Professor Helen Sharp B.Sc. (HONS) M.Phil. Ph.D. D.Clin.Psy.
Professor of Perinatal and Clinical Child Psychology Primary Care & Mental Health
- Work email Hmsharp@liverpool.ac.uk
Research
Child mental health problems - risks, protective factors and psychological interventions to reduce distress.
Intergenerational transmission of risk or resilience for psychopathology; parenting, mental health and child development; Perinatal psychology; Social, emotional and biological risks in emergent conduct disorders; Evaluation and development of psychological interventions to help vulnerable families; Shared and distinctive risk and protective factors for mental health problems across cultures.
Perinatal and Parental mental health problems - risks, protective factors and psychological interventions to reduce distress.
Shared and distinctive risks for mental health problems in Uk and South Asia.
Research Grants
ESMI-II: The Effectiveness and Cost Effectiveness of Community Perinatal Mental Health Services
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
June 2019 - May 2023
Children Growing up in Liverpool (C-GULL)
WELLCOME TRUST (UK)
October 2020 - September 2025
NIHR ARC 2 national social care implementation projects
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK), LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK)
October 2019 - March 2026
Evaluating RSA reactivity as a moderator of environmental adversity for child and adolescent mental health
MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY (UK)
April 2022 - June 2022
Psychological, social & biological predictors of child mental health and development: shared and distinctive risk and protective factors in UK & India
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2019 - June 2024
Team of Life: A narrative approach to building resilience in UK school children
HEALTH EDUCATION ENGLAND (UK)
March 2016 - August 2017
Psychosocial and nutritional predictors of child mental health: longitudinal study of shared and distinctive risk and protective factors in UK & India. MRC-ICMR
DEPARTMENT FOR BUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SKILLS (UK)
October 2015 - April 2019
Pragmatic in-service evaluation of Mellow Parenting Program: a pilot study.
WIRRAL AND WEST CHESHIRE COMMUNITY NHS TRUST (UK)
May 2001 - May 2003
Prenatal and infancy origins of biological and social-cognitive processes in disruptive behaviour problems in children aged 7 - 9 years.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
August 2014 - January 2020
Predicting the development of early aggressive behaviour: pathways to reactive aggression and callous unemotional responding.
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (UK)
September 2011 - December 2020
A pilot study of the new intervention for hard to treat children with conduct disorders.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)
September 2003 - December 2006
Research Collaborations
Dr Claire Hughes
External: University of Cambridge
Collaborator on MRC grant
Prof Micheal Meaney
External: McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Respiratory Research Group
External: University of Manchester, UK
Dr Rachel Calam
External: University of Manchester, UK
Professor Adrian Angold
External: Duke University
collaborator on longitudinal MRC grant
John Quinn
Internal
Collaborator on MRC grant
Professor Vivette Glover
External: Imperial College London
Collaborator on MRC funded study advisor on maternal and infant cortisol reactivity and HPA axis function
Professor Dale Hay
External: University of Cardiff
Collaborator on MRC funded study
Prof Andrew Pickles
External: Institute of Psychiatry, University of London
Co-investigator on MRC grants
Prof Jonathan Hill
External: University of Manchester, UK
Multiple collaborative grants, submissions and other unfunded research