Our people

The NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre is administered within the framework of the Joint Research and Development Office at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.

Our Service User Advisory Group guides our research priorities and activities, and we are managed and governed by the Board, Management Committee and an external Independent Scientific Advisory Board.

Management team

Professor Gráinne McAlonan

Professor Gráinne M. McAlonan

  • Director, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre
 Richard Dobson

Professor Richard Dobson

  • Deputy Director, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre and Theme Lead, Informatics
 Saliha Afzal

Dr Saliha Afzal

  • NIHR Maudsley BRC Manager
 Billy crashaw

Billy Crashaw

  • Funding Manager
 Alex Booth

Alex Booth

  • Senior Communications and Engagement Manager
 Franca Davenport

Franca Davenport

  • Senior Communications and Engagement Manager
 Julia Wootley

Julia Wootley

  • Academic Career Development Manager

Core Programmes

Til Wykes

Professor Dame Til Wykes

  • Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement
 David Spalding

David Spalding

  • PPIE Research Coordinator
 Prof Rina Dutta

Professor Rina Dutta

  • Academic Career Development Lead
 Professor Patricia Zunszain

Professor Patricia Zunszain

  • Postgraduate Research Education & Skills Lead
 Mariana Pinto da Costa

Dr Mariana Pinto da Costa

  • Research Inclusion Champion
 Sally Marlow

Professor Sally Marlow

  • Public Engagement Champion
 Gerome Breen

Professor Gerome Breen

  • Theme Lead for BioResource for Mental Health
 Thalia Eley

Professor Thalia Eley

  • Deputy Lead, BioResource for Mental Health

Theme Leads

Edmund sonuga barke

Professor Edmund Sonuga-Barke

  • Theme lead, Child Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
 Rona Moss-Morris

Professor Rona Moss-Morris

  • Theme Lead, Digital Therapies
 Ulrike Schmidt

Professor Ulrike Schmidt

  • Theme Lead, Eating Disorders and Obesity
 Mitul Mehta

Professor Mitul Mehta

  • Theme lead, Experimental Medicine and Novel Therapeutics
Richard Dobson

Professor Richard Dobson

  • Deputy Director, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre and Theme Lead, Informatics
 Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi

Professor Ammar Al-Chalabi

  • Lead, Motor Neuron Disease theme
 Fernando Zelaya

Professor Fernando Zelaya

  • Theme Co-Lead, Neuroimaging
 Professor Federico Turkheimer

Professor Federico Turkheimer

  • Theme Co-Lead, Neuroimaging
 Professor Peter Goadsby

Professor Peter Goadsby

  • Theme Lead, Pain and Addictions
Professor Paola Dazzan

Professor Paola Dazzan

  • Theme Co-Lead, Psychosis and Mood Disorders
 Professor Valeria Mondelli

Professor Valeria Mondelli

  • Theme Co-Lead, Psychosis and Mood Disorders
 Richard Emsley

Professor Richard Emsley

  • Theme Lead, Trials, Genomics and Prediction

Deputy Theme Leads

Johnny Downs

Professor Johnny Downs

  • Deputy Theme Lead, Child Mental Health and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
 Colette Hirsch

Professor Colette Hirsch

  • Deputy Lead, Digital Therapies
 Sylvane Desrivieres

Professor Sylvane Desrivieres

  • Deupty Theme Lead, Eating Disorders and Obesity
 Alice Egerton

Professor Alice Egerton

  • Deputy Theme Lead, Experimental Medicine and Novel Therapeutics
 Rob Stewart

Professor Rob Stewart

  • Deputy Lead, Informatics
 Professor Alfredo Iacoangeli

Professor Alfredo Iacoangeli

  • Deputy Lead, Motor Neurone Disease
 Professor John Strang

Professor Sir John Strang

  • Deputy Lead, Pain and Addictions
Roland Zahn

Professor Roland Zahn

  • Deputy Lead, Psychosis and Mood Disorders
 Professor Daniel Stahl

Professor Daniel Stahl

  • Deputy Lead, Trials, Genomics and Predictions