NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration

The NIHR Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) was established in 2017. Our BRC joined with the NIHR Oxford Health BRC to create and lead a TRC based around mental health. TRCs act as hubs, rallying research communities across the UK.

Today, the MH-TRC brings together leading investigators in experimental medicine and early-stage translational mental health research from across the UK to accelerate discoveries into clinical practice.

It connects centres of excellence across the UK, bringing together world-leading research expertise with infrastructure funded by the NIHR located in major universities and NHS Trusts.

In addition, the NIHR MH-TRC brings together:

• People with lived experience of mental health conditions and researchers as part of our PPIEP work
• World-class mental health clinical research facilities across the NIHR’s Biomedical Research Centres and Clinical Research Facilities
• The NIHR Mental Health MedTech Co-operative
• Additional centres of excellence across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

MH-TRC Workstreams and Leads

*Workstreams which are also part of the MH-TRC Mission

Data and Digital*  

• Professor Ann John and Professor John Ainsworth.  

• NIHR BRC: Maudsley – Professor Richard Dobson, Rob Stewart and Dr Saskia Sanderson 

‘Omics, Biobanking and the NIHR Bioresource 

• NIHR BRC: Maudsley – Professor Gerome Breen 

Substance Use and Addictions 

• NIHR BRC: Maudsley- Professor Sir John Strang

Capacity Development* – Dr Shruti Garg and Dr Kate Saunders 

Children and Young People’s Mental Health* – Professor Helen Minnis and Professor Rebecca Elliot 

Early Psychosis* – Professor Graham Murray 

Mood Disorders* – Professor Mike Browning and Professor Hamish McAllister-Williams (Emeritus)