Amika Wright

Ms Amika Wright is an Assistant Lecturer at the Epidemiology Research Unit and a member of the Child Development Research Group.

She completed her BSc. with a double major in Zoology and Botany in 2001 and an MPhil. in Zoology in 2009 at the University of the West Indies, Mona. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Epidemiology with special focus on maternal feeding styles and childhood overweight development. Ms Wright has extensive training in the administration and adaptation of numerous questionnaires and psychometric tests. She has trained various research and project staff in questionnaire administration and parent-child observations.

Her research activities over the past 13 years have focused on early childhood cognitive & behavioural development, maternal infant feeding styles and infant/child overweight and obesity. Her current and future research interests are shaped by her academic training and work experience with children and families within the discipline of child development. With her research she aims to develop a comprehensive intervention for families to reduce the risk of childhood overweight by promoting positive interactions and healthy feeding behaviours between caregivers and their children.