Dr Silvana Mareva

Silvana is a Lectuer in Clinical Psychology with background in developmental cognitive neuroscience and transdiagnostic approaches to neurodevelopment. Prior to joining Psychology, Silvana worked at Centre for Attention, Learning, and Memory (CALM) at the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge and the Peninsula Mental Health Research Initiative (PenMHRI) at NIHR PenARC, University of Exeter. Her research looks at children and young people's neurodivergence and mental health through a transdiagnostic lens. One strand of this work focuses on using large datasets to explore questions about neurodevelopment and mental health profiles across diagnostic boundaries. In a second strand, Silvana works closely with stakeholders and families with lived experience to consider how transdiagnostic insights can be used to achieve educational and healthcare provision that is more needs-led and less reliant on diagnostic boundaries and thresholds.