
ALT A woman with short hair smiles against a blue background. Text on the image reads: "We are very clear that research inclusion is essential—not political. If your research isn’t representative, it’s not going to improve outcomes across our population." Below, her title is given as Professor Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Advisor at the Department of Health and Social Care and Chief Executive Officer at NIHR. The logo for the National Institute for Health and Care Research is at the top.

ALT Researchers from the NIHR UCLH BRC are part of several trials to accelerate development of drugs to treat mental health conditions. This work includes investigations into new treatments for psychosis in Alzheimer’s disease - novel muscarinic (M1/M4) agonists, and repurposing of 5HT3 (ondansetron) and 5HT2A (volinanserin) antagonists - and a trial of a novel drug treatment for schizophrenia.
















