Project Experience & Grant Development
Project
Experience
2023–2026Design-based Data-Driven Decision-support Tools: Producing Improved Cancer Outcomes Through User-Centred Research · Total consortium funding: €9 million · United Kingdom Principal Investigator: Professor Paul Rayson · Line Manager: Professor Elena Semino
Research on communication surrounding cancer, including corpus-assisted discourse analysis of more than 43 million words of online forum data; interdisciplinary collaboration; Public and Patient Involvement; development of an updated version of the English Metaphor Menu for People Living with Cancer.
March–May 2026Researcher · Energy Coverage in the UK Press (2020–2026)
Principal Investigator: Professor Vaclav Brezina
Contributed to a rapid-response corpus-assisted discourse analysis project on United Kingdom newspaper representations of energy and sustainability. Coordinated workflow, contributed to data collection and analysis, and prepared visualisations and presentation materials.
January–April 2026Co-Investigator · CARE-AI
Culturally Adaptive and Responsible AI for Equitable Health Communication · Principal Investigator: Dr Amily Guénier · British Academy funding awarded: £5,481.20
Contributed to proposal development, project delivery and funder reporting, bringing discourse, metaphor and intercultural communication perspectives to this United Kingdom–European Union Horizon Pump Priming Collaboration.
2025Lead Applicant · BiLangBridge
Challenging Stigma and Bridging Knowledge Gaps about Bipolar Disorder through Language in China: A Mixed-Methods Study of Lived Experience and Institutional Messaging · Wellcome Early-Career Award application · Funding requested: £419,066 for a 48-month project
Developed the mixed-methods proposal from concept to full submission, coordinated an international collaborator network, and incorporated interdisciplinary and stakeholder feedback. The proposal was ranked in the second quartile but was not funded.