I am Professor of Psychiatric and Social Epidemiology at theDivision of Psychiatry, UCL, interested in the social determinants of psychosisat multiple levels of causation across the life course. My research focusses oninvestigating why migrants and their descendants experience elevated rates ofpsychosis, and why rates of psychosis are elevated in urban environments. My researchgroup, PsyLife (www.psylife.eu), addressesthese inequalities by applying several epidemiological techniques (multilevelmodelling, Bayesian modelling, multiple imputation, causal inference methods)to various datasets, including large epidemiological studies of first episodepsychosis (AESOP, ELFEP, SEPEA, EU-GEI) and longitudinal cohort data (ALSPAC,Swedish register data, Chilean registry data).

Using this knowledge, we have developed a translational epidemiologicalprediction model to forecast expected need for psychosis in differentpopulations (www.psymaptic.org). This informsEarly Intervention in Psychosis service commissioners and planners aboutexpected need for psychosis in the populations they serve. It has informed NICEguidance in England on EIP service provision since 2014, and has also beendeveloped for use in Wales, the Republic of Ireland and Chile. 

I am currently accepting PhD invitations from prospectivestudents interested in undertaking Ph.D. training in psychiatric epidemiology. Pleasesee my website www.psylife.eu/prospectivefor details of how to get in touch.