Child Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental DisordersDigital TherapiesEating Disorders and ObesityExperimental Medicine and Novel TherapeuticsInformaticsMotor Neuron DiseaseNeuroimagingPain and AddictionsPsychosis and Mood DisordersTrials, Genomics and Prediction
The NIHR Maudsley BRC themes and core programmes each have an EDI lead researcher. They are responsible for championing local EDI initiatives.
Each representative is working with Dr Mariana Pinto da Costa, Consultant Psychiatrist at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Senior Lecturer at King’s IoPPN and our NIHR Maudsley BRC Champion for Culture, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and they report to her on their progress.
“I am delighted to work with a team of EDI representatives who are integral to fostering an inclusive research culture where diversity thrives and innovation flourishes.”
Dr Mariana Pinto da CostaNIHR Maudsley BRC Champion for Culture, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Child Mental Health & Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Dr Megan Earl, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, King’s IoPPN
Digital Therapies (co-EDI leads): Dr Tom Ward, Research Clinical Psychologist, King’s IoPPN and Dr Frances Meeten, Clinical Psychologist Senior Lecturer, King’s IoPPN
Eating Disorders and Obesity: Dr Mariana Lopes, Research Associate, King’s IoPPN
Experimental Medicine and Novel Therapeutics: Dr Ndaba Mazibuko, Clinical Research Fellow and Study Clinician in Clinical Neuroscience at King’s IoPPN
Informatics: Hannah Woods, Data Linkage Research and Governance Coordinator, CRIS team, NIHR Maudsley BRC
Motor Neuron Disease: Dr Ahmad Al Khleifat, Senior Research Fellow, King’s IoPPN
Neuroimaging: Dr Danai Dima, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Neuroimaging, King’s IoPPN
Pain and Addictions: Dr Franziska Denk, Reader at King’s IoPPN
Psychosis and Mood Disorders: Professor Gemma Modinos, Professor of Neuroscience & Mental Health at King’s IoPPN
Trials, Genomics and Prediction: Professor Kim Goldsmith, Professor of Medical Statistics & Complex Intervention Methodology in the Department of Biostatistics & Health Informatics, King’s IoPPN
Bioresource: Dr Shannon Bristow, Research Associate, deputy manager of the NIHR Bioresource Maudsley team and part-time PhD student at King’s
Patient and Public Involvement: Dr Juliana Onwumere, Reader in Clinical Psychology, King’s IoPPN
“Thank you to each of our representatives for taking on this role. Our BRC is committed to ensuring that EDI is integral to our research culture. We have a unique opportunity to do so, with the good fortune to be based in one of the most ethnically diverse areas of the UK. By embedding representatives in each of our themes, who will work together and in collaboration with the core BRC team and the wider communities of King’s IoPPN and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust , we aim to create systemic improvements and enable excellence throughout our research.”
Professor Grainne McAlonanDirector of the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
These representatives will be supporting the delivery of this EDI strategy in the current NIHR Maudsley BRC funding cycle.
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