I’m a PhD researcher in Psychology & Human Development at UCL’s Institute of Education, with my main area of work focused on sleep and how it shapes mental health, development, and everyday functioning across families and communities. My research experience spans the UK, USA and India, with training in sleep and physiological measures, including actigraphy, polysomnography (PSG), as well as CBT-I (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia).

 

My particular strength lies in qualitative and mixed-methods research, working closely with families and grounding research in lived experience. Alongside my PhD, I work as a Research Supervisor at Better Than Cure focused on preventive medicine. I also act as a peer reviewer for a journal in neurodiversity research and hold an MPhil in Psychology & Human Development and an MSc in Child Development.I’ve worked closely with children with ADHD, Autism, Global Developmental Delay and Down syndrome, experiences that continue to shape my commitment to inclusive, developmentally sensitive research.

 

My mission is to shift the focus from cure to prevention, making mental health and sleep support accessible to all while building research that is genuinely cross-cultural and relevant beyond Western contexts.

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nandini.adusumilli.21@ucl.ac.uk