Holly is a collaborator on Bridging Divides and brings expertise in adolescent mental health and social network analysis. She is currently a Research Fellow in Evidence Synthesis in the Social Biobehavioural Research Group at University College London.

Previously, Holly was a Postdoctoral Researcher in Adolescent Mental Health at the University of Oxford, where her research focused on social networks and peer influence. She completed her PhD in Social Epidemiology at King's College London in 2024. Her doctoral research explored adolescent self-harm, focusing on the roles of gender and peer friendship networks using sociometric data from the Resilience, Ethnicity, and Adolescent Mental Health (REACH) study.

Her current research interests include arts and health, adolescent mental health, and the use of social network approaches to understand gender inequalities in adolescent mental health.

Outside of work, Holly can usually be found at gigs supporting new music artists or reading a good book!