Daniel Hayes is a Senior Research Fellow at the Social Biobehavioural Research Group at UCL (www.tinyurl.com/UCL-SBRG). Daniel studied his PhD at University College London and postdoctoral work at the Evidence Based Practice Unit (part of University College London and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families) and Kings College London. During his postdocs, he managed 2 of the worlds largest Randomised Control Trials in schools, investigating the impact of universal prevention programmes to improve mental health and wellbeing and also investigated the impact of Recovery Colleges to improve mental health. His work focuses on mental health and wellbeing for children and young people, with an emphasis on person-centred approaches and social, cultural and community support. His current research is exploring how best to implement social prescribing and its impact on different populations.

Daniel has received over £2 million in research funding as Principal, Co-Principal and Co-Investigator