Personal profile
Research interests
- Mental Health research including children and adolescents, personality disorders and the impact of trauma
- Children in the care system
- Demographic factors, such as sex, level of education and previous occupation, affecting cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's Disease
- Developmental - autism, looked after children
- Using robots with children with autism
Overview
Senior Research Fellow and Clinical Trial Manager with experience of working on NIHR funded research investigating interventions to help: improve the social skills of children with ASD (using Kaspar the robot); depression in adolescents; foster carers increase mentalization leading to better outcomes for the Foster carer, the children they care for and better relationships with these children.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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MICA: Mentalisation intervention for Children and Adolescents
Irvine, K. (PI), Adler, J. R. (CoI), Busby, A. (CoI) & Wellsted, D. (CoI)
4/12/24 → 31/05/27
Project: Research
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RFP: The Reflective Fostering Programme – improving the wellbeing of looked after children through psychoeducation groups for foster carers: a randomised controlled trial
Wyatt, S. (CoI), Wellsted, D. (CoI) & Irvine, K. (PI)
1/04/20 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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YEF-FI: Youth Endowment Foundation Family Interventions
Adler, J. R. (PI), McSweeney, T. (CoI), Wellsted, D. (CoI), Littlechild, B. (CoI), Munro Wild, H. (CoI), Wyatt, S. (CoI), Sabbagh, M. (CoI), Twumasi, B. (CoI), Mengoni, S. (CoI), Irvine, K. (CoI) & Hall, N. (Researcher)
3/12/19 → 31/01/23
Project: Research
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Feasibility study of a RCT to investigate the effectiveness of a humanoid robot to support social skills development in children with ASD
Sharma, S. (PI), Thakur, D. (CoI), Irvine, K. (CoI), Wellsted, D. (CoI), Robins, B. (CoI) & Mengoni, S. (Researcher)
1/12/16 → 30/11/18
Project: Research
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Robotic Prostatectomy Artificial Intelligence–Guided Low-Pressure Pneumoperitoneum and Pain Outcomes Trial (RALP Trial): Robotic Prostatectomy Artificial Intelligence Low Pressure Pain Trial: Patient Outcomes Using the AirSeal and Stryker Insufflators During Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy at Low Pneumoperitoneum Pressure (8 mmHg)
Vasdev, N., Isherwood, L., Feyissa, M., Spencer, N., Roxas-Saguil, C., Jonsson, A., Irvine, K., Wellsted, D., King, S., Daniels, J., Odedra, T., Smith, P., Dasgupta, P., Decaestecker, K., Belavadi , P., Shukla , B., Prasad, V. & Gowrie-Mohan, S., 14 Feb 2026, (Submitted) In: JAMA internal medicine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Reflective Fostering Programme – improving the wellbeing of children in care through a group intervention for foster carers: a randomised controlled trial.
Midgley, N., Irvine, K., Redfern, S., murdoch, J., Smith, C., Byford, S., Wellsted, D., Sims, E., Rayfield, E., Ganguli, P., Colles, A., Pursch, B., Rider, B., Sprecher, E., Cirasola, A., Hopson, H., Choudhary, A., Izzidien, S., Stemp, R. & Rangel, A. & 3 others, , 8 Feb 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Adoption and Fostering. 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Easy Read Health Information for people with Intellectual Disabilities: a systematic review of the evidence
Wilson, H., Irvine, K., Alexander, R. & Mengoni, S., 31 Jan 2026, In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 39, 1, e70195.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Group Dynamics in the delivery of the Reflective Fostering Programme: managing "face-threat" risks in a mentalization-based intervention for foster carers.
Ruby, P., seeley, C., Katangwe-Chigamba, T., Anyiam-Osigwe, A., Cresswell, C., Irvine, K., Midgley, N. & Murdoch, J., 31 Dec 2025, In: SSM - Mental Health. 8, 15 p., 100523.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Promoting inclusive recruitment within children’s social care research trials: lessons from the Reflective Fostering Study’s InCLUDE project
Izzidien, S., Stemp, R., Ahmed, S., Akram, S., Flanagan, R.-L., Irvine, K., Sharma, S. & Midgley, N., 30 Oct 2025, In: Diversity & Inclusion Research. 3, 1, 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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