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Psychological Interventions

Affiliates of the Institute of Mental Health with expertise in Psychological Interventions.

Humma Andleeb

PhD student, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Neuroscience | Global Mental Health | Wellbeing | Psychosocial

Rebecca Appleton

Research Assistant, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Wellbeing 


Laura-Louise Arundell 

PhD Student, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences    

Chris Barker

Emeritus Professor, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Psychosocial | Community Mental Health


Phoebe Barnett    

Research Fellow

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Wellbeing

Angela Barrett

Research and Communications Officer, Psychoanalysis Unit

Other research interests include

Psychosocial | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Wellbeing

Jo Billings

Associate Clinical Professor/Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Division of Psychiatry

I have particular clinical and research interests in PTSD, trauma, resilience and the mental health and wellbeing of high-risk occupational groups. I have also published research related to the acceptability and impact of psychological interventions as well as qualitative research on a variety of topics. 

Other research interests include

Psychosocial | Wellbeing | Trauma and PTSD

Michael Bloomfield

Principal Clinical Research Fellow, 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.  He has been awarded an Excellence Fellowship from University College London, 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.  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 | Neuroscience | Trauma

Rochelle Burgess

Associate Professor in Global Health, Institute for Global Health

Other research interests include

Global Mental Health | Trauma | Children and Young People's Mental HealthPsychosocial

Alexandra Burton

Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Epidemiology and Health

I currently lead on the qualitative component 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 during the covid-19 pandemic.

Other research interests include

Serious Mental Illness | Dementia | Psychosocial | Physical Health


Jennifer Cearns

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology

Other research interests include

Digital Health | Psychosocial | WellbeingChildren and Young People's Mental Health

Brian Ching

Research Assistant, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Physical Health

Lorna Collins

Research Fellow, Institute of Epidemiology and Health

Other research interests include

Mood Disorders | Wellbeing | Global Mental Health | Epidemiology

Claudia Cooper

Professor of Psychiatry of Older Age, Division of Psychiatry

I am interested in the epidemiology of older people's mental health, happiness and wellbeing, and in the mental health of carers of people with dementia. Other research interests include elder abuse - its epidemiology and prevention; and the provision of quality and equality in dementia care.

Other research interests include

Dementia | Epidemiology | Cognition | Qualitative Research

Ravi Das

Associate Professor, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Neuroscience | Pharmacology Serious Mental IllnessSubstance Abuse

Quentin Dercon

PhD student in mental health science (UCL-Wellcome programme), Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

Other research interests include

Mood Disorders | Cognition | Epidemiology | Neuroscience


Katherine Ellis  

Associate Lecturer, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Cognition | Neurodevelopmental Conditions | PsychosocialChildren and Young People's Mental Health

Guilherme Fiorini

PhD Candidate, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health

Stephen Fleming

Sir Henry Dale Fellow, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Dementia | Neuroscience Mood Disorders Cognition 


Abigail Freeman

Clinical Fellow, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences    

Other research interests include

Mood Disorders | Psychosocial | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Suicide and Self-harm | Serious Mental Illness 

Sabina Funk

Research Associate, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Cognition | Dementia | Global Mental Health Mood Disorders Neuroscience | Older Adult Mental Health | Wellbeing

Eriko Gavinio

PhD Student and Clinical Psychologist, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Cognition | Neuroscience | Psychosocial | Wellbeing

James Gilleen

Senior Lecturer, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Pharmacology | Cognition | Neuroscience Wellbeing Serious Mental Illness | Children and Young People's Mental Health

Rebecca Gould

Associate Professor, Division of Psychiatry

My main research interests are in evaluating psychological interventions such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and mindfulness-based therapies for: i) older people with mental health conditions (including anxiety and depression); ii) people with neurodegenerative diseases (including dementia and motor neuron disease); iii) carers of people with neurodegenerative diseases; and iv) people with physical health conditions. Other research interests include examining the assessment of frailty in older people with mental health conditions, and evaluating psychological interventions for this population.

Other research interests include

Dementia | Older Adult Mental Health | Physical Health | Mood Disorders

Ishtar Govia

Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies

Other research interests include

Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Physical Health | Wellbeing Dementia | Pychosocial | Health and Social CareCognition | Integrated Approaches | Multimorbidity


Benedict Greenwood

PhD Student, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience    

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Mood Disorders

Lisa Marie Gruenwald

Clinical Trial Manager and PhD Student, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Serious Mental Illness | Pharmacology | Psychosocial | Physical Health

Zoë Haime

PhD Student, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Cognition | Pharmacology | Serious Mental Illness | Eating Disorders

Dan Hayes

Senior Research Fellow, Anna Freud Centre

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Psychosocial

Elisabeth Herbert

Lecturer, Department of Psychology and Human Development 

I am involved in several Knowledge Exchange projects at present and conducting research as part of the iRead EU 2020 Horizons project.

Vivian Hill

Programme Director Doctorate in Educational, Child and Adolescent Psychology, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society

Other research interests include

Cognition | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychosocial | Wellbeing


Georgie Hudson

PhD Student, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Trauma | Serious Mental Illness | Psychological Interventions


Elaine Hunter

Senior Research Fellow, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Trauma | Mood Disorders


Maryam Javed 

Research Assistant, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences 

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Global Mental Health | Health and Social Care | Mood Disorders | Trauma 

Sonia Johnson

Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry, 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

Serious Mental Illness | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Psychosocial | Applied clinical research (development and testing of interventions)


Garrett Kidd

Research Assistant, Division of Psychiatry    

Other research interests include

Epidemiology | Global Mental Health | Health and Social Care | Mood Disorders | Older Adult Mental Health | Psychological Interventions | Psychosocial | Serious Mental Illness | Substance abuse | Suicide and Self-harm | Trauma | Wellbeing


Sunjeev Kamboj

Professor of Translational Clinical Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Neuroscience | Mood Disorders | Cognition | Trauma | Substance abuse

Georgina Krebs 

Associate Professor, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Psychological Interventions | Anxiety-related disorders

Danielle Lamb

Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Epidemiology & Health

Danielle is currently a senior research fellow in the NIHR ARC (North Thames). Her work focuses on using mixed methods to evaluate the implementation of complex health services and interventions.  Her previous work focussed on mental health services and interventions, particularly acute mental health services such as Crisis Resolution Teams and Acute Day Units. 

Other research interests include

Physical Health | Serious Mental Illness Wellbeing | Occupational Psychology

Glyn Lewis

Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry, Division of Psychiatry

I am interested in investigating the causes of psychiatric disorder, particularly depressive illness and psychosis. Causal factors that are potentially preventable could be especially useful but clues to aetiology also can improve our understanding of illness and help to devise treatments. I also carry out randomised controlled trials to evaluate treatments for depression in primary care. I aim to carry out research that has practical implications in improving clinical care of people with psychiatric disorder. I want to identify those advances in our neuroscientific understanding that could lead to practicable benefits for patients.

Other research interests include

Epidemiology | Pharmacology | Mood Disorders | Children and Young People's Mental Health


Michele Lim

Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Mood Disorders | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Digital Health | Eating Disorders  

Stuart Linke

Clinical Psychologist, Institute of Digital Health

Other research interests include

Mood Disorders | Substance Abuse | Physical Health | Psychosocial

Alex Lloyd

Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Cognition Psychosocial  

Maria Long

Trial Manager (NHS) and PhD student, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Serious Mental Illness | Cognition | Psychosocial | Physical Health | Wellbeing | Epidemiology

Alexis An Yee Low

PhD Student, Queen Square Institute of Neurology

Other research interests include

NeuroscienceMood Disorders

Millie Lowther

PhD Student, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

Other research interests include

NeuroscienceCognition | Mood Disorders

Natasha Lyons

Research Assistant and PhD Student, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Psychosocial | Psychosis | Peer Support | Politics of mental health;

Natalie Marchant

Senior Research Fellow, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Dementia | Neuroscience | Older Adult Mental Health | Cognition

Peter Martin

Lecturer in Applied Statistics, Institute 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 UCL.

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology Neuroscience

Rosalind McAlpine

PhD Student, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Pharmacology | Mood Disorders | Serious Mental Illness | Psychosocial | Substance AbuseWellbeing

Eamon McCrory

Professor of Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health|Trauma | Neuroscience | Mood Disorders | Psychological Interventions

Jennifer McGowan

Lecturer, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

My research interests are focused primarily on health psychology. I am interested in projects into:

  • Public health (well-being, smoking, cancer, sexual well-being, lifespan ageing)
  • Positive psychology, resilience, and physical well-being 
  • Sexual well-being in regards to abnormal sexuality

To date my research has explored the biopsychosocial well-being of adults ageing with HIV in relation to both age and time with diagnosed HIV, and project relating to cancer and smoking, and adolescent health and well-being.

Other research interests include

Epidemiology | Psychosocial | Wellbeing 


Rosie McGuire

Post-doctoral research associate, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Trauma |  Health and Social Care | Cognition 

Daisy McInnerney

PhD Candidate, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Global Mental Health | Psychosocial | Wellbeing | Older Adult Mental Health

Alison Ruth McKinlay

Research Fellow, Institute of Epidemiology and Health

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Global Mental Health | Older Adult Mental Health | Psychosocial


Asta Medisauskaite

Senior Research Fellow, Division of Medicine

Other research interests include

Health and Social Care | Wellbeing | Occupational Health Psychology

Carlos Mena

PhD Student, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

Other research interests include

Cognition | Mood Disorders | Neuroscience | Psychosocial | Anxiety

Nick Midgley

Professor of Psychological Therapies with Children and Young People, Anna Freud Centre

Nick Midgley's primary research interest is in psychological therapies with children and young people, with a particular focus on the use of qualitative methods. He has a strong commitment to examining the child's perspective on mental health and psychotherapy. Prof Midgley has been involved in the adaptation of contemporary psychodynamic treatments, including mentalization-based treatments, for use with children and families

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Mood Disorders Psychosocial

Emily Midouhas

Associate Professor, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society

I take a developmental psychopathology approach to understanding: 1) The effects of the social and built environment on the emotional and behavioural problems of children; 2) The mental health of children with special educational needs across childhood and adolescence, particularly children with ADHD and autism; and 3) The role of biological factors in the association between life adversity and mental health across the lifecourse. I examine these topics using advanced quantitative analyses of large-scale longitudinal cohort data. I am also an active member of Child Behaviour and Cognition (CuBiC) lab, http://cubiclab.weebly.com.

Other research interests include

Epidemiology | Children and Young People's Mental Health | Cognition

Tom Milson

PhD Student, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health

Agnes Norbury

Research Fellow, Queen Square Institute of Neurology

Other research interests include

Digital Health | Mood Disorders | Neuroscience

Ciarán O'Driscoll

Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Digital Health | Mood Disorders | Serious Mental Illnes

Paula Oliveira

Honorary Researcher, Anna Freud Centre

Other research interests include

Neuroscience | Psychosocial | Children and Young People's Mental Health

Bonamy Oliver

Associate Professor, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society

I am a developmental psychologist and behavioural geneticist, I have diverse research and applied experience, including in large cohort studies as well as working and collaborating with educational psychologists, child psychiatrists and practitioners. My research focuses on children’s socio-emotional development, psychological adjustment and mental health, with specific emphasis on the role of family, school and the connections between them. In particular, I consider genetic and environmental aetiology of individual differences in development and intervention response, as well as methods that facilitate detailed understanding of interpersonal relationships suitable for large-scale studies, to improve reach, scale and diversity in intervention research.

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Wellbeing | Behavioural genetics | Family processes


Jakub Onysk

PhD Student, Queen Square Institute of Neurology

Other research interests include

 Neuroscience | Cognition | Suicide and Self-harm | Machine learning methods in the context of neuroscience and mental health 

Vasiliki Orgeta

Associate Professor, Division 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 of  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 | Neuroscience | Epidemiology | Cognition | Mood Disorders | Dementia

Eiluned (Ellie) Pearce

Research Fellow, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychosocial | Loneliness


Panayiota Petrochilos

Consultant Neuropsychiatrist and Department lead for Neuropsychiatry, Queen Square Institute of Neurology

Other research interests include

Mood Disorders | Neuroscience | Dementia | Psychological Interventions | Cognition

Giulia Piazza

PhD Student, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

Other research interests include

Mood Disorders | Cognition | Pharmacology | Neuroscience | Psychosocial


Tua Piehl 

Headquarters Administrator, UK Dementia Research Insitute

Other research interests include

Dementia | Neuroscience | Serious Mental Illness | Trauma | Children and Young People's Mental Health

Alexandra Pike

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

Other research interests include

Neuroscience | Mood Disorders | Cognition

Liam Pikett

Research Assistant, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Dementia | Cognition | Psychosocial | Children and Young People's Mental Health

Alexandra Pitman

Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Psychiatry 

I am interested in understanding risk factors for suicide attempt and in developing interventions to address them. I am currently working on the following areas:

  • Social and built environment influences on self-harm
  • Suicide attempt risk in vulnerable groups (people bereaved by suicide; people with cancer; LGBT youth; migrants; specific occupational groups; people who identify as lonely)
  • Suicide means restriction

Other research interests include

Epidemiology | Suicide and Self-harm | Mood Disorders | Children and Young People's Mental Health


Gary Price

Consultant Neuropsychiatrist , Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Cognition | Dementia |  | Neuroscience | Pharmacology

Jessica Rees

PhD Student, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Dementia | Older Adult Mental Health | Physical Health | Wellbeing

Philippa Renouf

Research Assistant, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Wellbeing | Older Adult Mental Health | Dementia | Cognition

Antonia Rich

Associate Professor in Medical Education, UCL Medical School    

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Wellbeing | Psychosocial | Health and Social Care

Alvin Richards-Belle

PhD Student, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Epidemiology | Physical Health


Lucy Ring 

Honorary Research Fellow, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Serious Mental Illness | Trauma | Mood Disorders

Anna Roach

PhD Student, GOS Institute of Child Health

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Health and Social Care | Physical Health | Wellbeing

Oliver Robinson

ICN Group Leader, Institute 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: www.oliverjrobinson.com

Other research interests include

Mood Disorders | Neuroscience | Pharmacology | Cognition

Jonathan Roiser

Professor of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Institute 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 Health | Cognition | Mood DisordersNeuroscience | Pharmacology Physical Health

David Ruttenberg

PhD Student and UCL Staff (Content Creator and PGTA), Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

I am a passionately devoted scientist & PhD candidate within the University College London's Institute of Education & Culture, Communication & Media Department's Knowledge Lab and at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience's Developmental Diversity Lab & Cognition Emotion and Education Lab (CEE) within the Centre for Attention Learning and Memory (CALM) at the Medical Research Council’s Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at University of Cambridge (CBU).

Other research interests include

Cognition | Older Adult Mental Health | Wellbeing | Sensory, Anxiety and Attention

Jessica Satchell

Trial Manager / PhD Student, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Older Adult Mental Health | Epidemiology | Older Adult Mental Health | Wellbeing | Trauma | Crime Victims

Juliet Singer

Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Global Mental HealthNeuroscience | Psychosocial Wellbeing

Roz Shafran

Professor of Translational Psychology, GOS Institute of Child Health

My clinical research interests include development, evaluation, dissemination and implementation of evidence-based psychological treatments across the age range. I have particular expertise in obsessive compulsive disorder, anxiety disorders, eating disorders and perfectionism. My current role is focused on understanding common mental health disorders in the context of chronic illness in children and young people. 

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Physical Health | Dissemination and implementation | Eating disorders | OCD | Perfectionism | Loneliness


Tami Sowemimo  

Research Assistant, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences    

Other research interests include

Global Mental Health | Digital Health | Serious Mental Illness

Aimee Spector

Professor of Old Age Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

My research broadly focuses on the development and evaluation of psychosocial interventions and outcome measures for people with dementia. My recent research has taken a more global focus, for example I lead an MRC funded implementation trial of CST in Brazil, India and Tanzania. I work closely with colleagues from Hong Kong University and Peking University through formal strategic partnerships, with several joint projects adapting and evaluating psychosocial interventions for dementia (including digital interventions) and cultural adaptations of outcome measures. I have developed and published a range of outcome measures including measures of dementia knowledge, sense of competence, hope and resilience, and independence and engagement.

Other research interests include

Cognition | Dementia | Global Mental Health | Psychosocial

Maarten Speekenbrink

Professor of Mathematical Psychology, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Neuroscience | AI for mental health 

Anahita Talwar

Student, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

Other research interests include

Neuroscience | Computational Modelling | Mood Disorders | Cognition

Sahra Tekin

PhD Student, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Serious Mental Illness | Global Mental Health | Wellbeing

Simon To

Policy, Governance and Insight Manager, Students' Union UCL

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental HealthWellbeing | Students

Vaso Totsika

Associate Professor in Intellectual Developmental Disability, Division of Psychiatry

My research often tries to describe complex developmental processes by drawing on population-based and/or longitudinal data. I am also interested in understanding how to better support people with intellectual disability, their families and carers through intervention evaluation.

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Epidemiology | Intellectual Disability and Autism


Zuyu Wang    

PhD student, Division of Psychiatry    

Other research interests include
Cognition | Dementia | Epidemiology | Health and Social Care 


Muhammad Waqar Ashraf Bhatti 

Clinical Psychologist, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Psychosocial | Wellbeing | Pharmacology | Neuroscience | Health and Social Care | Sexuality | Mood Disorders

Katey Warran

Research Fellow in Social Science (Assets for Resilient Communities in Mental Health [MARCH] Network), Institute of Epidemiology and Health

Katey is an interdisciplinary researcher who draws upon the fields of sociology, psychology, performance science, and philosophy to examine complex arts interventions and how they impact upon mental health and wellbeing. More specifically, she is interested in how group arts engagement can support social cohesion and improve social relationships, exploring this from multiple perspectives. For example, using theories from sociology to understand collective emotions and how they cement social bonds, drawing upon social psychology to explore the benefits of shared group identities, and applying theories from the philosophy of religion to unpack the more tacit, experiential aspects of creativity that unite people through shared ineffable experiences.

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Psychosocial | Wellbeing | Arts and Mental Health


Dr Megan Watkins

Senior Researcher at National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (Collaboration between Royal College of Psychiatrists and UCL), Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Mood DisordersSerious Mental Illness | TraumaSuicide and Self-harm

Andrew Watson

Honorary Clinical Lecture, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Cognition | Serious Mental Illness | Trauma | Digital Health 

Lucy Webster

Research Associate, Division of Psychiatry

Other research interests include

Dementia | Older Adult Mental Health | Cognition | Epidemiology

Kaja Widuch

Data Manager, Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Global Mental Health | Psychosocial | Serious Mental Illness | Wellbeing | Psychiatric Research

Jeanne Wolstencroft

Research Fellow, GOS Institute of Child Health

I have two main research interests; one is focused on understanding the impact of co-occurring mental health difficulties in children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders and/or rare genetic disorders. The other is how best to use technology to improve the identification of autism in children, and digital approaches to psycho-social intervention.

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental Health | Digital Health | Global Mental HealthPsychosocial 


Hannah Wright    

Research Assistant / PhD Student, Psychoanalysis Unit 

I have two main research interests; one is focused on understanding the impact of co-occurring mental health difficulties in children and young people with neurodevelopmental disorders and/or rare genetic disorders. The other is how best to use technology to improve the identification of autism in children, and digital approaches to psycho-social intervention.

Other research interests include

Perinatal mental health


Zhongyao Zhang

PhD student, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences

Other research interests include

Children and Young People's Mental HealthHealth and Social Care | Mood Disorders | Global Mental Health Wellbeing | Psychosocial