Dr Valeria Parlatini is a clinical lecturer and child and adolescent psychiatrist at King's College London and South London and Maudsley (SLaM) NHS Foundation Trust. Her research aims at the identification of predictors of mental health outcomes that can be used to personalise and improve clinical care. She received three international awards, including the Young Scientist Award at the World Congress on ADHD. Recently, she has been awarded the Academy of Medical Sciences Starter Grant to investigate the impact of the Covid pandemic on the mental health of children and young people with pre-existing mental health conditions.
Consultant in Paediatric Neurodisability, Evelina Children Hospital, London
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant in Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, King’s College Hospital
Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Clinical Partners and Visiting Professor University of Bedfordshire
Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Southampton University
Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Director, London Infant Family Team, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant Child and Adolescent, Psychiatrist, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Community Sexual and Reproductive Health, The Wolverton Centre, Kingston Hospital NHS Trust
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, National & Specialist Paediatric Liaison Team, St Thomas Hospital, London
Dr Violeta Perez is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist working in community mental health services in Southwark. Dr Perez trained as a psychiatrist in Vall D’Hebron University Hospital, a centre renowned for its All-Age ADHD Department, and was actively involved in the diagnosis and treatment of young people and adults with ADHD working alongside internationally renowned experts in the field.
Dr Perez led the development of the local ADHD Diagnosis Clinic in Merton CAMHS at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. She is currently leading a service development project to further define and improve the ADHD pathway within the Adolescent Team in Southwark CAMHS, South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust.
Dr Perez has a special interest in women’s mental health and is an elected executive member of the Women and Mental Health Special Interest Group within the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Dr Perez is also actively involved in research, having participated in the publication of academic articles in the fields of ADHD and substance misuse.
CAMHS, Leader of project linking school and Mental Health Services
Senior Lecturer, Consultant Psychiatrist, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King’s College London
NIHR Senior Research Fellow, Exeter School for Primary Care Research, Children and Young People’s Mental Health Research Collaboration, University of Exeter Medical School
Dr Anna Price is a research leader in health service provision for people with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism, with a wider research focus on healthcare transitions, and on equitable access to health and social care for people with mental health needs. She holds a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded Three Research Schools Mental Health Career Development Fellowship, leading the ‘Managing young people with ADHD in Primary care’ (MAP) study, and is a co-located between the School for Primary Care Research (SPCR), and the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Research Collaboration (ChYMe) at the University of Exeter Medical School. She previously led the mapping strand of the NIHR funded ‘Children and adolescents with ADHD in transition between children’s services and adult services’ (CATCh-uS) project. Dr Price is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds expertise in a range of applied health research methodologies, including quantitative and qualitative methodologies, clinical trial management, and evidence syntheses, with additional strengths in public and patient involvement and engagement (PPIE), and collaborative research methods.
Prof of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Child &Adolescent Psychiatry King’s College London
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant in General Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University College Hospital
Jenny is the Assistant Director for Clinical Practice in the London Borough of Southwark Children & Families Service. She is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years experience leading NHS and local authority clinical services within CAMHS, Children’s Social Care, Youth Justice, and the CYP Secure Estate, and is the lead developer of the STAIRS framework used in a number of local authorities and in the secure estate. In her current role she oversees clinical staff embedded within each social work and management team throughout Southwark’s Children & Families department; social work staff embedded within SLAM inpatient units; and the Pause project for women who have had their children removed, as well as helping ensure NHS and private mental health providers are working well with the local authority to meet the needs of Southwark’s children. She is Southwark’s Virtual Mental Health Lead for our Looked After Children. Jenny is also twice Past Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Clinical Psychology.
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