Farhana is a Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellow at University College London. She is also a Specialist Registrar (ST6) in General Adult Psychiatry in North London. She studied Medicine at UCL, where she also completed a BSc in Immunology and Cell Pathology. She holds an MSc in Psychiatric Research and is a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. In 2012 she was selected as a BBC Expert Woman. Her main research interest is in ‘loneliness’ and its impact on mental health. She is always keen to promote better public understanding of psychiatry and mental disorder.