Ms Caitlin Yolland

Biography

Coming from a mixed background of Bachelor of Arts (Drama)/Bachelor of Science (Psychology), I completed my Psychology Honours at Deakin University in 2015. I am currently a PhD Candidate within the Cognitive Neuropsychiatry lab at the Centre for Mental Health.  My research involves investigating the cognitive mechanisms and biological contributors to schizophrenia and pscyhosis.  I am currently working on two NHMRC projects.  The first is exploring the role of multimodal hallucinations in psychosis.  The second is the focus of my PhD, and involves using MRI scans from individuals with chronic Schizophrenia to predict cognitive outcomes, and how this may relate to oxidative stress.
I'm passionate about using my experiences and skills from the creative world to better communicate scientific outcomes and mental health research to the general population.