Digital Mental Health Group🧠

Meet the Team 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧

We are a research group at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge. Our team includes Amy, the group’s Principal Investigator, our Postdoctoral Research Associates, Amanda & Sebastian, PhD students, Sakshi, Luisa & Georgia, and Research Assistants, Lukas & Millie. Here is a photo from our most recent lab group lunch! You can learn more about us, and our projects here: Orben Group

Our Research📝

We are interested in how living and growing up in a time of rapid digitalisation is influencing individuals and society. We study a range of different digital technologies, and are developing new methodologies and collaborations to improve the measurement of digital technology use.

The influence of technologies on mental health and well-being depends on many factors, including how we develop, how we think and the environment we live in. We study such mechanisms, including cognition, puberty and deprivation, using a range of different methodologies and populations, with a specific focus on adolescence.

We want to improve mental health and well-being in diverse populations across the Global North and Global South, and in both clinical and non-clinical settings. Our work therefore uses a variety of designs to capture a wide spectrum of experiences.

Our Newsletter📰

Each month, we will be sending out a newsletter to our mailing list, containing new publications, lab updates, opportunities, events and more. This is completely free to access, and we would love to hear your thoughts about the latest editions.

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You won’t have to worry about missing anything. Every new edition of the newsletter goes directly to your inbox. We also have an archive of previous editions available if you want to catch up, or revisit your favourites!

Get in Touch👋🏼

If you have any questions, ideas, or just fancy learning more about our research, feel free to get in touch - amy.orben@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk