Nicola White is a Research Fellow at UCL, currently working on several studies on prognostication within the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department.

She obtained a BSc (hons) in Psychology from Staffordshire University in 2005. After completing this, Nicola worked in Boston, USA for three years working between a care home for adults with complex needs and in a school for young adults who were transitioning to adult social services. She returned to the UK in 2009 and completed a MSc in the Foundations of Clinical Psychology at Bangor University. Whilst completing the MSc, she worked as a community support worker helping people with life limiting diseases in their homes. On finishing the MSc, Nicola worked as an Occupational Therapy Assistant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust before being appointed at UCL as a Research Associate. Nicola completed her PhD in medical decision making at UCL in 2017.