Naomi is currently a Research Assistant with the University of Cumbria Health and Social Care Evaluations unit. She has previously worked in an NHS clinical research role to collect data and locally coordinate National Institute for Health Research funded studies in mental health. My research interests focus broadly on the role of the internet and user behaviour in providing peer support for mental health problems, and the associated clinical outcomes. Naomi’s postgraduate research has examined the prevalence of cognitive distortions in user communication in an online talk forum for depression, and the presence of age and gender differences in attitudes to online peer support forums for depression in a non-clinical sample.