Liz’s research interests focus on the well-being of individuals with a focus on populations with mental health diagnosis, disabilities, and chronic illness, along with their families and wider support networks. Liz was trained as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) and has worked on projects focusing on the behavioural sleep treatment of veteran populations in the US and children and adults with intellectual disabilities and/or Autism.

Liz is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Director at the Rubenstein-Taybi Syndrome UK Support Group. In addition to her academic work Liz is the founder of Treat My Sleep which offers therapy, consultancy, and educational workshops in behavioural sleep.