Dr Nicolo Zarotti

Honorary Clinical Lecturer

Qualifications

BSc, MSc, PhD, ClinPsyD, CPsychol, AFBPsS, FHEA

Profile

I am an Academic and Clinical Psychologist with a special interest in the understanding and treatment of psychological difficulties in people with neurodegenerative conditions.

Career Details

I completed my undergraduate (BSc) and postgraduate (MSc) degrees in Psychology at the University of Trieste (Italy). In 2013 I joined Lancaster University to pursue a mixed methods PhD focused on emotional processing and communication in Huntington's disease.

Following this, I worked at both Lancaster University and the University of Sheffield on multiple projects aimed at developing psychological approaches for adults with neurodegenerative conditions.

After obtaining my Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (ClinPsyD) from the University of East Anglia and qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist in 2022, I joined the Department of Clinical Neuropsychology at the Manchester Centre for Clinical Neurosciences (MCCN), where I currently carry out my clinical and research activity within the Outpatient Services.

In 2023 I rejoined Lancaster University as Honorary Clinical Lecturer within the Division of Health Research (DHR).

Research Interests

My main research interest revolves around psychological and neuropsychological approaches to mental health and cognitive difficulties in people with motor neurodegenerative conditions such as Huntington's disease, Parkinson's, motor neurone disease, and multiple sclerosis. This led me to co-author the first BPS national guidance on psychological interventions for these populations.

Further research interests of mine include disorders affecting social cognition, perceived control, communication, and emotion recognition and regulation.

Minds & Movement: Psychological Guidance for People with Motor Neurodegenerative Disorders
01/09/2018 → 01/01/2021
Research

East Anglia Faculty of Psychology of Older People (FPOP) Regional Meeting
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Huntington Study Group (HSG) Annual Meeting 2021 - "Unmasking HD"
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

European Huntington's Disease Network Plenary Meeting 2021
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

British Society of Gerontology 2021 50th Anniversary Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Working psychologically with people with multiple sclerosis
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Working psychologically with people with motor neurone disease and Huntington’s disease
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Working psychologically with people with Parkinson’s
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

European Huntington’s Disease Network Plenary Meeting 2018
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Huntington Study Group (HSG) Annual Meeting 2018 - "Unlocking HD"
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Huntington Study Group (HSG) Annual Meeting 2017 - "Elevating HD"
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Huntington Study Group (HSG) Annual Meeting 2015 - "Building Our Future"
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

50@50 BSG Bursary
Fellowship awarded competitively

CME4HD Scholarship
Fellowship awarded competitively

Peter Como Scholarship
Fellowship awarded competitively

Doctoral Scholarship in Health Research
Fellowship awarded competitively

ESRC Doctoral Scholarship in Psychology
Fellowship awarded competitively

Selected Winner, Voices in Psychology 2020 Programme
Fellowship awarded competitively