Professor Golam Khandaker
Theme lead for Mental health
Workstream lead for Biological interventions, trial recruitment and safety
Golam Khandaker is Professor of Psychiatry, MRC Investigator, and Immunopsychiatry Programme Lead at the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol Medical School, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.
Prof Khandaker’s research focuses on identifying and validating novel immunological mechanisms and potential treatment targets for mental illness using epidemiological cohort studies, genetic analysis, and early phase clinical trials of anti-inflammatory drugs in patients with depression and psychosis.
Treatment resistance and drug side effects in schizophrenia
Theme Translational data science
Workstream Genetic evidence to prioritise intervention
Investigating the link between asthma and mental health in children
Themes Mental health Respiratory disease
Workstream Exacerbation prediction and aerosol emissions
Investigating the link between asthma, brain inflammation and MRI changes
Themes Mental health Respiratory disease
Workstream Exacerbation prediction and aerosol emissions
Identifying biomarkers for treatment response and disease prognosis
Theme Mental health
Workstream Biological interventions, trial recruitment and safety