Dr Nora S Vyas is an Associate
Professor in Psychology at the
Department of Psychology, Kingston
University. She joined Kingston
University in 2012, and previously
held a Senior Lecturer position at
Middlesex University. Dr Vyas
completed her PhD in psychiatry
at the Institute of Psychiatry,
Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN),
University of London in 2008.
Following her PhD, she worked at the
Child Psychiatry Branch, National
Institutes of Health (Washington DC,
USA) as a Lindemann Trust Fellow
(English-Speaking Union), preceded by
a Fulbright Distinguished Fellowship
in 2010. Dr Vyas teaches at
undergraduate and postgraduate level
in child/adolescent and adult mental
health, health psychology, and
clinical/cognitive neuroscience. Her
research focuses on using clinical,
cognitive, and imaging techniques to
study individuals with serious mental
health problems such as bipolar
disorder and schizophrenia. She
applies these skills in other fields
such as oncology and mindfulness. Her
research specialism is early-onset
psychosis, and she has published her
work widely.