Dr Brewer completed her PhD in Psychology at King's College, London, and is now a Psychology Lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her research investigates emotional abilities and interoception in the typical population and clinical groups, with a particular focus on eating disorders and autism spectrum disorders. Dr Brewer is currently running the INDIE Study on the development of interoceptive skills and eating behaviours across adolescence (https://theindiestudy.com).
MRC New Investigator Research Grant holder, Winner of the Experimental Psychology Society Frith Prize, and Winner of an Elsevier Prize for outstanding doctoral work