I am a Senior Research Associate working in Academic Psychiatry (IoN), Campus for Ageing and Vitality. My main research interests are applied and experimental neuropsychology, specifically neuropsychological impairment in psychiatric illness and its biological underpinnings.
Research Interests
Neurocognitive impairment in mood disorders
Emotional processing in mood disorders
Current Work
MRC Life-Long Health and Wellbeing project:
- “The development and evaluation of a monitoring device to objectively assess functional and psychosocial impairment in older-age adults with major depression”.
MRC CFS/ME Strategic Call:
- “Understanding the pathogenesis of autonomic dysfunction in chronic fatigue syndrome and its relationship with cognitive impairment”.
MRC Experimental Medicine for Mental Health:
- “Randomised trial of Blood pressure Rapid Intensive Lowering And Normal Treatment for Mood and Cognition in Persistent Depression (BRILiANT Mood Study)”.
Undergraduate Teaching
Student dissertation supervision [BSc in Biomedical Sciences]
Student dissertation supervision [BSc in Psychology]
Postgraduate Teaching
Cognitive Neuroscience module [MRes in Medical and Molecular Biosciences]
MRes, MPhil, PhD project supervision