27 Sep 2024
Hear from our work experience students: Jevan Sathyamoorthy
A sixth form student with a passion for psychology, Jevan joined the Mohn Centre this summer for a work experience placement. During his time, he was able to gain a better understanding of the research cycle by working with...
26 Sep 2024
How Air Pollution and Traffic Noise are Silently Damaging Teenage Development
Budding sixth former, Jevan Sathyamoorthy, joined the Mohn Centre for work experience. Read through his summary of a recent research article. With a passion for psychology, Jevan was interested in learning more about the Study of Cognition, Adolescents and...
26 Sep 2024
Hear from our work experience students: Mahisha Elavarathan
With an interest in pursuing a degree in Psychology, Mahisha joined us for a week of work experience in June 2024. At the time, she was a Year 12 student (now in Year 13) at Nower Hill High School,...
25 Sep 2024
Hear from our work experience students: Maduri Varathakumaran
With an interest in pursuing research, Maduri joined us for a week of work experience in June 2024. At the time, she was a Year 12 student (now in Year 13) at Nower Hill High School, a school which...
29 Jul 2024
SCAMP Research Challenge Awards Ceremony: Celebrating 10 Years of Innovation and Student Achievement
The SCAMP Awards Ceremony, held in July 2024, was a resounding success, bringing together over 40 students from eight participating schools, along with more than 20 guest researchers and school staff members. The event marked the culmination of the...
07 Feb 2024
Unveiling the Impact of Digital Technologies on Adolescent Mental Health
Shedding light on the relationship between depression, anxiety, and the use of digital technology among adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. To mark Children’s Mental Health Week (5 – 11 February), we are shedding light on the intricate relationship between...
29 Mar 2023
SCAMP study celebrates research challenge pupils
Research Challenge pupils who have participated in the SCAMP study have been celebrated at a recent awards ceremony. On Monday 20 March, colleagues from the School of Public Health and the Mohn Centre for Children’s Health and Wellbeing, along with...
24 Feb 2023
SCAMP enters a new ‘Research Challenge’ phase
The largest study in the world examining the impact of adolescent mobile phone usage enters a new phase, with Sixth Form students at local schools. The Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phones (SCAMP) is the largest study of its kind...
22 Aug 2022
SCAMP Study Finding: Bidirectional associations between sleep problems and behavioural difficulties and health-related quality of life
Our study showed bidirectional associations between sleep problems and mental health symptoms during adolescence, indicating that early intervention and treatment on the first-occurring symptom may prevent the development of subsequent problems. Read more
21 Aug 2022
SCAMP Study Finding: Digital Technology and BMI
We found an association between digital technology use and BMI in teenagers. Generally, participants with lower socioeconomic status reported more use of digital technology. Controlling for socioeconomic status, internet use on mobile phones for more than 3 hours per...
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