Professor Jo Wray is a senior research fellow and health psychologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London and Professor of Child Health Psychology (Cardiology, Critical Care and Transplantation) at the Institute of Cardiovascular Science, UCL. Having set up a clinical and research programme with patients undergoing cardiac surgery or cardiothoracic transplantation at Harefield Hospital in 1988, she subsequently moved to Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in 2001. Her current role includes supporting nursing and allied health researchers, supervising students and undertaking her own research. She also co-leads evaluation of proof of concept studies in the Data Research, Innovation and Virtual Environments (DRIVE) unit at GOSH, which includes evaluation of new technologies. Her current research focuses on patient and family outcomes and experience in the field of paediatric critical care and cardiorespiratory medicine and screening and early intervention to improve developmental and psychological outcomes. As an interdisciplinary researcher she is particularly interested in engagement and using innovative, creative and technological approaches to facilitate communication about health, both with those affected by specific conditions and/or treatments and the wider public.