Kirsten Prest
• HARP Doctoral Research Fellow and Occupational Therapist
• City, St Georges University of London
• School of Health and Medical Sciences
Kirsten is a paediatric occupational therapist with an interest in supporting parents and carers of children with disabilities across a variety of contexts both in the UK and South Africa. She completed a Masters in Evidence-Based Healthcare at the University of Oxford where she conducted a study exploring the impact of play-based groups for children with cerebral palsy on maternal wellbeing.
Kirsten is now a doctoral student funded by HARP to complete the co-adaptation and pilot-testing of the “Baby Ubuntu” intervention in East London. She is leading the work on “Encompass”.
Kirsten works with the occupational therapy team in Specialist Children’s and Young People’s services (SCYPS), Newham, East London.
