Daksha Trivedi

Daksha Trivedi is a Professor of Applied Health Research at the University of Hertfordshire and a researcher in NIHR ARC East of England’s Mental Health and Wellbeing and Prevention and Early Detection in Health and Social Care theme.

Professor Daksha Trivedi trained as a scientist and obtained her Ph.D (King’s College, London) and M.Sc, Faculty of Medicine, University of London and an M. Phil in Epidemiology at the University of Cambridge. Daksha is a Professor in Applied Health research and has an established strong record of conducting interdisciplinary research which spans across various public health areas including mental health. Her expertise includes Evidence Based Practice (systematic reviews & evidence synthesis), Quantitative and qualitative designs, Mixed Methods, Clinical Trials, evaluation of complex interventions and co-production, leading stakeholder events with community engagement. Daksha’s work includes mental health, prevention and early detection and health inequalities, leading research in Health, experience and care of underserved populations including cancer screening in ethnic communities. She is the University of Hertfordshire's co-lead for Mental Health and Neurodiversity research with the NIHR ARC East of England Mental Health and Wellbeing theme.

Daksha has led various NIHR research initiatives (see Research interests, activities and outputs), including the READY Trial of exercise and depression in young people, The IM-Adapted trial of improving mental health in young Muslim women; a co-investigator on the EU Horizon funded research -European Study on preventing internet addiction in young people. She is a Senior Editor, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (International). Daksha is the Co-Chair of the Hertfordshire West Essex Health, Wellbeing and Social Care Research Strategy Group 

Get in contact with Daksha at d.trivedi@herts.ac.uk.