Valerie West
Research Manager
I am a Research Manager with a role divided into three distinct areas of responsibility.
1. I facilitate departmental support for grant applications, liaising closely with applicants, the Associate Head of Department for Research and the Finance Team to ensure any grant submissions are optimal. I support the Unit of Assessment 4 (Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience) Coordinator for REF 2021 in coordinating our submission, in particular around eligibility, outputs and environment. I am the Open Access Monitor for the Department of Psychiatry and provide support around Symplectic and ORA. (2.5 days pw)
2. I project manage the Ethics Accelerator project of Professor Ilina Singh , working closely with Dr Alexandra Almeida. (1.5 days pw)
3. I have a coordinating oversight of the projects of Professor Alan Stein. My responsibilities include constructing detailed funding applications and costings, managing ethical review and regulatory issues of a number of projects, and planning the staffing of multiple studies. I manage the Research Administrator for the team, Gemma Brock. (1 day pw)
Recent publications
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Mitigating the effect of persistent postnatal depression on child outcomes through an intervention to treat depression and improve parenting: a randomised controlled trial.
Journal article
Stein A. et al, (2018), Lancet Psychiatry, 5, 134 - 144
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Maternal postnatal depression and anxiety and their association with child emotional negativity and behavior problems at two years.
Journal article
Prenoveau JM. et al, (2017), Dev Psychol, 53, 50 - 62
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Postpartum GAD is a risk factor for postpartum MDD: The course and longitudinal relationships of postpartum GAD and MDD
Journal article
Prenoveau J. et al, (2013), Depression and Anxiety, 30, 506 - 514
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Six degrees of separation: on the prior probability that schizophrenia susceptibility genes converge on synapses, glutamate and NMDA receptors.
Journal article
Harrison PJ. and West VA., (2006), Mol Psychiatry, 11, 981 - 983