
Dr Marta Di Forti MD, MRCPsych, PhD
Clinical Reader in Psychosis Research
- MRC Senior Research Fellow
Research interests
- Psychiatry
Contact details
Biography
Dr Marta Di Forti is a Clinical Reader in Psychosis Research at the Dept of Social, Developmental and Genetic Research, Institute of Psychiatry, and Honorary Consultant Adult Psychiatrist, Lambeth EI Community team, South London and Maudsley NHS foundation Trust. She leads the first Cannabis Clinic for patients with Psychotic disorders in UK. She was recently awarded the Royal College of Psychiatrist Researcher of the year prize. In 2020 she was granted a MRC Senior Research Fellowship to expand her research in the role of cannabis use in psychosis and its underlying biology. With her team she showed for the first time that use of high potency types of cannabis e.g. "skunk" carries a higher risk of psychosis than use of traditional types and that it affects rates of Psychotic disorders across Europe. Though it still remains unclear who are those cannabis use most at risk. Her future work aims to investigate the interaction between cannabis use and genes predisposing to schizophrenia, and how cannabis changes the epigenome.
Cannabis & Me Study. Link to online survey: Cannabis & Me
News
King's College London spearheads the largest ever independent study into cannabis use
The Medical Research Council has allocated over £2.5 million of funding to Cannabis & Me, a scientific study into the effects of cannabis on the human brain.

Three researchers win awards at the RcPsych Awards 2021
Dr Marta Di Forti, Prof. Neil Greenberg, and Prof. Carmine Pariante all come out on top in their categories

IoPPN researchers shortlisted for upcoming RCPsych Awards and HSJ Awards 2021
Several IoPPN researchers and projects have recently been shortlisted for upcoming awards.

Dr Marta Di Forti awarded MRC Senior Clinical Fellowship
Medical Research Council's Senior Clinical Fellowships support independent Clinical Academics who are emerging as global leaders in their field and want to...

Events

Demystifying Impact
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News
King's College London spearheads the largest ever independent study into cannabis use
The Medical Research Council has allocated over £2.5 million of funding to Cannabis & Me, a scientific study into the effects of cannabis on the human brain.

Three researchers win awards at the RcPsych Awards 2021
Dr Marta Di Forti, Prof. Neil Greenberg, and Prof. Carmine Pariante all come out on top in their categories

IoPPN researchers shortlisted for upcoming RCPsych Awards and HSJ Awards 2021
Several IoPPN researchers and projects have recently been shortlisted for upcoming awards.

Dr Marta Di Forti awarded MRC Senior Clinical Fellowship
Medical Research Council's Senior Clinical Fellowships support independent Clinical Academics who are emerging as global leaders in their field and want to...

Events

Demystifying Impact
This event is an opportunity to hear from others on their journey toward research impact, with sessions on how to maximise your own impact.
Please note: this event has passed.