Dr Katherine Beck is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London. She has recently completed a PhD using neuroimaging methods to investigate the neurobiology of psychosis, funded by the Rosetrees Trust and Royal College of Psychiatrists.

She is an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

She has received awards from the Royal Society of Medicine, British Association of Psychopharmacology, European Council of Neuropsychopharmacology, Schizophrenia International Research Society and Royal College of Psychiatrists. Dr Beck has developed a specialised service for patients with Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia.

She is interested in the biological factors underpinning treatment resistance and has used PET and MRI methods to investigate the glutamate system in schizophrenia. She is now conducting research on novel drugs targeting this system.