Bethany Donaghy

I have been at Liverpool John Moores throughout my academic career: beginning with a BSc in Applied Psychology, followed by a MSc in Brain and Behaviour, and now studying for my PhD funded through the Vice-Chancellor Scholarship Award with my supervisors Dr David Moore, Dr Ben Rosser and Dr Helen Poole

My PhD project aims to examine factors which relate to pain experience and expression in children with autism through a mixed methods approach utilising various psychophysical and qualitative methods. This project will build on the information we already know about autistic adults pain experience to further our understanding of pain in autism from a developmental perspective, resulting in alleviation of suffering by helping both physicians understand how they can better manage pain, and help reduce anxieties associated with pain in autistic children.

Degrees

2020, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, MSc Brain and Behaviour
2019, Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, BSc Applied Psychology

Academic appointments

PGR Representative, School of Psychology, Liverpool John Moore University, 2021 - present
PhD student, Liverpool John Moores University, 2021 - present
Teaching and Learning Assistant, Liverpool John Moores University, 2021 - present
Research Assistant, Liverpool John Moores University, 2019 - 2019
Research Assistant, Liverpool John Moores University, 2018 - 2019
Research Assistant, Southern Connecticut State University/Yale University, 2018 - 2018
Research Assistant, Liverpool John Moores University, 2018 - 2018
Research Assistant, Liverpool John Moores University, 2017 - 2018