Dr Cristina Martinelli

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Cristina Martinelli
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About

I obtained my PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (King's College London) in 2016. My thesis focused on the mechanisms underlying aberrant processing of salience in schizophrenia. Subsequently, I was awarded a NIHR-BRC Bridging Award Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to investigate the neural correlates of value processing in schizophrenia. My current research focuses on the investigation of the neuro-cognitive mechanisms that go awry in psychopathology, with a particular emphasis on schizophrenia and eating disorders. In 2008, I obtained the eligibility to practice as a Clinical Psychologist in my home country. Since 2023 I am on the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a registered Clinical Psychologist in the UK. 

Academic responsibilities

Senior Lecturer

Qualifications

  • BSc (Hons) (Distinction Cum Laude) in Psychology (clinical route), LUMSA University, Rome
  • MSc (Distinction Cum Laude) in Clinical Psychology, LUMSA University, Rome
  • Eligibility to practice as a Clinical Psychologist, La Sapienza, Rome
  • MSc (Distinction ) in Mental Health and Clinical Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton
  • PhD in Psychosis Studies, King's College London
  • Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy

Teaching and learning

£1000 Student Consultancy Project "The use of Instagram to promote engagement in Psychology students'

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Undergraduate courses taught

Postgraduate courses taught

Research

Please contact me if you are interested in applying for a PhD in eating disorders or eating behaviour in the general population. Some of my current projects include:

- Sleep and disordered eating in clinical and non-clinical groups

- Cognitive biases in eating disorders and orthorexia nervosa.

- The role of interoception in the development of binge eating and disordered eating in the community

- The role of social punishment in the development and maintenance of eating disorders

Funding:

£9,950.78 British Academy/Leverhulme SRG - project title: "Disordered Eating and Sleep in Adolescents at Risk for an Eating Disorder'.

£3000 CResCID grant, Kingston University- project title: "The investigation of sleep and eating patterns in individuals with sub-clinical binge eating: a pilot study"

£3,000 QR Funds Scheme, Kingston University- project title: 'Group based conspiracy theories about COVID-19 in ethnic minorities in the UK

£2,785 CResCID grant, Kingston University- project title: 'The effects of social rejection on sense of agency and cognitive control dysregulation in clinical and subclinical anorexia nervosa'

£9,961 1st Grant Scheme, Kingston University- project title: 'Sensing your body when overating: interoception and disordered eating in the general population'  

NIHR-BRC 1 year Postdoctoral Bridging Award Fellowship at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London   

NIHR-BRC 3+1 PhD Studentship at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London 

One year research bursary at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, National Research Council, Rome, Italy

Research student supervision

Main supervision

Other supervision

Publications

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Article

, Chami, Rayane and Reid, Sam (2023) Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 55(1), pp. 14-22. ISSN (print) 0008-400X

Rigoli, Francesco and (2022) Current Psychology, ISSN (print) 1046-1310 (Epub Ahead of Print)

Rigoli, Francesco, and Pezzulo, Giovanni (2021) Clinical Psychological Science, 9(6), pp. 1021-1034. ISSN (print) 2167-7026

Rigoli, Francesco and (2021) Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, 21, pp. 269-277. ISSN (print) 1530-7026

Rigoli, Francesco, and Pezzulo, Giovanni (2021) Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 26(6), pp. 408-420. ISSN (print) 1354-6805

Rigoli, Francesco, and Shergill, Sukhwinder S (2019) NeuroImage, 202, p. 116079. ISSN (print) 1053-8119

, Rigoli, Francesco, Averbeck, Bruno and Shergill, Sukhwinder S. (2018) Schizophrenia Research, 192, pp. 287-293. ISSN (print) 0920-9964

, Rigoli, Francesco, Dolan, Ray J. and Shergill, Sukhwinder S. (2018) Psychiatry Research, 259, pp. 295-301. ISSN (print) 0165-1781

, Rigoli, Francesco and Shergill, Sukhwinder S. (2017) Schizophrenia Bulletin, 43(2), pp. 417-424. ISSN (print) 0586-7614

Rigoli, Francesco, Friston, Karl J, , Selakovic, Mirjana, Shergill, Sukhwinder S and Dolan, Raymond J (2016) eLife, 5, e16127. ISSN (online) 2050-084X

and Shergill, Sukhwinder S. (2015) Schizophrenia Research, 166(1-3), pp. 328-333. ISSN (print) 0920-9964

and Shergill, Sukhwinder S. (2015) BJPsych Advances, 21(4), pp. 251-260. ISSN (print) 2056-4678

, Cavanagh, Kate and Dudley, Robert E.J. (2013) Behavior Therapy, 44(3), pp. 385-394. ISSN (print) 0005-7894

Pagani, Camilla, Robustelli, Francesco and (2011) Intercultural Education, 22(4), pp. 337-349. ISSN (print) 1467-5986

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Professional practice, knowledge exchange and impact

Qualified a Clinical Psychologist in Italy.Worked in the NHS as a Clinical Psychologist in adaptation period. HCPC registered Clinical Psychologist. 

Leadership and management

University responsibilities

  • NSS Champion
  • Student Engagement Officer
  • Faculty Safeguarding Officer
  • Kingston Academic Practice Standards (KAPS) Assessor