Ruth Plackett

Dr Ruth Plackett is a research fellow at UCL in the Department of Primary Care and Population Health. She is undertaking an National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Three Schools’ Mental Health Programme fellowship at UCL where she is exploring the relationship between social media use and the mental health of young people. Her other research interests are in evaluating digital interventions. Ruth has a background in psychology, applied health research and mixed methods research.