Vice-Dean of Research
As Vice-Dean (Research), I’d like to welcome you to the Institute of Psychiatry web pages which describe our research. My responsibility is to lead our research agenda, including developing our research strategy.
The Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) is the premier centre for mental health and related neurosciences research in Europe. We are Europe’s topmost and the world’s second most cited institution carrying out psychiatry / psychology research with 12 of the most highly cited scientists in this field in the world. IoP is a flourishing and expanding School of King’s College London, with multidisciplinary expertise across disorders, across departments and with strong partnerships with the South London and Maudsley (SLaM) and King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts.
Being part of an Academic Health Science Centre - King’s Health Partners - brings us into a stronger and unique partnership where both mental health and physical care come under the same umbrella, allowing us to further expand our research perspectives. Our specialist NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Mental Health in partnership with SLaM, the largest mental health trust in the country, provides us with an advantageous position in translational research.
Our research agenda is entering a new phase of growth and development as we embrace the new opportunities that are arising from our developing partnerships, invest strategically in areas highlighted as local and national priorities, and make full use of emerging technologies and fantastic new research facilities (such as a Clinical Research Facility and the Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute) that will be opening here in the near future.
This is and exciting time to work here and we look forward to welcoming excellent new talent to work with us to fully embrace these rich opportunities.
Professor Til Wykes
Vice-Dean (Research)