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Odessa S. Hamilton MSc, MBPsS, FRSPH

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As a behavioural scientist, Odessa Hamilton leverages behavioural insights at the LSE (London School of Economics) to advance the understanding of factors that underpin inclusion in global corporations. She is a fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, and a doctoral researcher in biobehavioural epidemiology and precision medicine at UCL (University College London), where, by appointment, she teaches post-graduate biostatistics. Her work sits on the intersect between psychosocial and biological sciences. Whilst pursuing MBPsS status and psychometric registration at the BPS (British Psychological Society), Odessa also earned an MSc in psychological sciences with distinction, and a first-class degree with honours in organisational psychology—graduating among the top 5 percent of her class. Odessa is also a scholarship recipient of the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) and BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council). With experience that traverses corporate and government, Odessa has notable transatlantic successes—multinational achievements in entrepreneurship and awards in innovation. She also has a longstanding practitioner history with victims of serious crime and individuals with severe mental and physical health conditions. Along with her contributions to Psychology Today, Odessa’s work has been featured in other top publications and journals.

Recent Posts

But You Don’t Look Sick
You’re a go-getter with an illness, but you don’t look sick. This can lead to dysfunctional team dynamics, poor mental health, and bad work outcomes, despite efforts to the contrary. Here's what can be done about it.

Words Matter: How Language Influences Inclusion

Language underlies why professional women are often relegated to note-taking or coffee runs while men in the same orbit get selected for supervision.

Language underlies why professional women are often relegated to note-taking or coffee runs while men in the same orbit get selected for supervision.

Silence, Secrecy, and Shame: It is Not a Domestic Affair

Domestic violence, even by name, has been framed as a domestic affair; personal and private, but we need a whole-society approach.

Domestic violence, even by name, has been framed as a domestic affair; personal and private, but we need a whole-society approach.

Silence, Secrecy, and Shame: Forced to Reinvent the Wheel

The silence, secrecy and shame around gendered violence forces each new victim to reinvent the wheel, and without an indication of support domestic violence can be soul-destroying.

The silence, secrecy and shame around gendered violence forces each new victim to reinvent the wheel, and without an indication of support domestic violence can be soul-destroying.

Silence, Secrecy, and Shame: Reframing Domestic Violence

Let us not ignite a battle of the sexes. Not all men are abusive, not all abusers are men, and victims are not only women. But we must face the harsh reality of gendered violence.

Let us not ignite a battle of the sexes. Not all men are abusive, not all abusers are men, and victims are not only women. But we must face the harsh reality of gendered violence.

Night Owls Aren’t Lazy: Rethinking Sleep Variation

The 9-to-5 job is a human-constructed paradigm that goes against natural inter-individual variation in sleep patterns, yet we label night owls "lazy" for a chronotype beyond their control.

The 9-to-5 job is a human-constructed paradigm that goes against natural inter-individual variation in sleep patterns, yet we label night owls "lazy" for a chronotype beyond their control.

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March 2023
The Male Psyche

Men have long been silent and stoic about their inner lives, but there’s every reason for them to open up emotionally—and their partners are helping.

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