MSci Psychology, University of York (2020-2024)
- Primary School Play Worker, Zac’s Club Limited (2023-2024) (paid)
- Peer Assisted Learning Leader in Psychology, University of York (2023-2024) (paid)
- Undergraduate Research Assistant in Psychology, University of York, supervised by Elizabeth Meins (2023-2023) (Voluntary)
- Undergraduate Research Assistant in Psychology, University of York, supervised by Catherine Preston (2022-2022) (Voluntary)
Departmental roles
- Graduate teaching assistant (2024- present)
- Peer mentor for first years (2023-2024)
