Dr Federica Biotti
Lecturer in Mental Health
Federica is Lecturer in Mental Health and researcher at Wolfson Institute of Population Health (WIPH), Queen Mary, University of London (UK). She completed a PhD in Psychology at City, University of London with a thesis on the cognitive mechanisms of developmental prosopagnosia. After her doctoral studies, Federica obtained a position as postdoctoral researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London to investigate the recognition of interoceptive states in autism spectrum disorder and eating disorders. Federica’s research interests are broad, including emotion recognition, face perception, and the mechanisms of interoception and how atypical interoception contributes to mental illness.
Currently, Federica leads the module Applied Research Methods for the MSc Mental Health: Psychological Therapies at WIPH, and co-leads the module Psychopathology with Dr Georgina Hosang for the BSc Psychology at Queen Mary, University of London. Federica is also Associate Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, where she teaches the module Understanding Applied Cognitive Psychology.
Alongside teaching and research, Federica is involved in EDI activity and initiatives within the Unit for Psychological Medicine at WIPH. She is one of the ambassadors and organisers of the STRIDE (Summer Training Research Initiative to support Diversity and Equality) Masters scheme.