Contact

• workInstitute of Mental Health
  Innovation Park
  Triumph Road
  Nottingham
  NG7 2TU
  UK
• Sachiyo.Ito-Jaeger@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Sachiyo Ito-Jaeger is a Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Mental Health & Technology and the School of Medicine, the University of Nottingham.

Her research spans two interconnected areas in Digital Mental Health:

(1) exploring how digital technologies can enhance the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people, through co-produced interventions such as animations and design methods like Soma Design; and

(2) advancing responsible development, implementation, and evaluation of digital mental health tools, guided by Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI).

Prior to joining the BRC, Sachiyo worked on the AHRC-funded, interdisciplinary project, investigating whether co-created online animations can promote mental health literacy (i.e., understanding mental health issues, reducing stigma, increasing help-seeking efficacy) among young people.

Before joining the University of Nottingham, Sachiyo worked as a post-doctoral researcher for the Karyn Purvis Institute of Child Development in the United States. She holds a PhD in Experimental Psychology specialising in Developmental Psychology and Social Psychology, as well as a BA in Psychology and an MA in Cognitive and Social Psychology.

Teaching Summary

Modules

• I am a co-convenor for PSTY 4048: MSc Mental Health Research and Practice - Masters Research project, where I support postgraduate students in designing and conducting independent research within mental health.

Doctoral supervisions

• I currently co-supervise two PhD students:
  • Sarah Gordon (School of Health Sciences)
  • Lucy Hitcham (School of Medicine/UKRI Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training).

Research Summary

Her research interests include:

• Digital Mental Health
• Mental health and wellbeing of children and young people
• Embodied Digital Mental Health
• Holistic and embodied approach to Digital Mental Health (e.g., Soma Design methods, physical contact)
• Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)
• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)
• Mental health literacy (i.e., understanding mental health issues, reducing stigma, increasing help-seeking efficacy)
• Attachment theory

Recent Publications

• ITO-JAEGER, S., PEREZ VALLEJOS, E., LOGATHASAN, S., CURRAN, T. and CRAWFORD, P., 2023. Young people’s trust in co-created web-based resources to promote mental health literacy: Focus group study. JMIR Mental Health.
• CURRAN, T, ITO-JAEGER. S, PEREZ VALLEJOS, E and CRAWFORD, P, 2023. What’s Up With Everyone?: The Effectiveness of a Digital Media Mental Health Literacy Campaign for Young People Journal of Mental Health.
• ITO-JAEGER, S., LANE, G., DOWTHWAITE, L., WEBB, H., PATEL, M., RAWSTHORNE, M., PORTILLO, V., JIROTKA, M. and PEREZ VALLEJOS, E., 2023. TrustScapes: A Visualisation Tool to Capture Stakeholders’ Concerns and Recommendations About Data Protection, Algorithmic Bias, and Online Safety. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 22, 16094069231186965.
• GIBSON, R., BABBAGE, C.M., WAGNER, H.G., PRICE, D.J., MARTINDALE S., CHADBORN, N.H., ITO-JAEGER, S., DARZENTAS, D.P., WEBB, H., JACOBS, R. and ATABEY, A., 2023. It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories. In: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. 987-1001

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• ITO-JAEGER, S., PEREZ VALLEJOS, E., LOGATHASAN, S., CURRAN, T. and CRAWFORD, P., 2023. Young people’s trust in co-created web-based resources to promote mental health literacy: Focus group study. JMIR Mental Health.
• CURRAN, T, ITO-JAEGER. S, PEREZ VALLEJOS, E and CRAWFORD, P, 2023. What’s Up With Everyone?: The Effectiveness of a Digital Media Mental Health Literacy Campaign for Young People Journal of Mental Health.
• ITO-JAEGER, S., LANE, G., DOWTHWAITE, L., WEBB, H., PATEL, M., RAWSTHORNE, M., PORTILLO, V., JIROTKA, M. and PEREZ VALLEJOS, E., 2023. TrustScapes: A Visualisation Tool to Capture Stakeholders’ Concerns and Recommendations About Data Protection, Algorithmic Bias, and Online Safety. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. 22, 16094069231186965.
• GIBSON, R., BABBAGE, C.M., WAGNER, H.G., PRICE, D.J., MARTINDALE S., CHADBORN, N.H., ITO-JAEGER, S., DARZENTAS, D.P., WEBB, H., JACOBS, R. and ATABEY, A., 2023. It’s not just for the Past but it’s for the Here and Now”: Gift-Giver Perspectives on the Memory Machine to Gift Digital Memories. In: Proceedings of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference. 987-1001
• ITO-JAEGER, S., PEREZ VALLEJOS, E., CURRAN, T. and CRAWFORD, P., 2022. What’s Up With Everyone?: A qualitative study on young people’s perceptions of co-created online animations to promote mental health literacy Health Expectations: An international Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy.
• ITO-JAEGER, S., PEREZ VALLEJOS, E., CURRAN, T., SPORS, V., LONG, Y., LIGUORI, A., WARWICK, M., WILSON, M. and CRAWFORD, P., 2021. Digital video interventions and mental health literacy among young people: a scoping review Journal of Mental Health.
• CALL, C.D., RAZURI, E.B., HOWARD, A.R., DELUNA, J.H., ITO-JAEGER, S. and CROSS, D., 2019. More than words: Computerized text analysis of child welfare professionals’ Adult Attachment Interviews. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment. 29(6), 804-818
• ITO-JAEGER, S., HOWARD, A.R., PURVIS, K. and CROSS, D., 2017. Attention focus and self-touch in toddlers: The moderating effect of attachment security. Infant Behavior & Development. 48, 114- 123
• RUS, A.V., ITO-JAEGER, S., PARRIS, S., CROSS, D., PURVIS, K. and DRĂGHICI, S., 2014. Behavioral and emotional profiles of Romanian foster children: A brief report. Child Abuse Review. 23, 342-352
• SCOLLON, C.N., HOWARD, A.H., CALDWELL, A.E. and ITO, S., 2009. The role of ideal affect in the experience and memory of emotions Journal of Happiness Studies. 10, 257–269
• KREITLER, C.M., DANSEREAU, D.F., BARTH, T.M. and ITO, S., 2009. Enhancing the decision-making of extraverted college students College Student Journal. 43(4), 1171-1181