Senior academic staff
Our senior academic staff work across our research themes to investigate the causes of mental health problems and neurodegenerative disorders.

Richard Anney
Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- anneyr@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 208 8390

Professor Jonathan Bisson
Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- bissonji@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8486

Professor Derek Blake
Professor of Neuroscience, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- blakedj@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8468

Professor Nick Bray
Professor and Divisional Lead for Postgraduate Research, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- brayn3@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8368

Dr Xavier Caseras
Senior Lecturer, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- caserasx@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8437

Professor Stephan Collishaw
Personal Chair, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- collishaws@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8436

Dr William Davies
Senior Lecturer, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- daviesw4@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 0152

Dr Arianna Di Florio
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- diflorioa@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8418

Professor Vincent Dion
Professor, Dementia Research Institute
- dionv@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44(0)29 2251 0893

Professor Valentina Escott-Price
Professor, Dementia Research Institute
- escottpricev@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8429

Professor Andrew Forrester
Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences

Professor William Gray
Professor of Functional Neurosurgery, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- graywp@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8491

Professor Jeremy Hall
Director of Division of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, Director of Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute, Hon. Consultant Psychiatrist.
- hallj10@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0) 29 20 688 342

Professor Peter Holmans
Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- holmanspa@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8427

Professor Anthony Isles
Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- islesar1@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8467

Professor Ian Jones
Director/Clinical Professor, National Centre for Mental Health
- jonesir1@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8327

Professor Lesley Jones
Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- jonesl1@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8469

Professor George Kirov
Clinical Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- kirov@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8465

Professor Meng Li
Chair in Stem Cell Neurobiology, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- lim26@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44(0) 29 2068 8345

Professor Michael O'Donovan
Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- odonovanmc@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8320

Professor Sir Michael Owen
Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience; Emeritus Director of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute
- owenmj@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0) 29 2068 8320

Dr Kathryn Peall
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Welsh speaking
- peallkj@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8338

Dr Andrew Pocklington
Senior Lecturer, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- pocklingtonaj@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8428

Professor Aled Rees
Professor of Endocrinology, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- Welsh speaking
- reesda@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2074 5002

Professor Frances Rice
Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- ricef2@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8384

Professor Neil Robertson
Clinical Professor of Neurology, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- robertsonnp@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2074 5403

Professor Anne Rosser
Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- rosserae@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 6654

Dr Eunju Jenny Shin
Lecturer, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- shine@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8332

Dr Emma Tallantyre
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neuroscience
- tallantyreec@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2074 5403

Professor Pamela Taylor
Chair in Psychiatry, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- taylorpj2@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8432

Professor Anita Thapar
Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- thapar@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8478

Marianne van den Bree
Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- vandenbreemb@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8433

Professor James Walters
Director, MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics; Deputy Director/Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- waltersjt@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8434

Professor Simon Ward
Director, Medicines Discovery Institute
- Welsh speaking
- wards10@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 6984

Professor Lawrence Wilkinson
Scientific Director, Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute.
- wilkinsonl@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44(0) 29 2068 8461

Professor Julie Williams
Director, Dementia Research Institute
- williamsj@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44(0) 29 2068 8326

Professor Nigel Williams
Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- williamsnm@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8466

Dr Malik Zaben
Lecturer, Neuroscience & Mental Health Research Institute
- zabenm@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 02920 688 333

Professor Stanley Zammit
Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- zammits@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44(0) 29 2068 8435