Evidence synthesis and empirical study
To identify relevant predictor-outcome associations, I conducted a broad meta-analysis to synthesise evidence across fields. Next, I will run an empirical study to test these associations directly.
Lois Ann Parri
PhD Researcher
Department of Psychology
University of Cambridge
A generalist researcher interested in how people experience, engage with, and benefit from research, digital tools, and interventions. Happiest on projects coordinating various moving parts, tackling a range of ideas, people, and methods, and turning research into something genuinely useful beyond academia.
Current work
First-Year PhD Researcher
My PhD uses adolescent additional-language learning as a context for a broader question: how can psychological evidence and lived experience inform digital tools that are usable, engaging, and genuinely accessible?
Adolescent Advisory Group
To ensure my research is informed by and relevant to the people it aims to understand and support, I have established an advisory group of adolescents. The group is active, and more information is available here.
Psychology-led adaptive learning tool
I am supporting the development of a pilot adaptive language-learning tool, focusing on how research evidence can inform digital learning experiences that are practical, engaging, and personalised.
Interests
Generalist research interests.
My work clusters around interconnected themes related to how people experience, engage with, and benefit from digital tools, with a focus on making research more person-centred, transparent, and useful in practice.
Digital tools and interventions
Digital tools for learning and mental health, digital working alliance, and how evidence should be applied to inform the development of such tools.
User experiences and beliefs
How people experience and make sense of digital interventions and tools, including acceptability, engagement, usability, trust, and perceived value.
Efficient and appropriate research
Complementary methods, transparent workflows, accessible outputs, open science practices, and avoiding research waste.
Skills
What I bring to projects
A mix of research delivery, participant-facing work, analysis, writing, synthesis, and coordination.
Research coordination
Recruitment, scheduling, participant engagement, research administration, documentation, and multi-stakeholder communication.
Mixed and participatory methods
Public and patient involvement and engagement, qualitative interviewing, thematic analysis, quantitative statistical analysis, systematic review, meta-analysis, and data preparation.
Dissemination
Academic writing, public-facing communication, bilingual communication, and creative approaches to making research more accessible.
Outputs
Publications, conferences, media, and events
A compact overview of selected academic and public-facing outputs, grouped so the section does not overload the page.
Feasibility and potential effects of a combined money advice and psychological therapy intervention within NHS Talking Therapies services.
Belcher, H. L., Parri, L., Kilcoyne, I., Evans, J., Lewin, C. D. C., Lau, R., … & Wykes, T. (2025). BJPsych Open, 11(4), e120.
DOIEvaluating remote delivery of cognitive remediation in people with psychosis.
Cella, M., Parri, L., Wang, K., Quinn, R., Oyeleye, O., Jin, H., & Wykes, T. (2024). Schizophrenia Research, 267, 367–372.
DOIUnderstanding psychosis complexity through a syndemic framework: A systematic review.
Zahid, U., Lawrence, E. G., de Freitas, D. F., Parri, L. A., Quadros, W., Hua, P., … & Bhui, K. (2024). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 159, 105614.
DOIEvaluating the acceptability of remote cognitive remediation from the perspective of psychosis service users.
Parri, L. A., Barret, K., Hill, R., Hoque, A., Isok, I., Kenny, A., … & Cella, M. (2024). Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 52(5), 495–507.
DOI“Anorexia-lite”: The dangers of weight classification in diagnosis.
da Cunha Lewin, C., Hudson, G., & Parri, L. (2023). The Lancet Psychiatry, 10(9), 666–667.
DOI2026 Society for the Neurobiology of Language (SNL), Geneva
Pending poster presentation of a meta-analysis on predictors of adolescent additional-language attainment across linguistic domains.
2024 Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS), Florence
Poster presentation of a quantitative study on the efficacy of remote cognitive remediation for psychosis service users.
2023 British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), Cardiff
Poster presentation of a qualitative study on the acceptability of remote cognitive remediation from the perspective of psychosis service users.
2022 South London and Maudsley NHS Recovery College, London
Presented first-year PhD work on adolescent additional-language learning, evidence synthesis, and next-stage empirical plans.
2021 UK Acquired Brain Injury Forum Coming out of Covid Conference, Online
Slides presentation of MSc dissertation, a qualitative study on therapists’ experiences of transitioning to remote-only delivery.
2026 BBC Radio Wales Dros Ginio interview
Interviewed about my PhD on adolescent language learning, “Sut mae pobl ifanc yn dysgu iaith?”
Listen here Read transcript here2026 Cambridge Science Festival
Contributed to public-facing engagement around psychology and language learning.
2021 BBC Radio Wales Dros Frecwast interview
Interviewed about mental health among athletes and the importance of psychological support.
2021 BBC Radio Wales Dros Frecwast interview
Interviewed about my experience as an anxiety helpline volunteer during the Covid-19 pandemic.
2019, 2021 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol
Represented Bangor University’s School of Psychology, engaging the public and raising interest in psychology.
2026 Cambridge Higher Aspirations Scheme
Delivered a Psychology and Behavioural Sciences course consisting of five sessions and a final project to eight A-level students.
2024–2025 King’s College London
Co-developed the module and led two seminars on co-production and alternative research dissemination methods.
2023 Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
Delivered training on patient and public involvement to healthcare professionals and academic researchers.
2019–2021 Bangor University
Led public speaking classes for undergraduate students at Bangor University, delivering three one-hour weekly classes of 25 students each year.