Catherine Haslam
Program
Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being
Appointment
Associate
Institution
University of Exeter
Country
United Kingdom 
Catherine Haslam is an Associate Professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Exeter. She trained in Australia, obtaining a BSc in Psychology from the University of New South Wales, MClinPsy from Macquarie University and PhD from The Australian National University.
Catherine’s research focuses on the cognitive and social consequences of trauma and disease in neurological populations. Her work not only addresses questions about the integrity of cognitive ability, notably memory, but also the impact of their loss on personal and social identity. Drawing on social identity theorising, the latter work has led to development and evaluation of social group interventions that aim to maintain and enhance the health and well-being of people with acquired brain injury and dementia. This line of research has been instrumental in development of the social identity approach to health, as introduced in a special issue on Social Identity, Health and Well-being in the journal Applied Psychology: An International Review (2009, Vol. 58) and in The Social Cure: Identity, health and Well-being (2011, Psychology Press), a volume that she co-edited with Jolanda Jetten and Alex Haslam.
Catherine’s work is widely published in neuropsychological, health, aging and rehabilitation journals and has been supported by research council and health charity funding. She is currently extending her identity-based intervention research through exploration of multiple identities, as a form of social capital, social identity continuity, and social group influence on health outcomes in clinical and aging populations.
More information about her work can be found at:
Dr Catherine Haslam at the University of Exeter (Opens in a new window)
Catherine’s research focuses on the cognitive and social consequences of trauma and disease in neurological populations. Her work not only addresses questions about the integrity of cognitive ability, notably memory, but also the impact of their loss on personal and social identity. Drawing on social identity theorising, the latter work has led to development and evaluation of social group interventions that aim to maintain and enhance the health and well-being of people with acquired brain injury and dementia. This line of research has been instrumental in development of the social identity approach to health, as introduced in a special issue on Social Identity, Health and Well-being in the journal Applied Psychology: An International Review (2009, Vol. 58) and in The Social Cure: Identity, health and Well-being (2011, Psychology Press), a volume that she co-edited with Jolanda Jetten and Alex Haslam.
Catherine’s work is widely published in neuropsychological, health, aging and rehabilitation journals and has been supported by research council and health charity funding. She is currently extending her identity-based intervention research through exploration of multiple identities, as a form of social capital, social identity continuity, and social group influence on health outcomes in clinical and aging populations.
More information about her work can be found at:
Dr Catherine Haslam at the University of Exeter (Opens in a new window)