About Nesta

Nesta is an innovation foundation. For us, innovation means turning bold ideas into reality and changing lives for the better. We use our expertise, skills and funding in areas where there are big challenges facing society.

Patricia Beloe

Patricia Beloe is an analyst in the healthy life team.

Before joining Nesta Patricia spent several years researching the links between high level cognition and emotional health in adolescence, where she combined behavioural and neuroscientific methods to explore interventions that might boost mental health resilience in young people.   

In her early career she worked in various roles supporting private and public sector organisations in the development and execution of public relations and communications strategies in the UK and internationally. 

She holds a PhD in Psychology and a MSc in Educational Neuroscience from Birkbeck University of London.  She also holds a BA in German and English Literature from Trinity College Dublin. 

In her free time she enjoys running on woodland trails, relaxing with a good book and trying to get things to grow in her garden.