Professor Kate Hoy (she/her) is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and head of Cognitive Therapeutics at the Bionics Institute.

Professor Hoy is a leading clinical researcher and has been awarded three sequential NHMRC Fellowships; an NHMRC excellence award (Top Ranked CDF); and a 2017 Victorian Telstra Business Women's Award. Her vision is to transform the existing therapeutic landscape for cognitive disorders by developing, for the first time, truly effective therapies.

Over the last 15 years, Professor Hoy has built an internationally unique program of clinical research investigating non-invasive brain stimulation for the treatment of cognitive impairment. Her research has investigated novel therapeutic targets for cognitive impairment in disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, mild cognitive impairment, Huntington's disease, head injury, and schizophrenia. Building on this work, she has led a number of world-first brain stimulation clinical trials, including trials for the treatment and prevention of dementia.

Prof Hoy's depth and breadth of experience in the field of non-invasive brain stimulation is largely unparalleled, having worked with a variety of stimulation methods, diverse patient populations, and a wide range of research methodologies. Professor Hoy's reputation as a leading clinical brain stimulation researcher is internationally recognised. She has received over $22M in funding to date (including as an Investigator on a $12M clinical trial network) and has published over 125 scientific journal articles. Professor Hoy is on the editorial board of Cortex and is the immediate past president of the Australasian Brain Stimulation Society.

She is also a passionate and active science advocate and mentor, particularly around issues of equity, diversity and inclusion and career sustainability. Professor Hoy has mentored extensively, including into the ATSE Industry Mentoring Network, the NHMRC Dementia Fellows Sponsorship Program, the Global STEM Alliance initiative 1000 girls, 1000 futures, and the Monash Business School's Your Leadership Voice program. Professor Hoy also worked with the Australian Academy of Science for over a decade on several national diversity and inclusion initiatives.

In 2016 she founded the WomeninBrainStim.com initiative, a database website highlighting female scientists in the brain stimulation field for conference organisers, journal editors and research institutions. Her initiative has had a positive impact in addressing the extreme gender imbalances at international brain stimulation conferences, highlighted in Science Careers (2019) and eLIFE (2021)

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