Professor Matthew Hotopf CBE
Executive Dean, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
Research interests
- Neuroscience
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
Biography
Professor Matthew Hotopf CBE is Executive Dean of the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN).
Professor Hotopf is a Professor of General Hospital Psychiatry, a consultant liaison psychiatrist, and former Director of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) from 2014-2023.
As an alumnus of King’s College London, Professor Hotopf has a rich history with the university as both student and staff. Matthew was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry at Guy’s King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine in 1998. He was Vice Dean (Research) at the IoPPN from 2017-2023 and led the IoPPN’s return to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021.
Matthew trained in epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and in Psychiatry at the Maudsley. He has broad research interests including using epidemiological and novel mobile health methods to interrogate the relationship between mental and physical health. He has a national research profile as a member of the REF and inaugural chair of the NIHR’s Translational Research Collaboration in Mental Health.
Matthew’s awards include a CBE for services to Psychiatric Research in June 2018 and the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine’s 2016 Wayne Katon Research Award. He is also a NIHR Senior Investigator and Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
Research
GLAD: Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression
The GLAD Study is the largest anxiety and depression project ever undertaken. It was launched in September 2018.
Project status: Ongoing
King’s Open Research Group Initiative (KORGI)
The King’s Open Research Group Initiative (or KORGI) is an action-oriented committee composed of an interdisciplinary mix of senior academics and experienced research staff that seek to change policy and procedures to promote transparent, accessible and reproducible research.
Repeated Assessment of Mental health in Pandemics (RAMP)
The Repeated Assessment of Mental health in Pandemics (RAMP) study is a research project assessing the effect of COVID-19 on the mental health and wellbeing of the population.
Integrating Mental and Physical healthcare: Research Training and Services (IMPARTS)
(IMPARTS) is a King’s Health Partners initiative designed to bring together mental and physical healthcare in general hospital settings.
COVID-19 Ethnic Inequalities in Mental health and Multimorbidities: COVE-IMM study
Informed by perspectives of people with lived experience, this study will look to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated ethnic health inequalities
Project status: Ongoing
News
Lord O'Shaughnessy visits King's College London and the NIHR King's Clinical Research Facility
Lord O’Shaughnessy, Former Health Minister and Senior Partner at consultancy firm Newmarket Strategy visited IoPPN and the NIHR King's Clinical Research...
IoPPN welcomes new Executive Dean Professor Matthew Hotopf
A new chapter for world class Institute as Professor Hotopf begins his five-year tenure as Executive Dean.
Exposure to air pollution is associated with increased use of psychiatric services in people with dementia
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at king's College London has found exposure to air pollution is associated...
Full house at 10th edition of IoPPN Research Festival
The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) celebrated its 10th Research Festival in a packed Wolfson Lecture Theatre. This year's...
£42m boost to mental health research announced by Office for Life Sciences
A new Mental Health Mission, announced today by the Office for Life Sciences, will provide £42.7m worth of funding for mental health research in the UK.
Harnessing Mobile Data to Assess Disease and Relapse
Read about King's work on AI techniques to identify disease and relapse, as featured in the Bringing the Human to the Artificial exhibition.
App-based monitoring of thinking difficulties could help treatment of depression
New research with over 500 participants diagnosed with depression has shown that smartphone assessments of their thinking difficulties is linked to the...
Healthcare workers in England experience PTSD at twice the rate of the general public
New research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London in collaboration with the NIHR ARC North Thames at...
Landmark project uses smartphones and wearables to manage depression, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy
The RADAR-CNS project has collected data from smartphones and wearables to assess how remote measurement technology could help manage depression, multiple...
NIHR Maudsley BRC receives new investment from government
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded £41 million to the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at South London and...
Events
Research Showcase in Eating and Weight Disorders
Join us to celebrate the launch of the Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders at King's College London, and discover research from the NIHR...
King's College London + Artangel present 'The Directors: Marcus'
Flagship event for World Mental Health Day, a film screening & discussion exploring lived experience of psychosis with artist Marcus Coates. By Institute o
IoPPN Research Festival 2023 - 10th Edition - Looking back to look forward
Please join us on 17 May 2023 to celebrate the innovative and exciting research taking place at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at...
Please note: this event has passed.
Professor Stephani Hatch - Inaugural Lecture
Join us in celebrating Professor Stephani Hatch's inaugural lecture on 'Fighting for Health and Social Equity: Lessons from a southernplayalistic ATLien.'
Please note: this event has passed.
Spotlight
Telling Stories of Research through the new NIHR Maudsley BRC microsite
The NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre has launched their new microsite, Stories of Research, to showcase their impactful work on mental health.
Research
GLAD: Genetic Links to Anxiety and Depression
The GLAD Study is the largest anxiety and depression project ever undertaken. It was launched in September 2018.
Project status: Ongoing
King’s Open Research Group Initiative (KORGI)
The King’s Open Research Group Initiative (or KORGI) is an action-oriented committee composed of an interdisciplinary mix of senior academics and experienced research staff that seek to change policy and procedures to promote transparent, accessible and reproducible research.
Repeated Assessment of Mental health in Pandemics (RAMP)
The Repeated Assessment of Mental health in Pandemics (RAMP) study is a research project assessing the effect of COVID-19 on the mental health and wellbeing of the population.
Integrating Mental and Physical healthcare: Research Training and Services (IMPARTS)
(IMPARTS) is a King’s Health Partners initiative designed to bring together mental and physical healthcare in general hospital settings.
COVID-19 Ethnic Inequalities in Mental health and Multimorbidities: COVE-IMM study
Informed by perspectives of people with lived experience, this study will look to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated ethnic health inequalities
Project status: Ongoing
News
Lord O'Shaughnessy visits King's College London and the NIHR King's Clinical Research Facility
Lord O’Shaughnessy, Former Health Minister and Senior Partner at consultancy firm Newmarket Strategy visited IoPPN and the NIHR King's Clinical Research...
IoPPN welcomes new Executive Dean Professor Matthew Hotopf
A new chapter for world class Institute as Professor Hotopf begins his five-year tenure as Executive Dean.
Exposure to air pollution is associated with increased use of psychiatric services in people with dementia
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at king's College London has found exposure to air pollution is associated...
Full house at 10th edition of IoPPN Research Festival
The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) celebrated its 10th Research Festival in a packed Wolfson Lecture Theatre. This year's...
£42m boost to mental health research announced by Office for Life Sciences
A new Mental Health Mission, announced today by the Office for Life Sciences, will provide £42.7m worth of funding for mental health research in the UK.
Harnessing Mobile Data to Assess Disease and Relapse
Read about King's work on AI techniques to identify disease and relapse, as featured in the Bringing the Human to the Artificial exhibition.
App-based monitoring of thinking difficulties could help treatment of depression
New research with over 500 participants diagnosed with depression has shown that smartphone assessments of their thinking difficulties is linked to the...
Healthcare workers in England experience PTSD at twice the rate of the general public
New research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London in collaboration with the NIHR ARC North Thames at...
Landmark project uses smartphones and wearables to manage depression, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy
The RADAR-CNS project has collected data from smartphones and wearables to assess how remote measurement technology could help manage depression, multiple...
NIHR Maudsley BRC receives new investment from government
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded £41 million to the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) at South London and...
Events
Research Showcase in Eating and Weight Disorders
Join us to celebrate the launch of the Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders at King's College London, and discover research from the NIHR...
King's College London + Artangel present 'The Directors: Marcus'
Flagship event for World Mental Health Day, a film screening & discussion exploring lived experience of psychosis with artist Marcus Coates. By Institute o
IoPPN Research Festival 2023 - 10th Edition - Looking back to look forward
Please join us on 17 May 2023 to celebrate the innovative and exciting research taking place at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at...
Please note: this event has passed.
Professor Stephani Hatch - Inaugural Lecture
Join us in celebrating Professor Stephani Hatch's inaugural lecture on 'Fighting for Health and Social Equity: Lessons from a southernplayalistic ATLien.'
Please note: this event has passed.
Spotlight
Telling Stories of Research through the new NIHR Maudsley BRC microsite
The NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre has launched their new microsite, Stories of Research, to showcase their impactful work on mental health.