Trinity College Dublin, Ireland’s leading university, which has been inspiring generations of brilliant thinkers for over 400 years. Trinity is ranked 1st in Ireland and 75th in the world. Trinity also ranks in the top 100 in 22 subjects, globally.
Azza Warraich is a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at Trinity Centre for Global Health. Her research interests are in the area of child and youth mental health, adolescent wellbeing, measurement in adolescent mental health research, community based participatory research, and overall public and patient involvement.
I established contact with Azza Warraitch in September 2024 to become a PhD collaborator for her research topic “Guidelines to Adolescent Involvement in Health Research”. She wanted the Indian Adolescent perspective especially on mental health.
Having undergone the theoretical foundations with Development Psychology, Psychology of Disability and other subjects, training with QPR Institute as a Gatekeeper, 40 hours training for Project Outlive and field experience of 77.5 hours as a peer supporter, I decided to contribute meaningfully for the cause. My experience with NSS as a volunteer for a year and then as a Project Head for a year in Sandrishti Swavalamban (for the visually impaired) also helped me to decide share the field experience.
A book was published by Springer Nature in June 2026 titled “A Comprehensive Guide to Adolescent Involvement in Health Research” by Azza Warraich and Kristin Hadfield. Chapter 4 in this book was dedicated to Ethical Considerations in Adolescent Involvement in Health Research.
I shared my experiences of Project Outlive as a chat based peer supporter for people with suicidal tendencies. From volunteer selection, training, experiences as a supporter, exchanges with supervisors, advantages and shortcomings of this project is presented as a case study in Box 3 (Pages 105-107) titled “Reflections of a Peer Researcher on Ethical and Safe Involvement in a Project on Suicide Prevention”. Azza Warraich extended heartful appreciation to me and other young contributors in her Acknowledgements page in the book and thanked in person for the insights on this sensitive topic.