Laith is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry and Experimental Medicine, based in both the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences in the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, and Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King's College London. His expertise includes neuroimaging and affective neuroscience.

He completed his medical degree & PhD at the University of Cambridge, using non-human primate models to understand the contribution of the anterior cingulate cortex to behavioural and cardiovascular dysfunction relevant to depression. He showed that rapidly acting antidepressants like ketamine can modulate activity in these brain regions to ameliorate symptoms.

Laith has taught extensively both at the University of Cambridge and King’s College London. In addition to his medical degree and PhD, Laith holds membership at the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Royal College of Physicians, and Associate status at Advance HE.

Research Interests

• The biology of the limbic system and anterior cingulate cortex
• Neuroimaging of the limbic system
• Novel forms of neuromodulation including temporal interference stimulation and focused ultrasound
• The discovery and development of novel antidepressants

Teaching

• MSc in Affective Disorders
• MSc in Clinical Psychotherapy
• BSc in Neuroscience and Psychology

Expertise and public engagement

Laith has sat on the Board of Governors for South London and the Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Resident Doctors' Committee. He regularly writes articles about his research and contributes to wider public engagement initiatives.