Laura Tucker

Research Associate

Laura Tucker is a mental health and social care researcher in the Mental Health Social Care Research Centre in the School for Business and Society at the University of York.

She is a qualified social worker, with experience in collaborative research with marginalised and excluded groups. Her research interests include professional roles in mental health, especially mental health social work, public and patient involvement and mental health interventions with ‘hidden’ populations.

Laura’s current and recent research focuses on support for unpaid carers in mental health contexts, mental health need and support in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities, and engaging with minority communities around dementia interventions.