Dr David Junior Gilbert

School of Health & Society

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David Junior Gilbert

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University Fellow

Biography

Dr David Junior Gilbert is a University Fellow in the School of Health and Society. Gilbert’s research is focused on investigating the vulnerabilities of individuals with FASD to, and within the justice system. Some of the vulnerabilities Gilbert researches include interrogative suggestibility, acquiescence, compliance, and confabulation in the FASD population.

Gilbert (as he prefers to be called) has received several awards within and outside the UK for his research/presentation of his research work. Amongst others, his PhD research received the Professor Lindsey Dugdill Memorial Award for Outstanding Doctoral Studies 2023/24. He is a member of the academic network of Her Majesty’s Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS), Society for Evidence Based policing, Neurodivergence in the Criminal Justice Network, and SalfordFASD research group. Gilbert is passionate about increasing the knowledge, understanding and awareness surrounding the vulnerabilities of individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) to, and within criminal justice system (CJS) encounters.

Currently, he is recipient of a 5-year fellowship leading to tenure where Gilbert is currently working in collaboration with experts internationally to investigate confabulation, suggestibility, compliance and acquiescence in individuals with FASD. The research is presently recruiting individuals from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland, the US and UK through the following link (International FASD and Justice System Study). Gilbert is also working alongside the police and probation service to deliver trainings for increased awareness of FASD within the justice system. Gilbert is also organiser of TEDxUniversityofSalford events (TEDx University of Salford; @TedxUofSalford)

Areas of Research

Public health, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Alcohol harm, Sustainable Development Goals

Qualifications and Recognitions Publications

Qualifications and Recognitions

Qualifications

  • PhD in Public Health and Psychology

    2020 - 2023

  • Public Health

    2018 - 2019

  • Biochemistry

    2006 - 2011

Recognitions

  • Professor Lindsey Dugdill Memorial Award for Outstanding Doctoral Studies

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