Our Research
Our research themes, approaches and details regarding upcoming projects for 2024 entry.We offer our PhD scholars the opportunity to undertake research within one of the following five themes:
- Children, Young People and Perinatal Mental Health
- Common Mental Health
- Dementia
- Physical Health and Mental Multimorbidity
- Severe Mental Health
Each theme has a number of projects that supervisors who are experts in this area have proposed. Each theme also has two theme leads, who have an overview of the projects and supervisors within a particular theme.
Applicants can contact the theme leads to discuss potential PhD proposals. Theme leads will help you identify potential supervisors at one of our universities.
Given the complexity of mental health and neuroscience, our bio-psycho-social approach to studying the five research themes will enable our PhD scholars to understand mental health issues from different perspectives, and develop diverse solutions, reducing service-user exclusion, addressing wider systemic challenges, and increasing treatment choices. PhD scholars will be able to use one or more of these approaches within their research projects. Each ‘approach’ has two leads. Applicants may wish to contact the individuals below to discuss their PhD proposals.
Research Themes and Leads
Children, Young People and Perinatal Mental Health
Led by Professor Kapil Sayal (Children and Young People Mental Health) and Professor Helen Spiby (Perinatal Mental Health)
Common Mental Health
Led by Professor Richard Morriss and Professor Steven Marwaha
Dementia
Led by Professor Elizabeta Mukaetova-Ladinska and Dr Zsuzsanna Nagy
Physical Health and Mental Health Multimorbidity
Led by Professor Kavita Vedhara and Professor Holly Blake
Severe Mental Health
Led by Professor Rachel Upthegrove and Dr Vivek Furtado
Research Approaches
Neuroimaging and Neuromodulation
Professor Ole Jensen
Professor in Translation Neuroscience
Professor Stamatios Sotiropoulos
Associate Professor of Computational Neuroimaging
Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence
Professor Theo Arvanitis
Professor of Digital Health Innovation
Dr Elvira Perez-Vallejos
Associate Professor of Digital Technology and Mental Health
Epidemiology and Big Data
Professor Terry Brugha
Professor of Psychiatry
Professor Blossom Stephan
Professor of Neuroepidemiology And Global Ageing
Complex Interventions
Prof Avril Drummond
Professor of Healthcare Research
Dr Shirley Thomas
Associate Professor in Rehabilitation Psychology
Arts and Social Sciences
Professor Justine Schneider Professor of Mental Health and Social Care
Dr Elizabeth Barry Associate Professor in English
Mental Health of Minority Groups
Currently seeking leads
2024 Projects
Recruitment for 2024 entry is now open.
Available projects are listed under themes and institutions.