Andrew Bates

Critical Care Research manager/Doctoral Research Fellow

Andrew Bates is an NIHR funded Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Southampton.

His doctoral thesis involves investigating the use of trauma-focussed psychological therapy to improve the mental health recovery of critical care survivors.

His mixed methods approach includes in-depth interviews with patients experiencing symptoms of traumatic stress, which has drawn him to explore the underlying causes.

Helped by an expert supervisory team, Andrew is also investigating whether our patient’s ongoing traumatic stress may, in part, have biological origins, starting in the ICU.