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Tim Kerr

Tim Kerr

PhD student

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Biography

PhD in Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London (2022-2026).

MSc in Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London (2019-2021).

BSc in Physiological Sciences, Newcastle University (2012).

MBBS, Newcastle University (2009-2015).

BBSRC London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Programme (LIDo) funded iCASE PhD (2022-2026).

Awarded the Henry McIlwain prize for best overall student in MSc Neuroscience (2021).

Associateship of King’s College (2021).

Research interests:

 I am a PhD student in the EDIT lab, supervised by Prof. Thalia Eley, and Prof. Oliver Robinson (Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL). My project will apply computational modelling to fear conditioning data, collected in Fear Learning and Anxiety Response (FLARe) studies, with the aim of identifying cognitive and genetic mechanisms underlying fear learning.  

Research groups:

  • The Emotional Development, Interventions and Treatment (EDIT) Lab

 

Teaching:

  • Principle’s Global Leadership Award (PGLA) – Graduate Teaching Assistant

Research

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The Emotional Development, Interventions and Treatment (EDIT) Lab

The EDIT lab is led by Prof Thalia Eley and consists of post doctoral researchers, PhD students, and both undergraduate and masters students. We study genetic and environmental influences on the development and treatment of anxiety and depression. We are based at the SGDP Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London.

Research

EDIT Lab logo 3 v.2
The Emotional Development, Interventions and Treatment (EDIT) Lab

The EDIT lab is led by Prof Thalia Eley and consists of post doctoral researchers, PhD students, and both undergraduate and masters students. We study genetic and environmental influences on the development and treatment of anxiety and depression. We are based at the SGDP Centre at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London.