Neuroscience
Agatha Alves AnetPhD Student,ÌýInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include CognitionÌý´¥ÌýGlobal Mental Health | Mood DisordersÌý´¥ÌýWellbeing |
Humma AndleebPhD student,ÌýInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Wellbeing | PsychosocialÌý´¥ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental Health |
Sarah AshleyPhD student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Epidemiology | Psychosocial | Mood DisordersÌý´¥ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental Health |
Dan BangSir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology I study how humans build mental models of the world for behavioural control, with a focus on social behaviour. Social interaction is remarkably complex: an action that is rewarded in one context may be punished in another, and what we think or feel may clash with the behaviour that is required of us. I seek to understand how humans solve such problems, using behavioural testing, computational modelling and neuroimaging. These techniques allow me to characterise the cognitive processes underlying behaviour and study their implementation in the brain. A biologically-informed account of human social behaviour is important for advancing our understanding of disorders of mental health. Many mental disorders are social in nature – they manifest in interactions between people – but we lack a mechanistic explanation of what has gone awry. Other research interests include CognitionÌý´¥ÌýMood DisordersÌý´¥ÌýPsychosocialÌý| Neuromodulation |
Daniel BendorAssociate Professor,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences |
James BisbyLecturer,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry Other research interests include |
Michael BloomfieldPrincipal Clinical Research Fellow,ÌýDivision 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.Ìý He has been awarded an Excellence Fellowship from °×С½ãÂÛ̳, 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.Ìý 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 Serious Mental Illness | Pharmacology | | Trauma Henrietta Bowden-JonesÌýConsultant Psychiatrist in Behavioural Addictions,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Digital Health | Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Neuroscience | Substance abuse | Behavioural addictions |
Elvira BramonProfessor of Neuroscience and Mental Health,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry I’m 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 CognitionÌý´¥ÌýPharmacologyÌý´¥ÌýSerious Mental IllnessÌý| Genomics Academic Foundation Doctor, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Dementia | Epidemiology | Serious Mental Illness | Older Adult Mental Health |
Marc Aurel BuscheProgramme Leader at the UK DRI and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Queen Square,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include Dementia | Older Adult Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognition Dorina CadarÌýÌý ÌýÌýSenior Research Fellow, Institute of Epidemiology & Health CognitionÌý Other research interests include Dementia | Epidemiology | Psychosocial Ìý |
Christina CarlisiPostdoctoral Research Fellow,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences I am a Wellcome Trust Sir Henry Wellcome research fellow in theÌýÌýat °×С½ãÂÛ̳. Through my fellowship, I am also affiliated with theÌýÌýat Duke University. My current research uses computational methods (e.g. computational modelling, psychophysics) to examine affective processing. I am interested in how individual differences in diverse factors such as early life experiences and neurobiological mechanisms give rise to (or protect us from) the development of mental health problems and am particularly interested in developing more sensitive measures of individual differences to study how behavioural traits such as anxiety and conduct problems develop across childhood and adolescence. Other research interests include Epidemiology | Mood DisordersÌý´¥ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognition George ChapmanHonorary research fellow, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Dementia | Pharmacology | Older Adult Mental Health | Serious Mental Illness |
James J CoxAssociate Professor,ÌýDivision of Medicine |
David CurtisHonorary Professor,ÌýDivision of Biosciences Since 1990 I collaborated with Hugh Gurling at the °×С½ãÂÛ̳ 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 |
Ravi DasAssociate Professor,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Pharmacology |Ìý | Serious Mental Illness |ÌýSubstance Abuse |
Anthony DavidProfessor of Mental Health Director & Sackler Chair, °×С½ãÂÛ̳ 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.ÌýÌýI also have a Masters degree in Cognitive Neuropsychology.ÌýÌýI was an honorary consultant at the Maudsley from 1990-2018 and was awarded a personal chair from the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London in 1996. I was Vice Dean for Academic Psychiatry at the IoPPN in 2013-8. Other research interests include Serious Mental Illness |ÌýCognitionÌý´¥ÌýEpidemiology | Physical Health |
ÌýPhD student in mental health science (°×С½ãÂÛ̳-Wellcome programme), Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Cognition | EpidemiologyÌý´¥ÌýPsychological Interventions |
Stephen FlemingSir Henry Dale Fellow,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Dementia |ÌýMood Disorders |ÌýPsychological InterventionsÌý´¥ÌýCognition |
Aikaterini FotopoulouProfessor,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences Katerina’s research aims to understand the interface between mental and somatic health and ultimately advance the treatment of related health disorders, includingÌýunawareness 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 inÌýPsychodynamic Neuroscience.ÌýOxford University Press, 2012. Her grant’s portfolio totals approximately 4.2 million EUR, including two ERC grants. Other research interests include Physical Health | Serious Mental IllnessÌý´¥ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognition Ìý PhD Research Student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Psychosocial | Cognition | Serious Mental Illness |
Sabina FunkResearch Associate,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include CognitionÌý´¥ÌýDementia | Global Mental HealthÌý|ÌýMood Disorders |ÌýOlder Adult Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýPsychological InterventionsÌý| Wellbeing |
Anne GaulePhD Student,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry Other research interests include Psychosocial | WellbeingÌý´¥ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognition |
Eriko GavinioPhD Student and Clinical Psychologist,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognition | Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Wellbeing |
James GilleenSenior Lecturer,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry Other research interests include Pharmacology | Psychological Interventions |ÌýWellbeing |ÌýSerious Mental IllnessÌý´¥ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognition |
Laura GroverResearch Assistant,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include Older Adult Mental Health | Mood Disorders | Epidemiology |ÌýDementia Antonia HamiltonProfessor of Social Neuroscience,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Neuroscience |ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental Health Lasana HarrisProfessor of Social Neuroscience,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | NeuroscienceÌý| Stigma |
Tobias HauserPrinciple Research Fellow,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognitionÌý| Digital Health |ÌýPharmacology SpR / Academic Clinical Fellow, Division of PsychiatryÌýÌý Ìý Other research interests include |
Samuel HewittPhD Student,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognitionÌý´¥ÌýMood Disorders |
Aaron KandolaPhD Candidate,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry Other research interests include Mood Disorders |ÌýPhysical Health | WellbeingÌý´¥ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýEpidemiology Sunjeev KambojProfessor of Translational Clinical Psychology,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Psychological InterventionsÌý| TraumaÌý´¥ÌýSubstance abuseÌý´¥ÌýPharmacology Karel KieslichPhD Student,ÌýInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Substance Abuse | PharmacologyÌý´¥ÌýEpidemiology Postdoctoral Research Fellow,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Mood Disorders | Global Mental HealthÌý| Digital Health |
Peter A. KirkPhD in the Leverhulme Doctoral Training Program for the Ecological Study of the Brain,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include |
Christian LambertPrincipal Research Associate/Honorary Consultant Neurologist,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include CognitionÌý´¥ÌýDementia | NeuroscienceÌý´¥ÌýParkinson's disease and Parkinsonian syndromes |
Jennifer F. LindenProfessor of Neuroscience,ÌýEar Institute Human beings effortlessly perform complex feats of sound perception and auditory learning; for example, identifying new friends on the telephone just from the way they say hello; predicting a family member's arrival home by the sound of the car alone; or recognizing music from mere snippets heard while flipping through channels on the radio. These everyday yet remarkable abilities depend on listening and learning mechanisms within the brain, not just hearing mechanisms within the ear. ÌýResearch in my laboratory is aimed at understanding these brain mechanisms of listening and learning, especially in the auditory cortex and thalamus. Other research interests include Schizophrenia | Developmental Language Disorders |
Rick LiveseyProfessor of Stem Cell Biology, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Other research interests include DementiaÌý| Neurodevelopmental Disorders |
Mekeda X LoganResearch Assistant,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Epidemiology |ÌýGlobal Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental HealthÌý |
Alexis An Yee LowPhD Student,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include |
Millie LowtherPhD Student,ÌýInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include Psychological Interventions |ÌýCognitionÌý´¥ÌýMood Disorders |
Andrew MacAskillSir Henry DaleÌýFellow,ÌýDivision of Biosciences We are working to understand how neurons in the brain communicate with each other to allow them to encode emotional behaviours and make decisions. Problems with this communication underlie the vast majority of neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases, and so our aim is to find novel ways to combat these diseases by gaining a greater understanding of the processes that they destroy.ÌýÌý Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Mood DisordersÌý´¥ÌýPharmacology | Substance Abuse |
Natalie MarchantSenior Research Fellow,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry Other research interests include Dementia | Psychological Interventions |ÌýOlder Adult Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognition |
Peter MartinLecturer in Applied Statistics,ÌýInstitute of Epidemiology and Health I work with psychological therapists and academic psychologists to conduct randomized controlled trials of psychological therapies. These studies evaluate new interventions and estimate how effective they are. We also use mixed methods to investigate the therapy process and to find out why and how, not just if, therapies are successful. I am a member of ChAPTRe, the Child Attachment and Psychological Therapies Research unit at the Anna Freud Centre and °×С½ãÂÛ̳. Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýEpidemiology |ÌýPsychological Interventions |
Andrew McWilliamsClinical Research Fellow and Specialist Registrar in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Queen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognitionÌý´¥ÌýEpidemiologyÌý´¥ÌýLiason Psychiatry |
Carlos MenaPhD Student, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include CognitionÌý´¥ÌýMood DisordersÌý´¥ÌýPsychological Interventions | PsychosocialÌý| Anxiety |
Eamon McCroryÌýÌý ÌýÌýProfessor of Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychological Interventions |ÌýTrauma | Mood Disorders | Psychological Interventions |
Kate MerrittResearch Fellow,ÌýDivision 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 Serious Mental Illness | Epidemiology | Pharmacology |ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental HealthÌý |
Agnes NorburyResearch Fellow,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include Digital Health |ÌýMood DisordersÌý´¥ÌýPsychological Interventions |
Andrei OkorokovAssociate Professor,ÌýDivision of Medicine Pain is a major clinical problem and affects more people than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined. Pain is a cofactor in many medical conditions yet pain medicines are often only partially effective, and the problem is increasing with an aging population. By understanding the cellular and molecular processes that lead to the sensation of pain, more effective targeted therapies can be developed to alleviate suffering.Ìý Other research interests include Pain |
Paula OliveiraHonorary Researcher,ÌýAnna Freud Centre Other research interests include Psychosocial | Psychological InterventionsÌý´¥ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental HealthÌý |
Sami Omar AmawiCore trainee in psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Mood Disorders |ÌýSerious Mental Illness | Substance AbuseÌý´¥ÌýTrauma PhD Student, Queen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include Cognition | | Suicide and Self-harm | Machine learning methods in the context of neuroscience and mental healthÌý |
Vasiliki OrgetaAssociate Professor,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry Dr Vasiliki Orgeta is a research psychologist interested in emotional well-being in people with dementia and their family carers. Her research focuses on the development and evaluation ofÌý psychological and psychosocial interventions in dementia and mild cognitive impairment. She is also interested in how stress could be influencing risk of dementia and the effect of caregiving on caregivers physical and mental health. Other research interests include Wellbeing | Physical Health | Psychosocial | Older Adult Mental Health | Epidemiology | Psychological Interventions | Mood Disorders | DementiaÌý´¥ÌýCognition Consultant Neuropsychiatrist and Department lead for Neuropsychiatry,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include Mood DisordersÌý´¥ÌýDementia | Psychological Interventions Harriet PhillipsÌýÌý ÌýResearch Assistant Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental HealthÌý\ÌýTrauma | Conduct problemsÌý |
Giulia PiazzaPhD Student,ÌýInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Psychological Interventions | Pharmacology | PsychosocialÌý´¥ÌýCognition ÌýHeadquarters Administrator, UK Dementia Research Insitute Other research interests include Dementia | Serious Mental Illness | Trauma | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychological InterventionsÌý |
Alexandra PikePostdoctoral Research Associate,ÌýInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Psychological InterventionsÌý´¥ÌýCognition Gary PriceConsultant NeuropsychiatristÌý,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry Other research interests include Dementia | Psychological Interventions |ÌýCognitionÌý´¥ÌýPharmacology |
Oliver RobinsonICN Group Leader,ÌýInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience We try to better understand anxiety disorders and 'normal' adaptive anxiety and how they relate. We use threat of shock, functional magnetic resonance imaging, computational psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychopharmacology techniques. We ultimately want to improve outcomes for sufferers of anxiety. For more details visit my lab website: Other research interests include Mood Disorders | Pharmacology | Psychological InterventionsÌý´¥ÌýCognition |
Jonathan RoiserProfessor of Neuroscience and Mental Health,ÌýInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience Our aim is to understand the neural and cognitive mechanisms underlying symptoms of mental illness, especially those relating to motivation. We utilise experimental techniques drawn from cognitive psychology, functional neuroimaging, psychopharmacology, and computational modelling, both in patient populations and healthy volunteers. Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognitionÌý´¥ÌýMood Disorders |ÌýPharmacology |ÌýPhysical HealthÌý´¥ÌýPsychological InterventionsÌý |
Elizabeth SampsonClinical Professor,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry My research focuses on key clinical issues for frail older people. My main areas of interest are:
Other research interests include Older Adult Mental Health | Physical Health | Liaison Psychiatry |ÌýDementia |
Gabrielle SheehanClinical Research Assistant,ÌýQueen Square Institute of Neurology Other research interests include Mood Disorders |ÌýOlder Adult Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýAnxiety and depression in older adults and Parkinson's disease |
Karin ShmueliAssociate Professor in MRI,ÌýDepartment of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering I am interested in developing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques to increase image contrast and resolution by exploiting new contrast mechanisms. The current goal of my research programme is to characterise frequency and susceptibility contrasts and to develop and translate MRI techniques exploiting these mechanisms to improve disease diagnosis and monitoring of therapies. Conventional MRI uses only the signal magnitude, but utilising the frequency (or phase) of the MRI signal has dramatically improved visualisation of tissue structure and can reveal tissue composition. During my previous post at the USA National Institutes of Health, I developed new methods to calculate tissue magnetic susceptibility maps from MRI frequency images. MRI tissue Susceptibility Mapping is an exciting technique and a rapidly growing research area. Together with my research group and collaborators, I now aim to unlock the potential of these MRI frequency and susceptibility methods to generate clinical MRI biomarkers of disease. Other research interests include Physical HealthÌý´¥ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognitionÌý´¥ÌýDementia |
Andrew SommerladPrincipal Research Fellow,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry Dr Sommerlad uses multiple methodologies including observational research using longitudinal cohorts and routinely collected electronic health records, qualitative research, systematic review and meta-analysis to examine clinically relevant outcomes in dementia and cognition for older people. Other research interests include Epidemiology | Older Adult Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognitionÌý´¥ÌýDementia |
Maarten SpeekenbrinkProfessor of Mathematical Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Psychological Interventions | AI for mental health | |
Argyris StringarisProfessor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry Professor Stringaris is the Chair in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry with the Division of Psychiatry and the Psychology and Language Sciences Department at °×С½ãÂÛ̳.ÌýHe was until recently Senior Investigator and Chief of the Section of Clinical and Computational Psychiatry at NIMH/NIH in the USA and before that a Senior Lecturer and Wellcome Trust Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London. He trained at the Maudsley Hospital. He is a Clinician Scientist working to understand mood and the mechanisms that lead toÌýdepression and severe irritability (emotion dysregulation). He is studying how negative mood states arise and are maintained in the brain. He and his team use a broad range of methodologies stretching from computational modelling to clinical observation and randomisedÌýcontrolled trials in pursuit of understanding about mood. His latest work is about mood changes in the absence of events (Passage of Time Dysphoria) and about why humans may seek negative emotional states (i.e. choose not to be happiness maximisers at least for discrete time periods). He is collaborating broadly across the natural sciences (with engineers, physicists and mathematicians) and the humanities (historians and philosophers of emotions).ÌýClinically, he is treating young people with mental illness, particularly those with severe anxiety and depression. Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýEpidemiology | Mood DisordersÌý´¥ÌýPharmacology |
Anahita TalwarStudent,ÌýInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include Mood Disorders |ÌýComputational Modelling | Psychological InterventionsÌý´¥ÌýCognition |
Phd Student, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Mood Disorders |ÌýCognitionÌý´¥ÌýEpidemiology |psychiatric genetics | |
Vincent ValtonNIHR °×С½ãÂÛ̳H BRC Fellow - Postdoctoral Researcher,ÌýInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include |
Essi VidingProfessor of Developmental Psychopathology,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences I combine cognitive experimental measures, twin model-fitting, brain imaging, and genotyping to study different developmental pathways to persistent antisocial behaviour and mental health problems more generally. Other research interests include PsychosocialÌý´¥ÌýChildren and Young People's Mental HealthÌý´¥ÌýCognition |
Baihan WangPhD Student,ÌýDivision of Psychiatry Other research interests include Serious Mental IllnessÌý´¥ÌýCognition MuhammadÌýWaqarÌýAshrafÌýBhattiÌýClinical Psychologist, Division of Psychiatry Other research interests include Psychological InterventionsÌý| Psychosocial | Wellbeing | PharmacologyÌý| Mood DisordersÌý| Health and Social Care | Sexuality |
Stephen WilsonProfessor of Developmental Genetics and Vice-Dean for Research, FLS,ÌýDivision of Biosciences Other research interests include Developmental Genetics and Neurobiology | Brain Asymmetry Marco WittmannIndependent Senior Research Fellow,ÌýDivision of Psychology and Language Sciences Other research interests include Children and Young People's Mental HealthÌý| Mood DisordersÌý´¥ÌýPsychosocial |
Ruihan WuPhD Student,ÌýInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience Other research interests include Epidemiology | Psychosocial | CognitionÌý| Autism Mahinda YogarajahConsultant neurologist and MRC CARP fellow, Queen Square Institute of Neurology PhD student, Queen Square Institute of NeurologyÌýÌý Ìý Other research interests include Dementia | Cognition | | Neuroscience | | Trauma | Mood DisordersÌý |
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