Anya graduated in physiological sciences (neuropharmacology, neuroscience and circulation) and medicine, is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and a CT3 specialist trainee in general psychiatry. Previously, she has collaborated with the Oxford Centre for Suicide Research and Forensic Psychiatry groups. In August she will take up the post of Clinical Lecturer in the Department and will start working on the MRC-funded study "Predicting MRI abnormalities with longitudinal data of the Whitehall II Substudy", which will image 800 participants in the Whitehall II study. During this time she plans to complete a doctorate as well as her higher specialist training in psychiatry.