Research Bipolar Commission Who is involved? The Commissioners include a range of people - academics, healthcare professionals and people with lived experience of bipolar Project Board Professor Guy Goodwin – Co-chair and Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford Dr Clare Dolman* – Co-chair and a patient participation lead at King’s College London Professor Allan Young – Psychiatrist and Bipolar UK Trustee Professor Ian Jones - Psychiatrist and Field researcher for the Commission Simon Kitchen - CEO, Bipolar UK and Project Sponsor Anna Graham – Bipolar UK and Project Manager Commissioners Dr Thomas Richardson* - Clinical Psychologist, Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Southampton Professor Femi Oyebode - Psychiatrist, University of Birmingham Professor Paul McCrone – Professor of Healthcare Economics at Greenwich University Paul Bristow MP – MP for Peterborough (Member of the Health and Social Care Select Committee) Dr Trudi Seneviratne, OBE – Consultant Adult/Perinatal Psychiatrist, Clinical Director South London & Maudsley NHS, Registrar Royal College Of Psychiatrists Dr Tania Gergel* - Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, King’s College London Dr Daniel Dietch - GP at the Lonsdale Medical Practice Professor Swaran Singh – Professor of Social and Community Psychiatry, Warwick University Dr Aditya Sharma - Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Newcastle University Professor Steven Marwaha - Consultant Psychiatrist, Birmingham University, who runs the Mood Disorders Clinic in Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust Dr Julie Anderson, Consultant Psychiatrist, Belfast NHS Community Trust Mohini Morris* - Bipolar UK Trustee Luyando Malawo* – online influencer Leah Milner* – freelance financial journalist Natasha Naomi Rea* – actress and author April Kelley* – actress and producer Nicky Chinn* – songwriter and record producer Suky Singh* – psychology student and Bipolar UK Peer Support Group co-facilitator, Birmingham Olivia Hewitt* – student in media, culture and communications Jackie Dix* – freelance researcher, Wales Emma Jayne Hickman* – social media influencer, Northern Ireland * with lived experience Last updated: 9 March 2023 Manage Cookie Preferences