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The Mental Health Platform has over 100 researchers in our network, based at different institutions across the UK and internationally. Our six Hubs are led by Principal Investigators who are experts in their fields. Meet our Hub Leaders below:

Andrew McIntosh University of Edinburgh
Andrew McIntosh
University of Edinburgh

Director of the Mental Health Platform, Professor of Psychiatry at the Division of Psychiatry, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences at University of Edinburgh.

James Walters Cardiff University
James Walters
Cardiff University

Hub Leader for Brain and Genomics, Director of Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics; Deputy Director/Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences at Cardiff University

Scott Weich Sheffield University & NHS Trust
Scott Weich
Sheffield University & NHS Trust

Hub Leader for Complex Emotions, Professor of Mental Health School of Medicine and Population Health atSheffield University. Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist in the NHS Foundation Trust.

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Ann John
Swansea University

Co-Director of DATAMIND Hub. Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry at Swansea University. Clinical epidemiologist with a background in public health and general practice. Her research focuses on suicide and self-harm prevention and children and young peoples’ mental health.

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Robert Stewart
Kings College London

Co-Director of DATAMIND, the Health Data Research Hub for Mental Health, and Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Clinical Informatics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London. He also works as a Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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Ed Bullmore
University of Cambridge

Leader of ImmunMIND Hub. Professor of Psychiatry at University of Cambridge. Deputy Head of School of Clinical Medicine, Treasurer of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Non-Executive Director of Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.

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Daniel Smith
University of Edinburgh

Hub Leader for Metabolic Psychiatry, Chair of Psychiatry and Head of Division of Psychiatry at University of Edinburgh.

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Jennifer Lau
Queen Mary University London

Leader of Social Health Hub. Professor of Youth Resilience and Co-Director of the Youth Resilience Unit at Queen Mary University London.

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Associate members

Associate members are researchers not based at the Hubs, who join the MHP because they align with our aims and values.

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Cross-Hub Leads

Researchers leading cross-hub initiatives which bring together research across the MHP.

Meet our community

Meet some of our researcher managers, PhD students and other MHP members in our "Piece of Mind" blog series.

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