Management Team 

 

Professor Grainne McAlonan

Interim Director, NIHR Maudsley BRC

Professor of Translational Neuroscience, King's IoPPN; Head of Research, National ADHD and Autism Service for Adults, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Dr Saliha Afzal

Centre Manager, NIHR Maudsley BRC

Research & Development, King's IoPPN
Billy Crashaw

BRC Funding Manager

BRC Funding Manager
Julia Wootley

Academic Career Development Manager

Julia manages the academic career development schemes and is the first point of contact for potential & current trainees.
Alex Booth

Communications and Engagement

Senior Communications and Engagement Manager, NIHR Maudsley BRC, (Mon-Thurs)
Franca Davenport

Communications and Engagement

Senior Communications and Engagement Manager, NIHR Maudsley BRC, (Mon, Weds, Fri)

 

Core Programmes 

 

Professor Dame Til Wykes

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement

Head of the School of Mental Health & Psychological Sciences at the IoPPN. Professor of Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation at King's IoPPN
Dr Angela Sweeney

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement

Senior Lecturer in User Led Research, King's IoPPN
Professor Gerome Breen

NIHR Maudsley BioResource Lead

Professor of Psychiatric Genetics, King's IoPPN

 

Dr Chloe Wong

NIHR Maudsley BioResource Deputy Co-Lead

Senior Lecturer in Epigenetics
Professor Thalia Eley

NIHR Maudsley BioResource Deputy Co-Lead

Professor of Developmental Behavioural Genetics
Dr Mariana Pinto da Costa

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Champion

Senior Lecturer, King's IoPPN
Professor Sally Marlow

Public Engagement Champion

Professor of Practice in Public Understanding of Mental Health Research, King's IoPPN
Dr Rina Dutta

Academic Career Development Lead

Rina leads on the delivery of the BRC's Academic Career Development strategy.
Dr Patricia Zunszain

Postgraduate Research Education & Skills Lead

Patricia leads the planning and delivery of the training programme for non-clinical PhD students.

 

Theme leads

Our research is based around ten key research themes, each theme has a lead, or co-leads, and a deputy lead. 

 

Professor Gráinne McAlonan

Child Mental Health & Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Professor of Translational Neuroscience, King's IoPPN; Head of Research, National ADHD and Autism Service for Adults, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Rona Moss-Morris

Digital Therapies

Professor of Psychology as Applied to Medicine; Head of the Department of Psychology, King's IoPPN
Professor Ulrike Schmidt

Eating Disorders and Obesity

Professor of Eating Disorders, King's IoPPN; Consultant Psychiatrist at the Eating Disorders Service, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Mitul Mehta

Experimental Medicine and Novel Therapeutics

Director, Centre for Innovative Therapeutics; Professor of Neuroimaging & Psychopharmacology, King's IoPPN
Professor Richard Dobson

Informatics

Professor of Medical Informatics; lead for Bioinformatics and Health, King’s IoPPN
Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi

Motor Neuron Disease

Professor of Neurology and Complex Disease Genetics, King's IoPPN

 

Dr Fernando Zelaya

Neuroimaging

Reader in Physiological Neuroimaging, King's IoPPN
Professor Federico Turkheimer

Neuroimaging

Professor in Neuroimaging (Analysis & Statistics), King's IoPPN
Professor Peter Goadsby

Pain and Addictions

Professor of Neurology, King's IoPPN; Director of NIHR / Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility
Professor Paola Dazzan

Psychosis and Mood Disorders

Professor of Neurobiology of Psychosis, King's IoPPN Vice Dean (International)
Professor Valeria Mondelli

Psychosis and Mood Disorders

Professor in Psychoneuroimmunology, King's IoPPN; Liaison Consultant Psychiatrist, Endocrinology and Bariatric Surgery Clinic, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Richard Emsley

Trials, Genomics and Prediction

NIHR Research Professor, Professor of Medical Statistics and Trials Methodology, King's IoPPN

 

Theme Deputy Leads

 

Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke

Child Mental Health & Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Professor of Developmental Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience, King's IoPPN
Professor Colette Hirsch

Digital Therapies

Professor in Cognitive Clinical Psychology, King's IoPPN; Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Professor Sylvane Desrivieres

Eating Disorders and Obesity

Professor of Biological Psychiatry, King’s IoPPN
Professor Alice Egerton

Experimental Medicine and Novel Therapeutics

Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology, King's IoPPN
Professor Robert Stewart

Informatics

Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology & Clinical Informatics, King's IoPPN
Professor Rob Leech

Neuroimaging

Professor of Neuroimaging Analytics, King's IoPPN

 

Professor Sir John Strang

Pain and Addictions

Head of Department for the Addictions, King's IoPPN; Academic Leader of the Addictions Clinical Academic Group within the KHP AHSC.
Dr Jan Hoffman

Pain and Addictions

Clinical Reader in Neurology, King's IoPPN
Professor Roland Zahn

Psychosis and Mood Disorders

Professor of Mood Disorders & Cognitive Neuroscience, King's IoPPN
Professor Nikos Koutsouleris

Psychosis and Mood Disorders

Professor (Professorial Chair) of Precision Psychiatry, King's IoPPN
Professor Cathryn Lewis

Trials, Genomics and Prediction

Professor of Genetic Epidemiology & Statistics, Head of Department, Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre, King's IoPPN
Professor Daniel Stahl

Trials, Genomics and Prediction

Professor in Medical Statistics and Statistical Learning, King's IoPPN