David is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Epidemiology at UCL and an Honorary consultant psychiatrist in North London. He trained in medicine and social/political sciences at Cambridge University and then UCL.
He completed clinical psychiatry training in North London and a PhD in psychosis and physical health at UCL. He also has an MSc in epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
David’s research has focused on the interface between mental health and physical health for over twenty years.
He has a particular interest in harnessing large scale national, international and regional health data to answer big research questions in mental health. He works with data from cohorts, from primary care and secondary care. He is especially interested in safety and effectiveness of interventions as well is health inequalities.
