Amy Orben

Dr Amy Orben is a Smart Data Research UK programme board member.

Amy is a Group Leader at the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit and a Fellow of St. John’s College at the University of Cambridge. She directs an internationally renowned research programme investigating the links between mental health and digital technology use in adolescence.

Several significant national and international funders, charities and foundations support Amy Orben’s work. She advises governments, health officials and public servants around the world. She holds appointments on the UK government’s Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) College of Experts and the British Academy Public Policy Committee.

Amy Orben has received a range of prestigious awards, including the Medical Research Council Early Career Impact Prize (2022), the Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science Mission Award (2020) and the British Neuroscience Association Researcher Credibility Prize (2021).