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[H4] About the project
This project is led by Professor Tania Gergel and colleagues at King’s College London.
Advance Choice Documents [SO1] (ACDs) are written or spoken records that allow people with fluctuating mental illness to say in advance, when they are well, what treatment they would like if they become ill. [H4] What are we doing now?
The Bipolar UK research team has been busy working with colleagues at the Department of Health and Social Care to help deliver ACDs as a central element of the new Mental Health Bill.
In summer 2025, we appointed a social entrepreneur to help deliver the next phase of the project, which is to take the ACD website and build a social enterprise so that it can continue to run.
[SO1]Hyperlink: www.advancechoice.org
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About B-Sprint
The Brain and Genomics Hub is one of six new research hubs that make up the Mental Health Research Platform funded by UKRI. The platform was established to accelerate progress towards new and more effective treatments for serious mental illness.
Our Hub is made up of a number of universities and third sector organisations working together to better understand serious mental illnesses and to better support the people living with these conditions. The third sector organisations Adferiad and Bipolar UK are helping us to put the lived experiences of people at the heart of our research.How can I get involved?
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Denis Duagi
Research Manager
In September 2025, Dr Denis Duagi joined Bipolar UK as a postdoctoral Research Manager. A mental health researcher specialising in …
Denis Duagi
Research Manager
In September 2025, Dr Denis Duagi joined Bipolar UK as a postdoctoral Research Manager.
A mental health researcher specialising in lived experience–led approaches to policy and service development, Denis completed a PhD in Public Mental Health at King’s College London, where she designed and led a mixed-methods evaluation of school-based mental health interventions, focusing on long-term impact and policy translation.
Alongside her academic expertise, Denis brings lived experience of bipolar, which has shaped her commitment to inclusive and impactful research.
Professor Tania Gergel
Director of Research
In February 2023, Professor Tania Gergel joined Bipolar UK as our first ever Director of Research. Her work focuses on …
Professor Tania Gergel
Director of Research
In February 2023, Professor Tania Gergel joined Bipolar UK as our first ever Director of Research. Her work focuses on putting the lived experience of mental illness at the centre of mental health research and policy.
Alongside a team at King’s College London and colleagues at the Department of Health and Social Care, Tania’s research has been used to help deliver Advance Choice Documents as a central element of the new Mental Health Bill.
Tania provides an influential advisory role with the aim of getting more coproduction and engagement into research projects, and she has an ongoing focus on understanding suicide and diagnosis in bipolar.
Professor Tania Gergel holds professorships at Cardiff University and University College London.
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