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Kate Merritt is a Senior Research Fellow at University College London, specializing in mental health, neuroimaging, and epidemiology of applied clinical research. Her research focuses on understanding the development and treatment of psychosis and schizophrenia. Kate's work has demonstrated the significant role of the neurotransmitter glutamate in psychosis, indicating its potential as a biomarker for treatment response. Additionally, she has investigated how childhood trauma and obstetric complications can affect brain volume in areas responsible for emotions and threat processing. Her findings provide insights into how exposure to environmental risk factors may increase the likelihood of developing psychosis and how these factors influence the brain pathways implicated in the condition.