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cathy.creswell@psych.ox.ac.uk


Amy Harlow
amy.harlow@psych.ox.ac.uk

Cathy Creswell

Paul Foundation Professor of Developmental Clinical Psychology

  • Director, Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research
  • NIHR Senior Investigator
  • Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
  • Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist (Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust)
  • Theme lead: Oxford and the Thames Valley NIHR ARC, Mental Health across the Lifespan
  • Theme lead: Oxford Health NIHR BRC, Mental Health in Development
  • Associate Head for Research, Department of Experimental Psychology

My research mainly focuses on the development, maintenance, prevention and treatment of anxiety disorders in children and young people. Within the Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research I jointly lead The Oxford Psychological Interventions for Children  (TOPIC) research group which applies a broad range of methods (including experimental, longitudinal, clinical trial and qualitative methods and systematic reviews)  with children and families in both community and clinical settings, with the ultimate aim of improving access to and outcomes from psychological treatments for these common conditions.

I am committed to increasing research capacity in clinical psychology and child and adolescent mental health and to meaningful involvement of families throughout our research programmes.