Lecturer honoured by Forbes magazine

A lecturer from the University’s Institute of Psychology, Health and Society has been featured on Forbes prestigious ’30 under 30 Europe list’ for her research.

Dr Praveetha Patalay’s research focuses on improving one of society’s biggest health issues: depression. She studies the population-level causes and effects of depression in children and adolescents, hoping to improve understanding and treatment of the disease.

Forbes ’30 Under 30′ is a set of lists issued annually by Forbes magazine and includes almost 300 names young innovators, entrepreneurs and leaders in Europe who are seen as transforming their industry.

They are divided into 10 different categories including business, technology, finance, media, healthcare, science, policy, social entrepreneurship, retail and the arts and entertainment.

Dr Praveetha Patalay

Dr Patalay featured in the Science and Healthcare category.

Best of the best

Forbes’ editor Randall Lane, said: “The Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list is the ultimate honour roll of the young entrepreneurs reshaping Europe for the better.

“For our second annual list, we scoured the continent for the people revamping every industry and recruited an all-star judging panel to help us determine the best of the best. The result is 300 superstars, across 10 fields, who will impact Europe for the next 50 years.”

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