Kali Barawi
Research student,
- bawarik1@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8430
- 2.01 - Desk 62, Hadyn Ellis Building, Maindy Road, Cardiff, CF24 4HQ
Overview
Kali Barawi is currently completing her PhD in the field of Medicine. Her main interests are in the field of traumatic stress and is conducting the first Randomized Control Trial for Military veterans with treatment resistant Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) called Motion assisted Memory Desensitization and Reconsolidation (3MDR).
Kali works within the Traumatic Stress Research Group, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences, with the supervision and guidance of Professor Jonathan I Bisson and Dr Catrin Lewis.
On completion of her BSc and MSc, Kali worked at Cardiff University Brain Imaging Centre (CUBRC) with Prof David Linden and Dr Stephanie Linden, on Neurofeedback for Depression (which is a type of biofeedback that uses real-time displays of brain activity—most commonly electroencephalography<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroencephalography> (EEG), to teach self-regulation of brain function) and with patients with genetic changes called 'Copy Number Variants' (CNVs) which can cause neurological and psychiatric difficulties, such as autism, ADHD, anxiety disorder or schizophrenia.
Kali has extensive experience working in different hospital settings with varied patients groups, such as psychopathy, personality disorder, Autism, neurodegenerative and Traumatic Brain Imagery. She continues to pursue a career within clinical research and aims to further her understanding of evidence based practice within the field of Traumatic stress.
Publications
2020
- Astill Wright, L.et al. 2020. Disturbed sleep connects symptoms of PTSD and somatisation: a network analysis approach. Journal of Traumatic Stress (10.1002/jts.22619)
- Bisson, J. I.et al. 2020. Randomised controlled trial of multi-modular motion-assisted memory desensitization and reconsolidation (3MDR) for male military veterans with treatment-resistant post-traumatic stress disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 142(2), pp. 141-151. (10.1111/acps.13200)
- Barawi, K. S.et al. 2020. A systematic review of factors associated with outcome of psychological treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 11(1), article number: 1774240. (10.1080/20008198.2020.1774240)
- Astill Wright, L.et al. 2020. The REconsolidaTion Using RewiNd Study (RETURN): trial protocol. European Journal of Psychotraumatology
2019
- Simon, N.et al. 2019. Acceptability of internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (i-CBT) for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD): a systematic review. European Journal of Psychotraumatology 10(1), article number: 1646092. (10.1080/20008198.2019.1646092)
- Koelewijn, L.et al. 2019. Oscillatory hyperactivity and hyperconnectivity in young APOE-ɛ4 carriers and hypoconnectivity in Alzheimer's disease. eLife 8, article number: e36011. (10.7554/eLife.36011)
2018
- Mehler, D. M. A.et al. 2018. Targeting the affective brain - a randomized controlled trial of real-time fMRI neurofeedback in patients with depression. Neuropsychopharmacology 43, pp. 2578-2585. (10.1038/s41386-018-0126-5)
2016
- Habes, I.et al. 2016. fMRI neurofeedback of higher visual areas and perceptual biases. Neuropsychologia 85, pp. 208-215. (10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.03.031)
2013
- Saunders, J., Barawi, K. and McHugh, L. 2013. Mindfulness increases recall of self-threatening information'. Consciousness and Cognition 22(4), pp. 1375-1383. (10.1016/j.concog.2013.09.001)