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David Smailes

    • About Me:

      I live with my wfe and two kids in Gateshead. I do research about mental health problems at Northumbria University. When I am not at work, I like to watch football and build Lego with my kids.

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      I grew up in Bedlington, then went to uni in Leeds, and then Durham, and now work in Newcastle, at Northumbria University. I met my wife at Durham Uni. She’s Irish, so we spend a lot of our holidays in Ireland visting her family.

    • My pronouns are:

      he/him

    • My Work:

      My work is mostly about hallucinations (where people see or hear things that aren’t ‘really’ there). We try to work out why people have hallucinations and how we can make hallucinations less frightening.

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      Hallucinations can be very frightening and so it is important to work out why they happen and how we can make them less frightening (by making them stop, or helping a person be less scared by them, even if they keep happening).

    CV

    • Education:

      I went to school at St Benet Biscop High in Bedlington. Then I did my degree at Leeds Uni, then my PhD at Durham Uni.

    • Qualifications:

      I got good GCSEs and A-Levels, then I went to uni to do a degree in Psychology. Then I worked for a while, and then went back to uni to do a PhD, where you learn more about how to be a good scientist.

    • Work History:

      My first job was at Argos in Ashington, when I was at High School. Then I worked in Fenwicks in Newcastle in the summers when I was at uni. After uni, I worked as a reseacrher for the NHS, and then after I did my PhD I worked at Sunderland Uni and Northumbria Uni.

    • Current Job:

      I’m an assistant professor, which means I teach Psychology and do research.

    • Employer:

      I work at Northumbria Univeristy in Newcastle.

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      • What did you want to be after you left school?

        A psychologist

        If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?

        I'd like to run a cafe in Spain

        Who is your favourite singer or band?

        Big Thief

        What's your favourite food?

        Pizza

        Tell us a joke.

        Can I tell you a joke about a quatro formaggio pizza...? Actually, I won't. Becaue it's too cheesy.

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