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Odessa S. Hamilton MSc, MBPsS, FRSPH

About

Odessa Hamilton is an erstwhile researcher at the London School of Economics (LSE) and a Research Fellow at University College London (UCL), where by appointment, she also teaches postgraduate biostatistics. Her research lies on the intersect of organisational practice and applied sciences to understand behaviourial risk and disease aetiology. She completed a Masters of Science in Psychological Sciences with distinction and earned a first-class degree with honours in Organisational Psychology, where she graduated among the top five percent of her class. She was granted MBPsS status and Psychometric registration at the British Psychological Society (BPS), after which she became a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. As a full scholarship recipient of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), she went on to study Biobehavioural Epidemiology and Precision Medicine at UCL. With experience that traverses academia, corporate, and government, Odessa has notable transatlantic successes, along with multinational achievements in entrepreneurship and innovation. This is coupled with a longstanding practitioner history with vulnerable adults and victims of serious crime. Along with her contributions to Psychology Today, Odessa’s work has been featured in other top publications, internationally renowned media outlets, and medical journals of high-impact

Recent Posts
Silence, Secrecy, and Shame: Reframing Domestic Violence

Let us not ignite a battle of the sexes. Not all men are abusive, not all abusers are men, and victims are not only women. But we must face the harsh reality of gendered violence.

Let us not ignite a battle of the sexes. Not all men are abusive, not all abusers are men, and victims are not only women. But we must face the harsh reality of gendered violence.

Night Owls Aren’t Lazy: Rethinking Sleep Variation

The 9-to-5 job is a human-constructed paradigm that goes against natural inter-individual variation in sleep patterns, yet we label night owls "lazy" for a chronotype beyond their control.

The 9-to-5 job is a human-constructed paradigm that goes against natural inter-individual variation in sleep patterns, yet we label night owls "lazy" for a chronotype beyond their control.

Older Adults Have Been Primed for Pandemic-Related Mental Illness

COVID-19 has resulted in a dislocation of people's lives at the expense of psychological well-being. It is time to consider mitigation of the damages done.

COVID-19 has resulted in a dislocation of people's lives at the expense of psychological well-being. It is time to consider mitigation of the damages done.

The Stress-Sleep Interplay
Stress, Sleep & Repeat: Reciprocal Stress-Sleep Associations

Stress and sleep are inextricably linked but how and why is not widely known. Here, we explore biological mechanisms that underpin these relationships and expose the costs.

Stress and sleep are inextricably linked but how and why is not widely known. Here, we explore biological mechanisms that underpin these relationships and expose the costs.

Beneath the Skin: The Problems Chronic Stress Can Cause

Take a journey beneath the skin to see how stress at work triggers inflammatory processes that lead to mental illness, with an exploration of the extremity of costs for us all.

Take a journey beneath the skin to see how stress at work triggers inflammatory processes that lead to mental illness, with an exploration of the extremity of costs for us all.