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Jess in conversation with Rick Hanson about Covid19 & The Policing Brain:

On Thursday 9th April Jess had the privilege of talking with Dr Rick Hanson about trauma resilience for Police during the Covid19 pandemic. Listen here Rick Hanson, Ph.D. , is a psychologist and New York Times best-selling author. He’s been an invited speaker at NASA, Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, and meditation centers...

Early Career Award Winner

Dr Jess Miller won the University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor’s Research Impact and Engagement Award for her work on police mental health.

Dr Jess Miller in Channel 4 Dispatches: how do police officers cope with repeated assaults?

Our lead researcher, Dr Jess Miller, was interviewed by former policeman Dan Clark-Neal for Channel 4 Dispatches .

Policing: The Job & The Life Survey hits the headlines

Initial findings from the survey (funded by Police Care UK) hit headline news on 9th May across the UK.

Trauma Resilience Project on BBC Inside Out and Sussex Breakfast News

BBC's Inside Out on January 28th covered much of the Trauma Resilience in UK Policing project.

UpBeat! 2019 Conference

Dr Jess Miller, Research Fellow for this Trauma Resilience in UK Policing project spoke at the 2019 national #UpBeat! conference about training in trauma processing techniques and the challenges of dealing with trauma exposure in Child Sexual Exploitation work.

Post-Incident Processing Techniques for New Recruits: GMP Early Success!

Initial findings (September 2018) from the Post-Incident Trauma Processing Techniques RCT with new recruits at Greater Manchester Police already suggest that the techniques improve both wellbeing and recall...

Taming the Brain: Neuroscience in partnership with policing 2018

CCCU Policing Research Conference 2018 Taming the Wicked Problems in Partnership

"Taming The Wicked (Brain)" Conference, CCCUPR 2018

Dr Jess Miller presented to the Taming The Wicked Partnerships conference hosted by CCCUPR, Canterbury in June 2018.

Trauma Processing (Greater Manchester Police).

On May 16th Dr Jess Miller and the team began a 3-day Trauma Processing Techniques pilot with student officers at GMP.

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