Employment

Healthcare Assistant, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, 11/2024 to present

Survey Research Analyst, RWS Life Sciences, 02/2023-30/12/2024

Sessional Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University, 05/2018-07/2021

Learning and Behaviour Specialist, NCS The Challenge, 06/2020-08/2020

PMVA Trainer, Devon Partnership NHS Trust. 03/2016-12/2016

Health Care Assistant, Devon Partnership NHS Trust, 03/2015-12/2016

Self-Employment

Project Manager; Trainer, YMCA Manchester, 08/2018-05/2019

Research Assistant, Manchester Metropolitan University, 01/2018-06/2020

Research Assistant, Manchester Metropolitan University, 01/2018-05/2018

Trainer, Emotional Intelligence Academy, 06/2021-07/2021

Researcher, Major Players, 09/2021-12/2021

Researcher, Highlander, 01/2022-02/2022

Private tutor, 10/2011-02/2023

FACS Coder, BlueSky AI, 12/2023-02/2024

Education

PhD Applied Linguistics (Minor Corrections), Manchester Metropolitan University, 2017-2024

MA Professional Writing (Pass), Falmouth University, 2015-2017

BA (Hons) English with Creative Writing (2:1), Falmouth University, 2011-2014

Training

Level 3 Award in Education and Training, Highfield

Level 3 Award in Paediatric First Aid, Highfield

Level 3 Award in Adult First Aid, Highfield

QCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care, Skills for Care

Care Certificate, Skills for Care

Level 2 PMVA Instructor, Ethical Care, Control, and Restraint

Certified FACS Coder, Paul Ekman Group 

Research

Chief Investigator, ‘Creativity: Schizophrenia’s “Missing Link”?’, IRAS #225295, 01/2017-08/2024

Patient Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE)

Expert Lived Experience Advisory Panel (LEAP), Bipolar UK, Brain and Genomics Hub, 01/09/2024 to present

Senior Postgraduate Lived Experience Expert, DISCOURSE Consortium, 05/2024 to present

Co-Applicant, ‘Trampolining at home for neurodivergent children: a non-randomised feasibility study’, Health Care Research Wales (HCRW), 09/2024 to present

Public Involvement Reviewer, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), 11/2024 to present

Public Involvement Reviewer, Cardiff Online Cognitive Assessment (CONCA), 10/2024 to present

Chapters

Chatzidamianos, G., Nerantzi, C., Delgaram-Nejad, O. The Power of Dialogic Feedback., 2021. Enhancing learning through formative assessment and feedback. Routledge.

Publications

Delgaram-Nejad, O., 2024. Fantasies and Fears: Comparing Psychotic Experiences. Schizophrenia Bulletin

Delgaram-Nejad, O., Archer, D., Chatzidamianos, G., Robinson, L. and Bartha, A., 2023. The DAIS-C: A small, specialised, spoken, schizophrenia corpus. Applied Corpus Linguistics, 3(3), p.100069.

Delgaram-Nejad, O., Chatzidamianos, G., Archer, D., Bartha, A. and Robinson, L., 2022. A tutorial on norming linguistic stimuli for clinical populations. Applied Corpus Linguistics, 2(3), p.100022.

Delgaram-Nejad, O., Archer, D., Chatzidamianos, G. and Larner, S., 2021. What is linguistics creativity in schizophrenia?. Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders, 11(2), pp.194-216.

Preprints

Delgaram-Nejad, O., 2024. The 4TD Framework: A Simplified Approach to Formal Thought Disorder in Schizophrenia. Available at SSRN 4701547.

Delgaram-Nejad, O., Archer, D., Chatzidamianos, G., Bartha, A. and Robinson, L., 2024. A Corpus Investigation of Language and Creativity in Schizophrenia. Available at SSRN 4701635.

Datasets

Delgaram-Nejad, Oliver and Archer, Dawn and Chatzidamianos, Gerasimos and Bartha, Alex and Robinson, Louise (2023). Discussing Abstract Ideas in Schizophrenia Corpus, 2017-2023. [Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Service. 10.5255/UKDA-SN-855021

Delgaram-Nejad, O. (2021). Images of Compound Affect: Photographs for Research and Reference, 2016-2017, [data collection], UK Data Service, Accessed 22 May 2024. SN: 855077, DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-855077

Delgaram-Nejad, O. (2021). Video of Compound Affect: Motion Record for Research and Reference, 2021, [data collection], UK Data Service, Accessed 22 May 2024. SN: 855147, DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-855147