• Research Fellow, School of Psychology, UNSW Sydney
• Associate Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
• Research Fellow, Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA)
• Member, Centre for Pain IMPACT, NeuRA
• Lead, Pain and Emotion Therapy Trial for Chronic Pain, NeuroRecovery Research Hub

• Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology)

Dr Nell Norman-Nott leads the Pain and Emotion Therapy Trial for Chronic Pain at the NeuroRecovery Research Hub, UNSW Sydney. She 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