Dr Iryna Culpin
Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
Academic and professional qualifications
2013: PhD in Psychiatric Epidemiology, University of Bristol.
2009: MSc in Neuropsychology, University of Bristol. First Class (Distinction).
2007: BSc (Hons) in Psychology, University of the West of England, Bristol. First Class Honours.
Languages
Spanish, French and Russian.
Expert reviewer
I peer-review research articlesfor a number of journals, including British Medical Journal, British Journal of Psychiatry, Psychological Medicine, Child Development, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, Parenting: Science and Practice, as well as grant applications for research councils (MRC and NIHR).
Prizes and awards
2019: Wellcome Trust Research Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences.
2016: Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research Early Career Fellowship.
2009: MRC PhD Studentship Award.
Projects
2021: On-line public engagement workshop with particpatory artists (alrightmateproject.com, eleanorshipman.com) fathers, and cross-disciplinary academics (outofourheads.net, insidetheheart.org): Co-designing online public engagement activities with fathers in the age of social distancing.
2020: Dads in Mind (Bluebell, Bristol; Bluebellcare.org) and Dad Matters (Home Start, Manchester; Dadmatters.org.uk) on-line public engagement workshop with fathers and community-based organisations that support fathers: Fathers experiences of seeking support during the Covid-19 pandemic.
2018: We The Curious, Parental Perinatal Mental Health and Child Development, ‘Live Lab’ and ‘Toddler Take-Over’ sessions.
2017: Barton Hill Children’s Centre, IMPROVE HIT Public and Patient Event: Growing together: bridging the gap between antenatal services and Children’s Centres.
2016: NIHR CLAHRC West: Psychosis in primary care public and patient event.
2016: Brentry and Henbury Children’s Centre, Conversations with fathers.
2015: Brentry and Henbury Children’s Centre, How can research help families with antenatal and postnatal depression? Have your say.
2014: Brentry and Henbury Children’s Centre, Fathers Matter: Father Involvement, Child Development and Maternal Health.
2013: Brentry and Henbury Children’s Centre, Pregnancy, Becoming a Parent and Perinatal Health.
Teaching
Postgraduate teaching
MSc Childhood Development and Wellbeing in Practice:
- Developmental Stages and Challenges in Childhood
- Childhood and Early Years Interventions (Unit Lead)
Subject areas
Psychology and Psychiatric Epidemiology.
Supervision
MSc Service Evaluation and Development Research Dissertation (10 students).
Research outputs
My research spans psychology and psychiatric epidemiology, with a particular focus on maternal and paternal perinatal mental health and its impact on offspring development across the lifespan. I am particularly interested in the role that parenting plays in the intergenerational transmission of mental health risks in families. I currently share my time between Manchester Metropolitan University and Bristol University, where I work on an interdisciplinary programme of research examining the role of paternal involvement, parenting and father’s own mental health in shaping child outcomes in the context of maternal postnatal depression. I use interdisciplinary methodology, including qualitative (epidemiological analyses of longitudinal data), developmental psychological (observations of parent-child interactions) and qualitative (in-depth interviews), to elucidate the impact of parental mental health on multidimensional facets of parenting and their individual contributions to child socio-emotional, behavioural and mental health outcomes.