Dr Amy Lynham

Health and Care Research Wales Faculty award:

Award: Health and Care Research Wales Advanced Fellowship award (2024 - 2027)

Project title: Cardiff ONline Cognitive Assessment (CONCA): An online tool for clinical monitoring of cognition in patients with psychosis     

Biography

Dr Amy Lynham is a Research Fellow at the National Centre for Mental Health (NCMH) at Cardiff University. Her research investigates how cognitive functions are impacted in patients with a history of mental health problems. She has a special interest in how health technologies can be used to support delivery of clinical care in psychiatric services.

She completed her PhD at Cardiff University where she developed “CONCA”, a web-based assessment of memory and concentration for use in psychiatric research. In her current fellowship, she leads on the development of a clinical version of CONCA, working with patient representatives and clinicians to create a tool that will support the assessment of patients with psychosis in the clinic. 

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