Research staff
Principal Investigators
![Professor John Atack](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0003/990309/John-Atack-cropped.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor John Atack
Director, Medicines Discovery Institute
- atackj@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 6983
![Professor Riccardo Brambilla](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0007/109294/Brambilla_Riccardo_staff_profile.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Riccardo Brambilla
Professor, Neuroscience Degree Co-ordinator
- brambillar@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 6807
![Professor Jeremy Hall](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0020/60824/Jeremy_Hall_200x200_new.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Jeremy Hall
Director, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences; Director/Clinical Professor, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- hallj10@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8342
![Professor Adrian Harwood](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0020/10865/adrian-harwood.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Adrian Harwood
Co-Director of Research, Co-Director of the Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- harwoodaj@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44(0) 29 2068 8492
![Professor Meng Li](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0016/62620/meng_li_200x200.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Meng Li
Chair in Stem Cell Neurobiology, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- lim26@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44(0) 29 2068 8345
![Professor Simon Murphy](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0012/85899/simonmurphy.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Simon Murphy
Professor in Social Interventions and Health, Director DECIPHer and Lead for the Schools Health Research Network
- murphys7@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 79144
![Professor Kathryn Peall](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0008/1279637/DefaultLogo.png?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Kathryn Peall
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Co-Director, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- Welsh speaking
- peallkj@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8338
![Professor Aled Rees](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0010/384769/Aled-Rees.jpeg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Aled Rees
Professor of Endocrinology, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- Welsh speaking
- reesda@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2074 5002
![Professor Anne Rosser](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0020/132752/anne_rosser2_square.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Anne Rosser
Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- rosserae@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 6654
![Professor James Walters](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0009/128475/JamesWalters_square.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor James Walters
Director, Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics; Deputy Director/Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- waltersjt@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8434
![Professor Krishna Singh](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0005/2712551/238332-1679921945963.jpeg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Krishna Singh
Professor, Head of Human Electrophysiology
- singhkd@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44(0)29 2087 4690
![Dr Kerrie Thomas](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0020/117470/Thomas_Kerrie_staff_profile.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Dr Kerrie Thomas
Reader, Operations Director Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute, Co-Director of the Hodge Centre for Neuropsychiatric Immunology in Cardiff
- thomaskl5@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8344
![Dr Cezar M Tigaret](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0006/2493366/539471-1612275544111.jpeg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Dr Cezar M Tigaret
Hodge Lecturer in Neuroscience, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- tigaretc@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 206 88330
![Marianne van den Bree](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0005/128471/Marianne-Van-Den-Bree_square.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Marianne van den Bree
Professor, Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences
- vandenbreemb@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8433
![Professor Lawrence Wilkinson](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0006/10869/lawrence-wilkinson.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Lawrence Wilkinson
Co Director, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- wilkinsonl@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44(0) 29 2068 8461
![Professor Julie Williams](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0011/71201/Julie_Williams_200x200.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Julie Williams
Director, Dementia Research Institute
- williamsj@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44(0) 29 2068 8326
Early Career Researchers
![Dr Lucia Fernandez Cardo](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0018/132543/Lucia-Cardo2_square.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Dr Lucia Fernandez Cardo
Research Associate, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- cardolf@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 208 8346
![Dr Marija Fjodorova](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0003/1213662/Fjodorova.jpeg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Dr Marija Fjodorova
Research Associate, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- fjodorovam@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)2920 688244
![Dr Josephine Haddon](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0014/10841/no-profile.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&fit=crop)
Dr Josephine Haddon
Research Associate, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- haddonje2@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29 2067 0569
![Olena Petter](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0018/1243323/Olena-Petter-edit-2.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Olena Petter
Senior Technician, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- pettero@cardiff.ac.uk
- 02920 688335
![Dr Nichola Thuvesholmen](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0019/132922/NicholaBrydges2_square.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Dr Nichola Thuvesholmen
Hodge Foundation Research Fellow, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- brydgesn@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 208 8339
![Dr Laura Westacott](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0017/231029/Westacott.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Dr Laura Westacott
Research Associate, Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute
- westacottlj@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 8188