Caitlin is an NIHR Maudsley BRC PhD student investigating neuroinflammatory biomarkers in depression. She works on the CODA Study, focusing on the MRI component where participants with depression unresponsive to two courses of antidepressants and living in larger bodies undergo brain scans before and after minocycline adjuvant treatment.

She completed her undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences (Joint Honours in Biology and Chemistry) at Durham University, and later achieved a First in her MSc Psychiatric Research at King's College London, where she focussed on translational research and treatment-resistant depression. She joined the SPI Lab during her master's degree as an honorary research assistant on the ATP study and completed her dissertation project within BIODEP.

Professionally, she spent two years in clinical trial management at an international clinical research operations firm. Aiming to understand the lifecycle and participant experience of clinical research, she spent two years in a local NHS R&D team, delivering patient-facing research in a feasibility study of EMDR for FND.

She has been a PharmaTimes Clinical Researcher finalist, and is passionate about advancing mental health research for patients through PPIE, multidisciplinary collaboration and innovative trial methodology.