Catherine Kaylor-Hughes

Contact

• workRoom B21 Sir Colin Cambell Building
  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
  NG8 1BB
  UK
• work0115 823 2478
• catherine.kaylor-hughes@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Catherine Kaylor-Hughes studied at the University of Sussex and achieved her BSc Hons in Neuroscience in 2000. She then went on to study at Sussex for her DPhil in Neuroscience from 2000-2003, before working at the University of Sheffield from 2003-2010 as a post-doctoral researcher in the Sheffield Cognition and Neuroimaging Laboratory (SCANLab). After this she came to the University of Nottingham as a post doctoral research fellow for the CLAHRC mood disorders study.

Expertise Summary

Keywords:

Neuroscience, depression, schizophrenia, neuroimaging, neuropsychology

Research Summary

Dr Kaylor-Hughes' main area of research interest is in mental health. She is currently a research fellow and project manager for the CLAHRC Mood Disorders study. This research is investigating a… read more

Current Research

Dr Kaylor-Hughes' main area of research interest is in mental health. She is currently a research fellow and project manager for the CLAHRC Mood Disorders study. This research is investigating a model of collaborative care between psychiatry and psychotherapy to improve outcome for people with long-term unipolar depression.

Previously she has used structural and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to investigate the biology of avolition in schizophrenia and to explore complex cognitive behaviours such as lying, verbal fluency, free association and social hierarchies.