Cathy Montgomery

Dr Cathy Montgomery is a Reader in Psychopharmacology and Head of the Institute for Health Research at Liverpool John Moores University. Dr Montgomery’s PhD research investigated the effects of the recreational drugs ecstasy, cannabis and cocaine on working memory and the fractionated model of executive functioning. Since this time, her research has developed to investigate the effects of drugs on various aspects of cognitive function and their neurophysiological, neuroendocrine and neuroelectric effects. From 2006-2019, Cathy was Honorary Secretary of the Psychobiology Section of the British Psychological Society and currently leads the Marginalised Groups sub-theme of the NIHR funded Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast.