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Chloe Fawns-Ritchie is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh's School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. She holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Edinburgh (2019). Her research focuses on bidirectional relationships between cognitive function and health, particularly chronic pain, opioid prescribing, and cognitive aging. She previously worked as a psychometric testing officer at the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, a postdoctoral researcher on the Generation Scotland study, and a Psychology lecturer at the University of Dundee.
- Education: PhD in Psychology (University of Edinburgh, 2019)
- Key Roles: Course organiser for Applied Psychometrics, contributor to Psychological Research Skills
Her research interests include functional consequences of cognitive decline, such as financial management in later life, and the role of health literacy in disease outcomes. She has published extensively on topics like epigenetic biomarkers for disease prediction, mental health during the pandemic, and cognitive correlates of opioid use.
Her work integrates epidemiological methods with cognitive science to address public health challenges. She has contributed to large-scale studies like Generation Scotland and the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative, analyzing genetic and environmental factors influencing health outcomes.
