Dr Sonya Deschênes is a Lecturer/Assistant Professor and Ad Astra Fellow in the UCD School of Psychology. She obtained her doctoral degree in Psychology and conducted her postdoctoral research in mental health epidemiology. Her research is at the intersection of health psychology and epidemiology, with interests in the comorbidity between mental and physical health conditions, the biopsychosocial mechanisms (mediators and moderators) of these associations, and more broadly, psychosocial determinants of physical and mental health. She is currently the PI on an HRB grant focused on better understanding depression and diabetes comorbidity across European countries and regions.   

Title of Sonya’s talk: Using Secondary Data to Address Comorbidities and Improve Population Health & Wellbeing.