Kathryn Abel

Kathryn M. Abel FRCP FRCPsych (born 8 November 1961) is a British clinical psychiatrist, specialising clinically in resistant schizophrenia and gender-specified service developments. She is a clinical academic, professor of psychological medicine and Director of both the Centre for Women's Mental Health and the CAMHS.Digital research unit at the University of Manchester.[1][2]

She is a European Research Council Fellow and National Institutes of Health Research Senior Investigator. She is the NIHR National Lead for Mental Health Lead and a member of the Academic Faculty Executive at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She served as a member of the NICE Appraisal Committee C between 2008-2018.

Her research focusses on maternal condition, maternal early environment and how it influences brain development and later cognitive ability of offspring. She focusses on sex differences and gender-specific approaches in research and in service development. She is co-editor of a number of textbooks including 'The Female Mind' (RCPSYH 2017) and Comprehensive Women's Mental Health (Cambridge 2016).

References
  1. "Prof Kathryn Abel MA MBBS FRCP FRCPsych PhD - The University of Manchester". www.research.manchester.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  2. "Kathryn Abel". independent.co.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
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