Dr Iona Beange (PhD Neuroscience)
Knowledge Exchange & Impact Officer; Post-Doctoral Research Fellow; Teaching Fellow MSc in Science Communication and Public Engagement

- Division of Psychiatry
- Biomedical Teaching Organisation
- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences
Contact details
- Email: iona.beange@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Kennedy Tower
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Morningside Place - City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH10 5HF
Background
Dr Iona Beange is a Knowledge Exchange Officer at the University of Edinburgh, who has worked in public engagement for over 15 years, across a broad range of topics. She is currently working on Horizon 2020 project CoMorMent, which looks at the interactions between cardiovascular disease and mental illness.
She has a second role as a Post Doctoral Research Fellow with Sinead Rhodes, where she is working on an adaptation of the EPIC materials (Edinburgh Psychoeducation Intervention for Children and Young People) suitable for children who have just joined the waiting list for neurodevelopmental disorders.
Iona also teaches on the MSc in Science Communication and Public Engagement at the University of Edinburgh.
Qualifications
PhD Neuroscience
BSc Honours Biomedical Sciences
Postgraduate teaching
MSc in Science Communication
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Experience of clinical services shapes attitudes to mental health data sharing: findings from a UK-wide survey
In:
BMC Public Health, vol. 22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12694-z
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Co-development of a Best Practice Checklist for Mental Health Data Science: A Delphi Study
In:
Frontiers in psychiatry, vol. 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.643914
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Using a knowledge exchange event to assess study participants’ attitudes to research in a rapidly evolving research context
In:
Wellcome Open Research , vol. 5, pp. 24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15651.1
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression (GLAD) Study: Online recruitment into the largest recontactable study of depression and anxiety
In:
Behaviour Research and Therapy, vol. 123, pp. 103503
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2019.103503
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
MQ Data Science Report to MRC on building a National Infrastructure for Mental Health Data Science in the UK
(12 pages)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7488/era/1
Research output: Contribution to Symposium › Other report (Published)