Director - Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
0113 343 2725
1.23 Charles Thackrah Building
Qualifications
BSc (Hons London) 1971 Biochemistry 2:1
MBBS (London) 1974 Honours vivas in Obs & Gynae, Medicine
MRCP (UK) 1977
MRCPsych 1980
DM (Nottingham) 1988
Current and Previous Roles
- Jan 1975 - Mar 1976 Pre-registration House Surgeon and House Physician Southampton General Hospital
- Mar 1976 - July 1977 Rotating Senior House Officer in General Medicine Nottingham City Hospital
- Aug 1977 - July 1978 Senior House Officer in Neurology Tayside Regional Neurology Centre Dundee Royal Infirmary
- Sept 1978 - July 1980 Rotating Registrar in Psychiatry Nottingham
- Aug 1980 - April 1986 Lecturer/Honorary Senior Registrar in Psychiatry Department of Psychiatry Nottingham
- Apr 1986 - Mar 1989 Acting Clinical Lecturer/Honorary Senior Registrar Department of Psychiatry Oxford
- April 1989 - June 1989 Locum Cons Psychiatrist Elms Clinic Banbury, Oxfordshire
- July 1989 - Sept 1997 Cons and Senior Lecturer Department of Liaison Psychiatry General Infirmary at Leeds
- Oct 1997 – Oct 1999 Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry University of Leeds
- Nov 1999 – present Professor of Liaison Psychiatry Head of Academic Unit of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leeds
- 2004 – 2006 Acting Director – Institute of Health Sciences and Public Health Research, Medicine and Health University of Leeds
- 2006 – Present Director – Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
Current Research Interests
Self harm and suicide in adults
Medically unexplained symptoms
Mental health and healthcare in people with physical disease
Current and Recent Research
Forster A (PI) House A (Co I) and others. Improving patient and carer centred outcomes in long-term stroke care NIHR programme grant £1,646 241 2007-2011
Cottrell D (PI) House A (Co-I) and others. Self-Harm Intervention, Family Therapy: a randomised controlled trial of family therapy vs. treatment as usual for young people seen after an episode of self-harm HTA programme £2,535,295 2008-2013
House A (PI) and others. IMPROVE-PC: Improving prevention of vascular disease in primary care, a research theme in LYBRA CLAHRC: Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research Theme £3m 2008-13, CLAHRC £18.1m 2008-13
Development and evaluation of interventions for the prevention of childhood obesity in a multi-ethnic population: the Born-in-Bradford NHS research programme. Wright J (PI) and 10 Co-I. NIHR programme grant for applied research £ 1.99 million 2008-13
Mir G (PI) House A (Co I) and others. Addressing depression in Muslim Communities: Development of a guidance manual NIHR RfPB programme £241,656 2010-12
House A (PI) Ahmed S (Co I) and others. Antenatal Mental Health in a Bi-Ethnic Population – Understanding and Responding to Emotional and Somatic Distress in Pregnancy NIHR RfPB Programme £249,999 2009 – 2011.
Hughes T (PI) House A (Co I) and others. The prevalence and importance of unrecognized bi-polar disorder among patients prescribed antidepressant medication in UK General Practice NIHR RfPB programme £248,219 2010 – 2011
Ferrier I N (PI) House A (Co I) and others. Antiglucocorticoid augmentation of antiDepressants in Depression – The ADD Study Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation Programme (NIHR) £1 million 1 May 2010 – 31 July 2012.
Lawton G (PI) House A (Co I) and others. NEST 2 – Naturalistic study of the short-term course of non-epileptic seizures (NES) after communication of diagnosis NIHR RfPB programme £250,000 1 May 2009 – 30 June 2011.
Foy R (PI) House A and others. Evaluation of screening for depression in patients with chronic physical disease in primary care NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme: £247,141
PhD Supervision
- Self harm and suicide in adults
- Medically unexplained symptoms
- Mental health and healthcare in people with physical disease
Current PhD Students
Orla O’Donnell - PhD (joint supervision with Dr Mitch Waterman) Psychological and environmental risk factors for self-harm and aggression
Kate McLintock - PhD (joint supervision with Professor Robbie Foy) Influences on the management of depression associated with chronic disease in primary care
Sarah Alderson - PhD (joint supervision with Professor Robbie Foy) Patients understanding of depression associated with chronic disease
Amanda Edmondson - PhD (joint supervision with Dr Cathy Brennan) Exploring motivations to self harm using innovative qualitative methodologies
Carolyn Montana - PhD (joint supervision with Dr Shenaz Ahmed & Dr John Holmes) Patient perspectives: the experience of coincidental dementia in acute nursing care
Gwen Powell - PhD (joint supervision with Dr Louise Bryant & Dr Janet Holt) Lives not worth living? An exploration of how healthcare professionals make decisions about serious handicap
Professional Activities
Committees
Member, HTA Commissioning Board 2005-
Member, Research for Patient Benefit Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Funding Committee 2006-
Member, Wellcome Trust Populations and Public Health Expert Review Group 2010-