Jay’s interest in neuroscience began during her Biomedical Sciences BSc at Newcastle University, which she graduated from in July 2021. To further this interest, she undertook an MRes in Neuroscience in which psychiatric illnesses became her primary focus. Jay joined the MIC team in 2022 as part of her MRes project to understand diagnostic requirement and unmet need in mental health, specifically depression, from an NHS, clinical and patient perspective. Jay is continuing this research as part of a PhD project which she began in Autumn 2022.