Hannah Bowers

Hannah is currently a research fellow on the REDUCE programme, exploring the feasibility and acceptability of a digital intervention to support patients withdrawing from antidepressants. She has experience in both quantitative and qualitative methods. Hannah has previously conducted research on the role of distress, support seeking and emotional suppression in irritable bowel syndrome and fibromyalgia. Hannah completed a PhD on the role of distress, support seeking and emotional suppression in medically unexplained symptoms where she used a range of research methods. Her research interests include emotion processing, chronic pain and medically unexplained physical symptoms.