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Sergio A. Silverio

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Sergio A. Silverio is a Chartered Psychologist, Social Scientist, and qualitative research expert specialising in lifecourse analysis, with a primary research interest in women’s mental health. Sergio holds two Master’s degrees, the first in Psychological Sciences (Clinical & Health Psychology) from the University of Liverpool; the second in Psychological and Psychiatric Anthropology from Brunel University London. At Liverpool he was trained as a Grounded Theorist – a methodology he would later employ in his Thesis focused on never married older women, gender identity, and social networks; which attracted critical acclaim from The British Psychological Society. His Thesis at Brunel focused on anxiety and the antenatal clinic; and won the Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology’s 40th Anniversary Master’s Thesis Prize. His Doctoral research at King’s College London has attracted a Personal Fellowship from the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration – South London.

Sergio joined Liverpool John Moores University as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology, having come from King’s College London as a Research Fellow in Social Science of Women's Health. Sergio’s research focuses on the qualitative experience of women’s identity changes over the lifecourse; and especially at lifecourse ruptures such as during experiences of loss – be that loss of identity, perceived loss of sanity, or loss through bereavement. His work adopts a critical female psychology lens, which enables him to focus on and the psychological, socio-political, and emotional impacts caused by these key life transitions. Most recently, Sergio has led the largest portfolio of international research dedicated to understanding the effects of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on maternity care, pregnancy, childbirth, and perinatal bereavement, including how we re-configure, recover, and re-build services and care provision. Sergio has a successful track-record of attracting grant funding and supervising students at both Master’s and Doctoral level. He is open to enquiries from prospective students whose research interests or methodological approaches align with his own.

Degrees

2019, Brunel University London, United Kingdom, MSc Psychological and Psychiatric Anthropology
2016, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom, MPsycholSci (Hons) Psychological Sciences (Clinical & Health Psychology)

Certifications

2021, British Psychological Society, United Kingdom, CPsychol - Chartered Psychologist
2020, Royal Anthropological Institute, United Kingdom, FRAI - Life Fellow of The Royal Anthropological Institute
2019, British Psychological Society, United Kingdom, AFBPsS - Associate Fellow of The British Psychological Society
2019, Royal Society for Public Health, United Kingdom, FRSPH - Fellow of The Royal Society for Public Health
2018, Science Council, United Kingdom, RSci - Registered Scientist

Academic appointments

Senior Lecturer in Psychology, School of Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2022 - present
Research Fellow in Social Science of Women's Health, School of Life Course & Population Sciences, King's College London, 2022 - present
Honorary Lecturer, Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool, 2022 - present
Research Associate in Social Science of Women’s Health, Department of Women & Children's Health, King's College London, 2020 - 2022
Research Assistant in Qualitative Analysis of Women’s Health, Department of Women & Children's Health, King's College London, 2019 - 2020
Honorary Fellow, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Liverpool, 2019 - 2022
Research Assistant, Department of Women & Children's Health, King's College London, 2019 - 2019
Honorary Research Fellow, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute of Women's Health, University College London, 2019 - 2022
Research Assistant (Suzy Lamplugh Trust), Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science, University College London, 2018 - 2019
Research Assistant in Qualitative Methods, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Institute of Women's Health, University College London, 2018 - 2018
Research Assistant, Evidence-based Practice Research Centre, Edge Hill University, 2016 - 2017

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