Shiqi Lu
PhD Student
Shiqi is a PhD student in Psychology at Queen Mary, University of London. She was awarded a CSC scholarship from China Scholarship Council. Before that, Shiqi did her Master’s Degree at the University of Bristol in Experimental Psychology and also previously worked as a research assistant in the Psychiatric hospital.
Her PhD project aims to examine the risk pathways leading to increased depression and suicidality among youth from the general population and youth with neurodevelopmental conditions, such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Specifically, she will integrate information from psychosocial risk factors with biological risk factors derived from non-invasive and clinically-translatable EEG recordings of brain activity. Also, she will use data-driven, prediction methods such as machine learning to leverage existing data longitudinally and explore a wide range of psychosocial and biological risk factors and their effect on the emergence of depression and suicidality.
Shiqi also worked as research assistant for a participatory research grant. Collaborating with neurodivergent young people with mental health issues, this project gained insights into the current research priorities and their lived experience in facing barriers to entering mental health support.
Her research passion lies in the field of mental health, including depression, suicide, and neurodiversity. Through her research. Shiqi wishes to make meaningful contributions to the improvement of mental well-being among young people.