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Michael BloomfieldPrincipal Clinical Research Fellow,听Division of Psychiatry Dr Bloomfield's work seeks to understand the mechanisms underlying how exposure to risk factors for mental illness during childhood and adolescence alter adult brain and cognitive function to give rise to mental illnesses so that new treatment and preventative interventions can be developed.听 He has been awarded an Excellence Fellowship from 果冻影院, the British Medical Association's Margaret Temple Award for schizophrenia research, the British Association of Psychopharmaocology's BAP Award for Junior Clinical Psychopharmacologist of the Year and the Royal College of Psychiatrists Trainee of the Year award.听 In addition he has received young investigator awards from the European College of Neuropsychopharmocology, the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and major international research societies. Other research interests include Neuroscience听触 Pharmacology | | Trauma |
Elvira BramonProfessor of Neuroscience and Mental Health,听Division of Psychiatry I鈥檓 interested in biological markers of brain function and structure that can be used to characterise psychosis. In particular, I have expertise in using EEG techniques like evoked potentials and quantitative EEG and have also worked with structural imaging and cognitive biomarkers for psychosis. Other research interests include Cognition听触听Neuroscience听触 Pharmacology听触听Serious Mental Illness听触 Genomics Academic Foundation Doctor, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Dementia | Epidemiology | Neuroscience听触 听Older Adult Mental Health |
Alexandra BurtonSenior Research Fellow,听Institute of Epidemiology and听Health I currently lead on the qualitative component听of the Shaper-PND implementation trial to explore the experiences of new mothers with postnatal depression who take part in group singing sessions. I am also working on studies that explore the impact of social isolation on health and well-being听during the covid-19 pandemic. Other research interests include Dementia听触 Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Physical Health George ChapmanHonorary research fellow, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Dementia | Neuroscience | Pharmacology | Older Adult Mental Health听 |
David CurtisHonorary Professor,听Division of Biosciences Since 1990 I collaborated with Hugh Gurling at the 果冻影院 Molecular Psychiatry Lab in research aimed at identifying genes affecting risk of mental illness. Initially we carried out linkage studies of families multiply affected with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. Subsequently I have been involved in association studies and latterly studies using next generation sequencing data. Throughout this time I have also developed new statistical approaches and have written computer software to carry out genetic analyses. I am currently working on methods for detecting genetic variants affecting risk of complex diseases using large exome-sequenced datasets. Other research interests include |
Christian Dalton-LockePhD Student and Research Assistant,听Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include |
Ravi DasAssociate Professor,听Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include |
Anthony DavidProfessor of Mental Health Director & Sackler Chair, 果冻影院 Institute of Mental Health I graduated in medicine from Glasgow University in 1980 and trained in neurology before entering psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital, London.听听I also have a Masters degree in Cognitive Neuropsychology.听听I was an honorary consultant at the Maudsley from 1990-2018 and was awarded a personal chair from the Institute of Psychiatry, King鈥檚 College London in 1996. I was Vice Dean for Academic Psychiatry at the IoPPN in 2013-8. Other research interests include |
Zsofia DemjenAssociate Professor of Applied Linguistics,听IOE, 果冻影院's Faculty of Education and Society I work at the intersections of language, mind and health(care), exploring (experiences of) mental/physical illness, healthcare, and medical research through linguistic analysis. My approach is data-driven and discourse analytic, focusing on any aspect of language that stands out in a given context. I've worked specifically on metaphor, im/politeness, personal pronouns, negation, narratives and humour. Other research interests include Mood Disorders听触听Physical Health | Language |
Jen DykxhoornSenior Research Fellow,听Institute of Epidemiology and听Health Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Psychosocial | Substance Abuse听触听Children and Young People's Mental Health Academic Clinical, Fellow in Primary Care and Population Health Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Health and Social Care | Wellbeing | Trauma | Suicide and Self-harm | Digital Health | Mood Disorders | Older Adult Mental Health | Psychosocial Clinical Fellow, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences听听 听 Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Psychosocial | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Suicide and Self-harm | 听Psychological Interventions听 |
Aikaterini FotopoulouProfessor,听Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Katerina鈥檚 research aims to understand the interface between mental and somatic health and ultimately advance the treatment of related health disorders, including听unawareness following stroke, functional motor and eating disorders. Katerina has published around 100 papers (see below for full list) and edited the volume Fotopoulou, A. Conway, M.A. Pfaff, D. From the Couch to the Lab: Trends in听Psychodynamic Neuroscience.听Oxford University Press, 2012. Her grant鈥檚 portfolio totals approximately 4.2 million EUR, including two ERC grants. Other research interests include Neuroscience |听Physical Health | Cognition听触听Children and Young People's Mental Health PhD Candidate, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences听听 听听 听 Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health听触听Epidemiology | Older Adult Mental Health听触 Trauma | Wellbeing听 PhD Research Student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Neuroscience | Psychosocial | Cognition听 |
James GilleenSenior Lecturer,听Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Pharmacology | Psychological Interventions | Neuroscience |听Wellbeing |听Cognition听触听Children and Young People's Mental Health Honorary Senior Research Fellow,听Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Global Mental Health | Suicide and Self-harm | Mood Disorders | Ethics and law / Co-production听 |
Sergi Costafreda GonzalezAssociate Professor,听Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Dementia | Cognition听触 Mood Disorders | Older Adult Mental Health Jason Grant-RowlesAdvisory Board member, Institute of Mental Health Other research interests include Health and Social Care | Substance abuse | Trauma | Global Mental Health听 |
Lisa Marie GruenwaldClinical Trial Manager and PhD Student,听Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Psychological Interventions听触听Pharmacology听触听Psychosocial听触听Physical Health |
Zo毛 HaimePhD Student,听Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Cognition | Pharmacology | Psychological Interventions | Eating Disorders |
Joseph HayesPrincipal Research Fellow,听Division of Psychiatry Research areas: Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Epidemiology听触听Pharmacology | Physical Health |
Ambrose Dominic HoganLecturer in Education,听IOE, 果冻影院's Faculty of Education and Society Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health听触 Psychosocial | Boundary between normal school teaching and clinical practices Georgie HudsonPhD Student,听Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Trauma | Psychological Interventions |
Karishma JivrajLecturer, Institute of Education Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Pharmacology |
Sonia JohnsonProfessor of Social and Community Psychiatry,听Division of Psychiatry My main interests are in the clinical and social needs and the treatment outcomes of people with significant mental health problems such as psychosis and bipolar disorder. The areas in which I've worked most have been acute care and early psychosis. I have had a major role in several studies of crisis services, including evaluations of crisis resolution teams and of alternatives to standard inpatient care. My clinical work is as consultant psychiatrist in the Camden and Islington Early Intervention Service for psychosis. Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health听触 Epidemiology | Psychosocial听触 Applied clinical research (development and testing of interventions) Garrett KiddResearch Assistant,听Division of Psychiatry听听 听 Other research interests include Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Health and Social Care | Mood Disorders | Older Adult Mental Health | Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Substance abuse | Suicide and Self-harm | Trauma | Wellbeing |
Helen Killaspy听Professor of Rehabilitation Psychiatry,听Division of Psychiatry Helen Killaspy is Professor and Honorary Consultant in Rehabilitation Psychiatry. Her research focuses on services and interventions for people with complex mental health problems. Other research interests include Health Services Research |
James KirkbrideReader in Epidemiology,听Division of Psychiatry My lab,听PsyLife听(), aims to investigate听the social determinants of psychosis at multiple levels of causation across the life course.听I am听particularly interested in understanding how our social, built and physical environments can affect the risk of psychosis, and why migrants and their descendants show elevated rates of psychotic disorder. This research is explored through听series of multilevel and longitudinal epidemiological investigations. Our research currently includes听two large, epidemiological studies of first episode psychosis: the Social Epidemiology of Psychoses in East Anglia study [SEPEA] () and the Cambridgeshire centre of the EUropean network of schizophrenia networks studying Gene-Environment Interactions [EU-GEI] (). Future research projects will focus on Swedish linked longitudinal datasets, the UK ALSPAC birth cohort and a Canadian cohort of young people (NLSCY). My past research has been predominantly conducted in the AESOP and East London First Episode Psychosis studies.听 Other research interests include Epidemiology听触 Global Mental Health | Psychosocial | Psychosis |
Danielle LambSenior Research Fellow,听Institute of Epidemiology & Health Danielle is currently a senior research fellow in the NIHR ARC (North Thames).听Her work focuses on using mixed methods to evaluate the implementation of complex health services and interventions.听 Her previous work focussed on mental health services and interventions, particularly acute mental health services such as Crisis Resolution Teams and Acute Day Units.听 Other research interests include Physical Health听触听Psychological Interventions听触听Wellbeing听触 Occupational Psychology |
Naomi LaundersPhD Student,听Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Substance Abuse | Physical Health |
Maria LongTrial Manager (NHS) and PhD student,听Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Epidemiology听触 Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Physical Health | Wellbeing |听Cognition |
Rosalind McAlpinePhD Student,听Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Pharmacology | Mood Disorders| Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Substance Abuse |听Wellbeing Nigel McKenzie听Research Associate, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Suicide and Self-harm | Epidemiology听触 Substance abuse |
Andrew McQuillinProfessor,听Division of Psychiatry Research in the Molecular Psychiatry laboratory has centred on the use of genetics to develop an understanding of the abnormal neurobiology that increases the risk of developing schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, ADHD and alcoholism. Other research interests include |
Kate MerrittResearch Fellow,听Division of Psychiatry My research interest is neuroimaging biomarkers of schizophrenia and psychosis. My previous work examined 1H-MRS measures of glutamate in the brain, and their relationship with treatment response in schizophrenia. My current work characterises the neurodevelopmental trajectories of psychotic experiences, and how social risk factors impact brain development to cause psychotic experiences. Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Pharmacology | Neuroscience |
Nicola MorantAssociate Professor,听Division of Psychiatry I am an Associate Professor in the Division of Psychiatry, and a specialist in qualitative research methods in mental health.听听I work across numerous research projects, leading qualitative work streams that aim broadly to explore and understand the experiences and perspectives of stakeholders (particularly service users) in mental health, and to bring these insights into treatment and service development.听听 Other research interests include |
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Digital Health | Mood Disorders | Psychological Interventions |
Sami Omar AmawiCore trainee in psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include |
David OsbornProfessor of Psychiatric Epidemiology,听Division of Psychiatry David's听main research听interests are the interface between physical and mental health, psychiatric epidemiology and the provision of effective and safe interventions for people with severe mental illnesses including psychosis.听He has published related work over the last 20 years in journals such as The British Medical Journal, British Journal of Psychiatry and Archives of General Psychiatry/JAMA Psychiatry. Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Pharmacology | Physical Health |听Epidemiology |
Steven PapachristouLecturer in Psychology,听Department听of Psychology and听Human Development Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Pharmacology | Cognition听触听Children and Young People's Mental Health |
Rachel PearsonResearch Assistant,听Great Ormond Street听Institute of Child Health I am currently working on a research project which will utilise linked family courts and healthcare data to examine women who become involved in care proceedings and have children placed into out-of-home care. In particular, we aim to identify opportunities for greater input in a healthcare setting to improve the health and wellbeing of mothers involved in recurrent care proceedings and to reduce child maltreatment. Other research interests include Epidemiology | Substance Abuse | Physical Health | Family Justice System 听Headquarters Administrator, UK Dementia Research Insitute Other research interests include Dementia | Neuroscience | Trauma | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychological Interventions听 Honorary Research Fellow, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include |
Jonathan RogersWellcome Trust Clinical PhD Fellow,听Division of Psychiatry Jonathan Rogers is a researcher in the 果冻影院 Division of Psychiatry specialising in neuropsychiatric disorders, and particularly catatonia. His current research involves investigating the neurobiology of catatonia using epidemiological, neuroimmunological and neuroimaging techniques.听He is also interested in psychopharmacology and the psychiatry of COVID-19.听 Other research interests include |
Natalie ShohamClinical Fellow,听Division of Psychiatry I am looking at how visual impairment and psychosis are associated, using large datasets, for my PhD. Other research interests include Epidemiology | Physical Health 听Research Assistant, Division of Psychology and Language听 Other research interests include Serious Mental Illness | Psychological Interventions |听Digital Health |
Ramya SrinivasanWellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,听Division of Psychiatry I am a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow and ST6 in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. I am interested in adolescent mental health, neurodevelopmental disorders and how childhood mental health is related to adult mental health. My PhD focusses on childhood irritability and adolescent depression.听 Other research interests include Epidemiology | Psychosocial听触听Children and Young People's Mental Health |
Jean StaffordPostdoctoral Research Fellow, Division of Psychiatry My research is broadly focused on dementia and the mental health of older people. In my PhD, I investigated the incidence of very late-onset psychotic disorders in Swedish register, while during my postdoctoral fellowship I examined associations between psychiatric disorders and subsequent dementia. Other research interests include |
Thomas Steare果冻影院 Wellcome PhD Student in Mental Health Science,听Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include Psychosocial |听Epidemiology听触听Children and Young People's Mental Health听触听Mental Health Services |
Sahra TekinPhD Student,听Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Global Mental Health | Wellbeing |
Baihan WangPhD Student,听Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Senior Researcher at National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (Collaboration between Royal College of Psychiatrists and 果冻影院),听Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Mood Disorders |听Suicide and Self-harm | Trauma | Psychological Interventions听 |
Andrew WatsonHonorary Clinical Lecture, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Cognition听|Trauma | Psychological Interventions | Digital Health听 |
Kaja WiduchData Manager,听Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Global Mental Health | Psychosocial | Children and Young People's Mental Health听触 Wellbeing | Psychiatric Research |
Justin Christopher YangResearch Fellow,听Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Substance Abuse |听Epidemiology | Mood Disorders | Pharmacology |
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