Edel is a Clinical Psychologist with NHS Forth Valley and a Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University. She recently completed a doctoral thesis on the Adverse effects of Psychological Therapy (APT study) and a network meta-analysis of psychological therapies for psychosis at University of Edinburgh. She has an interest in the development of the evidence base for psychological interventions within a multidisciplinary context. Edel has a range of research and clinical experience including the Preparing for Life evaluation team at the Geary Institute at University College Dublin, the National Core for Neuroethics at University of British Columbia and the Child and Family Research Institute in Vancouver, Canada.