Research Bipolar Commission 2021 Who is involved? The Commissioners include a range of people, academics, health professionals and people with lived experience of bipolar Project Board Professor Guy Goodwin – Co-chair Dr Clare Dolman* – Co-chair Professor Allan Young - Bipolar UK Trustee Professor Ian Jones - Field researcher for the Commission Simon Kitchen - CEO, Bipolar UK and Project Sponsor Anna Graham – Bipolar UK and Project Manager Professional Professor Guy Goodwin - Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford 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 Thomas Richardson* - Clinical Psychologist in the NHS and Visiting Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Southampton Dr Trudi Seneviratne, OBE – Consultant Adult/Perinatal Psychiatrist, Clinical Director South London & Maudsley NHS, Registrar Royal College Of Psychiatrists Lived experience 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 Support Group Co-facilitator, Birmingham Olivia Hewitt – student in media, culture and communications Jackie Dix – freelance researcher * with lived experience