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Biography
Dr Sophie Hall completed her PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Lincoln in 2011. Since then she has worked on a diverse range of projects with a focus on children and young people's mental health and education and workplace wellbeing.
In her current role, Sophie is a Senior Research Fellow at the Nottingham Clinical Trials Unit working on methodology research projects which develop guidance to support the design and delivery of rigorously conducted, inclusive, clinical trials. She is particularly passionate about supporting the clinical research workforce, and received the prestigious International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC) Award (2024) for her work in developing guidance to support clinical research staff cope with their job demands. Sophie has received in total over 拢500,000 in NIHR funding to support her research activities as Principal Investigator/co-Lead.
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Expertise Summary
Mental health and wellbeing
Randomised Control Trials
Methodology research
Workplace wellbeing
Human-animal interactions
Teaching Summary
Previous experience supervising Masters and PhD students.
Research Summary
Peer-reviewed Papers: n=46 (May 2025) See full list: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9847-8269
Principal/Co-Principal Investigator on:
PROMISE - developing guidance to support healthcare professionals recruit Black women into maternal and neonatal healthcare research studies (NIHR RfpB).
AD ASTRA - developing research guidance (SPIRIT and CONSORT extensions) to improve the reporting of dog-assisted intervention research (NIHR PDG).
FACTS - developing wellbeing guidance to support CTUs create a flourishing environment and improve the wellbeing of research staff (NIHR CTU Support Funding)
UNITE - developing guidance to support collaborations between industry and academic partners in the mental health industry (TMRP)
NIHR DSE Awarded Fellowship (2025-2026) - Supporting collaborative mental health and technology research
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INTEND: Improving tics services for children and young people in the UK (NIHR RFpB)
Recent Publications
HALL, SOPHIE S., KOWALSKI, REBECCA, PATERSON, KEVIN B., BASRAN, JASKARAN, FILIK, RUTH and MALTBY, JOHN, 2015. BRITISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL. 41(1), 122-142
HALL, SOPHIE, BASRAN, JASKARAN, PATERSON, KEVIN B., KOWALSKI, REBECCA, FILIK, RUTH and MALTBY, JOHN, 2014. LEARNING AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. 29, 74-80