Professor of Developmental Psychopathology
University of Roehampton, London, UK
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)
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
Emotion regulation among young adults in Japan and in the UK (Grant: Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation)
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)
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)