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

Using this knowledge, we have developed a translational epidemiological prediction model to forecast expected need for psychosis in different populations (www.psymaptic.org). This informs Early Intervention in Psychosis service commissioners and planners about expected need for psychosis in the populations they serve. It has informed NICE guidance in England on EIP service provision since 2014, and has also been developed for use in Wales, the Republic of Ireland and Chile. 

I am currently accepting PhD invitations from prospective students interested in undertaking Ph.D. training in psychiatric epidemiology. Please see my website www.psylife.eu for details of how to get in touch.