Dr Hina Zahid

Biography

I obtained my first degree (BA) in Psychology from Lahore College for Women University followed by a postgraduate degree in Psychology (MSc) from Government College University Lahore, Pakistan. After completing my MSc, I worked as a Lecturer in Psychology at H.I Degree College for Women, Lahore for three years. Later on, in order to further enhance my research skills I did a postgraduate degree in Research Methods (MRes) in Psychology from University of Essex. After completing my MRes, I worked as a Research Specialist at First Advantage Europe for two years. I returned to University of Essex in 2014 for my PhD in Health Psychology. My research interests involve cultural influences on health. How people in different cultures perceive, represent and manage illnesses. Currently, I am working as a Senior Research Data Services Officer in the Research Data Management section at the UK Data Archive based at University of Essex. This section promotes and provides guidance, support and training on data management, data management planning and data sharing to researchers and data producers, in order to promote good data practices in research and to optimise data sharing opportunities.

Qualifications

• Phd University of Essex (2019)

• Masters in Research Methods University of Essex (2007)

• MSc in Psychology Governement College, Lahore (1998)

• BA Lahore college for women, Lahore (1994)