Cathie Porter
Trial Coordinator
Profile
Biography
Cathie is a Research Fellow (Trial Coordinator), having taken on the role in December 2025. Cathie joined the Trials Unit in May 2023, where she first served as a Trial Support Officer, contributing to the studies DIAMONDS and moreRESPECT. Prior to joining the unit, she worked as an Assistant Psychologist and Research Assistant on various mental health research projects across the private sector, other academic institutions, and the NHS.
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Sussex
- MSc, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, University of York
Research
Overview
Cathie has an interest in mental health research, in particular research relating to the delivery of online interventions.
Projects
- DIAMONDS - An RCT of the DIAMONDS Programme investigating the clinical and cost-effectiveness of the DIAMONDS intervention (diabetes self-management programme) for people with severe mental illnesses (SMI) and type 2 diabetes
- MoreRespect
Research group(s)
Publications
Selected publications
Burbach, F., Lecce, F., Allen, V. M., & Porter, C. M. (2022). A Conversational, Virtual, Avatar-Led Cognitive Behavioral Therapy App Intervention for Improving the Quality of Life and Mental Health of People With Epilepsy: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 11(11) e40261. https://www.researchprotocols.org/2022/11/e40261/
Porter, C. M., Galloghly, E., & Burbach, F. R. (2022). The effective delivery of digital CBT: a service evaluation exploring the outcomes of young people who completed video conferencing therapy in 2020. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 15. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1754470X22000216
Mc Kenny, R., Galloghly, E., Porter, C.M. & Burbach, F.R. (2021), ‘Living in a Zoom world’: Survey mapping how COVID‐19 is changing family therapy practice in the UK. Journal of Family Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-6427.12332
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