Professor of Developmental Psychopathology
University of Roehampton, London, UK
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Visiting Professor
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
Completed Projects
Psychological impact of the Tohoku Pacific Earthquake and Tsunami in Japanese children
(Grant: The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation)
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Anxiety among adolescents in Pakistan: From epidemiology to prevention (in collaboration with: Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan)
(Grant: The Higher Education Commission [HEC] in Pakistan) & British Council INSPIRE Strategic Partnerships fund
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Emotion regulation among young adults in Japan and in the UK (Grant: Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation)
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Anxiety symptoms across two generations of the same families in Japan and in the UK
(Grant: British Council under the PMI2 Strategic Alliances and Partnerships project, Research Co-operation)
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Development of employability and entrepreneurship skills training programme for students at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria
(Grant: The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills)
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Examining the efficacy of a robot in teaching social interaction in children with autism (Grant: The University of Hertfordshire)
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Early intervention for social anxiety in school children (Sub-contract with the Catholic Children Society; Grant: The Education, Children's and Cultural Services Directorate of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames)
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Anxiety prevention in young people with Williams Syndrome (Grant: Williams Syndrome Foundation)
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Social anxiety and Taijin Kyofusho symptoms in England and Japan: A cross-cultural comparison (Grant: The British Academy and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)
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A cross-cultural study on anxiety and fears among children and adolescents in Japan and in Great Britain (Grant: The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation)
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Prevention of anxiety and depression in children (Grant: Dr. Karl-Wilder Stiftung)
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Impact of parental unemployment on children's psychological well-being (Grant: German DAAD and the Polish Committee for Scientific Research [Komitet Badan Naukowych, KBN])
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Anxiety symptoms among children and adolescents in Hong Kong and in Germany (Grant: DAAD and Hong Kong Research Council)
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Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment in Wandsworth (Grant: The Wandsworth Borough Council)
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Outline monitoring requirements for the Winstanley & York Road Estates Programme (Grant: The Wandsworth Borough Council)
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Evaluation of the Roehampton Challenge (Grant: The Wandsworth Borough Council)
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Evaluation of the Evaluation of the Wandsworth AIR Football Sports and Personal Development Project (Grant: The Wandsworth Borough Council)
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Risk-taking behavior in German and Hungarian adolescents (Grant: DAAD and Hungarian Scholarship Board)
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Cross-cultural study of anxiety symptoms and disorders in children (Grant: University of Muenster and the Nippon Foundation)
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Epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in adolescents (Grant: German Research Council)
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Intervention of depressive disorders in children and adolescents (Grant: University of Bremen and the Ministry of Education, Science, Arts, and Sport)
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Prevention of depressive disorders in children and adolescents (Grant: University of Bremen and the Ministry of Education, Science, Arts, and Sport)
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Control orientation and depression in adolescents (Grant: German DAAD and the American Council of Learned Societies)