Hugo’s research combines clinical & cognitive neuroscience, psychiatry, autonomic physiology & medicine, and neuroimaging in order to understand mind-brain-body interactions and their relevance to health. Within psychiatry, Hugo undertook specialised training in neuropsychiatry and works clinically for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust within the Neurodevelopment Service, which he helped set up in 2007 for the diagnostic assessment and clinical management of adults expressing neurodevelopment conditions including autism spectrum conditions, Tourette Syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Hugo’s research programme examines brain-body interactions, combining human neuroimaging with physiological monitoring and patient studies. The research addresses central autonomic control and interoception relevant to emotion. Through the Sackler Centre of Consciousness Science, the research also applies neural models of consciousness to understanding clinical disorders of mind.