Emily A. Holmes, PhD, DClinPsych, is a Professor in the Department of Women's and Children's Health at Uppsala University, where she leads the PERCEPT— Mental Imagery and Mental Health group. Trained as a clinical psychologist at Royal Holloway University of London, she also holds a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience from the University of Cambridge. She is the recipient of several awards such as the American Psychological Association and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and serves on the Board of Trustees for the MQ Foundation.

Her research focuses on intrusive memories and mental imagery that arise involuntarily after trauma, particularly following traumatic events like accidents, childbirth, war, or the COVID-19 pandemic. Her research currently involves an innovative approach to reduce these "flashbacks" through a digital and scalable imagery-competing task intervention (ICTI), which aims to reduce flashbacks and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).