Abigail Kemsley
PhD Student
Abigail started her PhD at the Centre for Psychiatry and Mental Health (Queen Mary, University of London) in October 2024, funded by the London Interdisciplinary School Science Doctoral Training Partnership (ESRC) and in partnership with Barts Health NHS Trust, Saving Faces. Her PhD explores facial trauma clinics as ‘reachable‘ moments in improving the support and outcomes for survivors of intimate partner violence. Abigail is supervisor by Dr Sania Shakoor (primary supervisor) and Professor Ania Korszun (secondary supervisor).
Abigail holds an MSc in Clinical Applications of Psychology from the University of Warwick and a BSc in Psychology from the University of York. She has worked with adolescents and adults in both inpatient and outpatient mental health services and has held roles specialising in Domestic Violence and Abuse within third sector organisations and local government, including work as an Independent Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocate.