Laura Goodwin
Senior Lecturer in the Epidemiology of Mental Health and Addiction
Research Area
Department of Psychology
University of Liverpool
Biography
Dr Laura Goodwin is a Senior Lecturer in the Epidemiology of Mental Health and Addiction and is Lead for the Addiction Research Group at the University of Liverpool. She is experienced in managing MRC, ESRC and charity funded projects as principal investigator. She is recognised for her work on the comorbidity of mental health and alcohol problems, with specific expertise in understanding the complexity of these issues in trauma exposed population, such as in military veterans. Laura has published more than 60 peer reviewed papers with a H-index of 19 and she performs external management roles, including as an Associate Editor at Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. She has a key role in the Liverpool Centre for Alcohol Research, in developing collaborations and in shaping policies relating to mental health and is an Affiliate Member of the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health at King’s College London.