The NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) is administered within the framework of the joint Research and Development Office at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
Our Service User Advisory Group guides our research priorities and activities, and we are managed and governed by the Board, Management Committee and an external Independent Scientific Advisory Board.
Professor Grainne McAlonan, Our Director
Professor Grainne McAlonan was appointed Deputy Director in Spring 2023. From August 2023 she was the BRC's Interim Director, and in May 2024 was appointed the Director.
She is a clinical Professor of Translational Neuroscience at King’s College London. She is also a clinician in the National ADHD and Autism Service for Adults in the Maudsley Hospital and Research Lead for the Behavioural Developmental Psychiatry Clinical Academic Group, King’s Health Partners.
Professor Richard Dobson, Our Deputy Director
Professor Richard Dobson was appointed Deputy Director in January 2025. Richard is Professor of Health and Medical Informatics at King's College London. He is the Head of the Department of Biostatistics and Health Informatics, at King’s Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience.
Richard is Theme Lead for Informatics of the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
Independent Scientific Advisory Panel
The Independent Scientific Advisory Panel is a core part of the governance framework for our NIHR Maudsley BRC, providing advice and a means for scientific accountability, in parallel with the central accountability to the NIHR. The Panel is chaired by Dr Helen Munn OBE.
The members of the panel are:
- Professor Ann John, Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, Health Data Science, Swansea University
- Professor John Norrie, Professor of Health and Social Science Methodology, Centre for Public Health, Queen’s University Belfast
- Dr Tim Tasker,Vice President Clinical Development, Neurocrine Biosciences
- Professor Therese van Amelsvoort, academic psychiatrist and Professor in Transitional Psychiatry, Maastricht University.
- Panel Chair: Dr Helen Munn OBE
Our Leadership Group
To find out more about Our Leadership Group and their research.
Management Structure
Please download our Organogram to see the Management Structure of the NIHR Maudsley BRC (2022-28).
