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Our people

Learn about our researchers and their expertise. Explore research interests, publications, contact details and more.

Dr Kate Willoughby BSc, DClinPsych, CPsychol, AFBPsS

Principal Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Eating Disorders
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Children & Adolescents 
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Professor Katherine Newman-Taylor

Prof of Clinical Psychology and CBT

Research interests

  • CBT and mindfulness for psychosis
  • Attachment based interventions for psychosis
  • Recovery approaches to living well with severe mental ill-health

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Lasara Kariyawasam PhD, CPsychol

Lecturer in Psychology

Research interests

  • Cross-cultural barriers and seeking mental health support and accessing justice
  • Compassion focussed therapy
  • Adolescent mental health
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Ms Lucy Hartland-Grant

KEE Fellow (CHRP)
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Professor Lyn Ellett

Professor of Psychology & Mental Health

Research interests

  • My research interests are mainly in the area of psychosis.
  • My current work focuses on:
  • 1.    Paranoia in the general population

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Matthew Garner PhD

Prof Psychology &Affective Neuroscience

Research interests

  • Neuropsychological mechanisms and treatment targets in anxiety disorders. 
  • Psychopharmacology/experimental medicine (acute pharmacological challenge).
  • Psychophysiology (e.g. interoception, autonomic markers of emotion processing),

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Melanie Hodgkinson

Senior Teaching Fellow/Clinical Tutor
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Dr Miguel Garcia-Argibay

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Neurodevelopmental disorders
  • ADHD
  • Deep learning
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Professor Nick Maguire

Professor of Clinical Psychology
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