About us

We do this by developing and evaluating new interventions, understanding and mitigating risks to mental health, protecting mental wellbeing, and normalising common and expected human responses to adverse or changing circumstances.

Our leadership and delivery team

The strategic planning and day-to-day operations of the Institute of Mental Health Research at York (IMRY) is carried out by IMRY's Leadership and Delivery Team.

• Professor Lina Gega, Director 
• Professor Cynthia Iglesias, Associate Director (Sciences)
• Professor Matthew Ratcliffe, Associate Director (Arts and Humanities)
• Dr Ailbhe O'Loughlin, Associate Director (Social Sciences)
  
• Dr Scott Cairney, Associate Director (Sciences)
• Dr Philip Kerrigan, Project Manager

We also have a steering group, as well as a number of research fellows, funded both internally and externally.

Our research fellows

• Lisa Huddlestone, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Mental Health and Addicitions Research Group, Health Sciences
• Simona Manni, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, joint Hull York Medical School (HYMS), Health Sciences and Sociology    
• Charlotte Kitchen, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, joint Hull York Medical School (HYMS), Health Sciences and Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
• Aisling Ryan, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, joint Hull York Medical School (HYMS) and York Law School

Previous research fellows

• Aspasia Bizopoulou, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, joint Hull York Medical School (HYMS) and Economics and Related Studies
• Claire Warrington, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, joint Hull York Medical School (HYMS) and School for Business and Society