Speaker
Dr. Filippo Varese
Director, Complex Trauma and Resilience Research Unit (C-TRU)
Biography
Dr. Filippo Varese is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Psychology, and a HCPC registered clinical psychologist. He is the Director of the Complex Trauma and Resilience Research Unit (C-TRU), a collaboration between the University of Manchester and Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust aiming to improve understanding and clinical innovation of trauma, complex trauma and related mental health needs in the NHS. His research interests focus include the psychological and cognitive underpinnings of psychotic experiences in non-clinical and clinical populations; the impact of adverse life experiences on severe mental difficulties, and the psychological mechanisms that might account for these associations; the development and evaluation of psychosocial interventions for psychosis/severe mental health problems and trauma-related difficulties, including trauma-focused and trauma-informed approaches. He also leads several research projects funded by the National Institute for Health Research, and supervises PhD students funded through competitive funding schemes, including ESRC and MRC doctoral training partnerships and University of Manchester Research Impact Scholarship awards.