• Lead of the Chronic Pain and Mental Health Program
• Research Fellow, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney & Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)
• Associate Lecturer, UNSW Sydney

• Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology)

Dr Nell Norman-Nott leads the Pain and Mental Health Program which focuses on improving how chronic pain is understood and treated through evidence-based psychological approaches. This includes Pain and Emotion Therapy (PaET), which supports people living with chronic pain to manage distress, regulate emotions, and improve quality of life. Nell holds joint roles as Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer at UNSW and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) and is a member of the Centre for Pain IMPACT at NeuRA.

Her research integrates emerging insights into the brain’s pathophysiological alterations associated with chronic pain to inform the development of innovative, scalable psychological interventions. She is the developer of Pain and Emotion Therapy, an internet-delivered treatment grounded in dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), designed to address emotion dysregulation and its interaction with persistent pain. Following successful evaluation in a randomised controlled trial, she is now leading a large-scale national trial to further refine, evaluate, and implement Pain and Emotion Therapy within routine clinical practice.

Prior to transitioning into research and psychology, Dr Norman-Nott spent 15 years in the corporate sector, specialising in strategic program development and implementation within global technology companies including LinkedIn, Microsoft, and Yahoo. She now combines her expertise in technology, implementation science, and psychology to develop evidence-based eHealth interventions that enhance accessibility, scalability, and effectiveness of chronic pain treatment, with the goal of improving long-term patient outcomes.

• eHealth Interventions for Chronic Pain
• Pain and Emotion Regulation
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)-Informed Treatments
• Brain-Based Mechanisms of Chronic Pain
• Digital Mental Health Implementation
• Clinical Trials and Translation