“You must be on your period”: using smartphones and wearables to study changes in mental wellbeing throughout the menstrual cycle

Project Code

MRCPHS25Ex Sharp

Research Theme

Population Health Sciences

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Summary

The menstrual cycle can influence mental wellbeing for a variety of biological and psychosocial reasons, but high-quality data are lacking. This is an exciting opportunity to work with people that menstruate to co-produce and trial a cutting-edge smart technology method to collect real-time data on menstrual experiences. You will advance our understanding of the important intersection of the menstrual cycle and mental health and develop skills highly valued in the FemTech industry.

Lead Supervisor

Dr Gemma Sharp

Lead Supervisor Email

g.c.sharp@exeter.ac.uk

University Affiliation

Exeter