Our Research
We offer our PhD scholars the opportunity to undertake research across five interlinked discovery themes.
Each theme has a number of projects that supervisors who are experts in this area have proposed. Each theme is led by a theme lead, who has an overview of the projects and supervisors within a particular theme.
Applicants can contact the theme leads to discuss potential PhD applications. Theme leads will help you identify potential supervisors at one of our universities.
Research Themes
Comorbidities
Mental, brain and physical health.
Theme Lead

Professor Noelle Robertson
Clinical Psychologist, University of Leicester
Implementation
Barriers and solutions to effective care.
Theme Lead

Associate Professor Michelle O'Reilly
Health Psychologist, University of Leicester
Mechanisms
Transdiagnostic, patho-physiological, predictive.
Theme Lead

Professor Belinda Lennox
Psychiatrist, University of Oxford
Systems Diagnostics
Integrating biomarkers, precision models.
Theme Lead

Associate Professor Benjamin Perry
Psychiatrist, University of Birmingham
Technology
Devices, Data/Models for scalable innovation.
Theme Lead

Associate Professor Grazziela Figueredo
Healthcare Data Scientist, University of Nottingham