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Professor of the Psychology of Eating Disorders, UCL

Lucy Serpell is Professor of the Psychology of Eating Disorders at UCL and Clinical Lead for Adult Eating Disorders at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. Her research interests include the neuropsychology of eating disorders and the effects of fasting in healthy individuals. Lucy completed her PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry in 2001 and her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at UCL in 2004.

Experience

  • 2013–present
    Clinical Lead for Eating Disorders, North East London NHS Foundation Trust
  • 2014–2021
    Associate professor, University College London
  • 2007–2014
    Lecturer, University College London
  • 2009–2013
    Honorary Clinical Psychologist, North East London NHS Foundation Trust

Education

  • 2004 
    University College London, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
  • 2001 
    Institute of Psychiatry, London, PhD in Clinical Psychology
  • 1993 
    University of Oxford, BSc in Psychology and Philosophy

Professional Memberships

  • Academy of Eating Disorders
  • British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies