Kate Tchanturia#
| Membership Number: | 5784 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/kate.tchanturia.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-8988-3265 |
| Twitter: | @KateTchanturia |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2018 - present Professor in Psychology of Eating Disorders, King’s College London, University of London, UK.
- 2006 - present Consultant (lead) Psychologist for National Eating Disorder Service South London and Maudsley NHS foundation Trust
- 2012 - 2018 Reader in Psychology of Eating Disorders King's College London
- 2008 - 2012 Senior Lecturer Women’s mental health module leader King’s College London
- 2004 - 2008 Lecturer in Mental Health Studies and Eating Disorders; Institute of Psychiatry King’s College, London
- 1998 - 2004 Clinical Research Psychologist, Eating Disorders Unit; Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London
- 1995 - 1998 Associate Professor in Clinical and Experimental Psychology, Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
- 1988 - 1998 Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Outpatient Department, Institute of Psychiatry Tbilisi (Since 1994 - 1998)
- 1987 - 1988 Labyrinth NGO dedicated to Psychological Help for Children, Tbilisi, Georgia
- 1982 - 1994 Clinical Psychologist, City Psychiatric Hospital and Institute of Psychiatry, Tbilisi, Georgia
Fields of Scholarship
- Emotion regulation
- Autism in women
- Eating disorders
- Clinical psychology
- Women's mental health
- Neuropsychology
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Distinguished Contribution Award, British Psychological Society, Clinical Practice board
- 2020 Research Leadership award, Academy of Eating Disorders
- 2015 Fellow of Higher education Academy (UK)
- 2014 Fellow of British Psychological Society
- 2014 Fellow of Academy of Eating Disorders (international)
- 2013 Best supervisor of the year (King's College London)
- 2009 Teaching innovation award (King's College London)
