Alex is a Lecturer in Mental Health in the Department of Psychology at the University of York. She was previously a postdoctoral researcher in the Neuroscience and Mental Health Group at University College London, mentored by Professor Oliver Robinson, where she used computational modelling and neuroimaging to understand the mechanisms underlying anxiety. She completed her DPhil in Psychiatry at the University of Oxford, focusing on eating disorders and compulsivity, and has an MSc in Neuroscience and a BA in Psychology and Philosophy. She is interested in exploring cognition (such as learning and decision-making) and how it may differ in those who experience mental illness. Her interests include eating disorders, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, computational psychiatry, intolerance of uncertainty, compulsivity, catastrophising, and cognitive neuroscience
