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Dr. Syka Iqbal

Assistant Professor

Area
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Mgmt, Law & Social Sciences
E-mail
s.iqbal@bradford.ac.uk
Phone
+441274232654
3 research projects
10 publications

Biography

I currently hold the position of Assistant Professor in Psychology at the University of Bradford and I am a research fellow at the Rapid Research and Appraisal lab at UCL. Before joining the University of Bradford, my career included roles as a lecturer at Birkbeck University and Manchester Metropolitan University. I am a passionate advocate for mental health equality. My academic interests encompass a wide range of areas, including cultural adaptations of psychological interventions, health inequalities, mental health prevention and public and patient engagement in research. As a qualitative researcher, I have developed expertise in rapid qualitative research methods and I collaborate with leading experts at UCL in developing and refining this innovative methodology.

I am currently funded for impactful research projects including the NIHR Mental Health Leaders Award which is focussed on Integrated Strategies for Preventing Inequalities and Reducing Early life risk factors for Mental Health challenges (INSPIRE), NIHR project on Public acceptance of the use of administrative datasets for public Health Research, MRC project on Digital Animation in Service Improvement (DAISI) project and Examining Cultural Adaptations for Family Interventions with People experiencing Psychosis.


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Research

Research projects

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To co-develop a DAISI (Digital Animation for Service Improvement) & evaluate its influence on ethnic migrant perinatal women and young children people’s intention to take up their vaccines.

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To establish a research centre of excellence in preventative approaches to early life risk factors for mental health challenges. The Mental Health Leaders Award project will take a three-pronged approach that will include: Evidence synthesis –review the existing evidence relating to risk factors for mental health challenges and identify areas of best practice. Systems mapping – map the existing services and pathways in the district addressing mental health in children and young people, to understand the local landscape of provision Data insights – analyse existing data (e.g. Born in Bradford, Connected Bradford) to help identify population level risk factors.

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This study aims to explore public acceptance of utilising administrative data and a locally co-produced data system, focussing on understanding attitudes towards routine data sharing for public good.

Publications