Biography
Johanna Keeler is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London.
Johanna started her studies in psychology at the University of Exeter where she completed my Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 2020. Following this, Johanna joined the Centre for Research in Eating And Weight Disorders (CREW) at King's, as part of the Medical Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership in late 2020, with a project examining alterations in neuroplasticity in anorexia nervosa and treatment implications (supervised by Dr Hubertus Himmerich and Professor Janet Treasure), which was completed in 2023.
Her research interests are mainly in the neurobiology of eating disorders, using mixed methodology (e.g., neuroimaging, neuropsychological measures, blood-based markers of inflammation and neuroprotection), the phenomenology of cognitive and brain changes in people with AN, as well as the translation to novel psychotherapeutic, psychopharmacological and arts-based treatments.
Research Interests
- Psychoimmunology
- Neuropsychology
- Qualitative research
Teaching
Module lead – Health Psychology, Public Health Msc