The Team | Circadian Mental Health

Meet the Team

Our network is comprised of researchers, clinicians and charity members from many different disciplines. This allows us to investigate mental health in a way that will benefit patients, families and communities.

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Amy Ferguson

Circadian Mental Health Network Scientific Coordinator, University of Edinburgh

Daniel Smith

Chair of Psychiatry and Head of Division of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh

Andrew Millar

Chair of Systems Biology, SynthSys and School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Alice Gregory

Professor, Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, London College

Matt Jones

Professor in Neuroscience, University of Bristol

Gurprit Lall

Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Kent

James Hodge

Associate Professor in Neuroscience, University of Bristol

Annabel Walsh

Public Involvement In Research Manager, The McPin Foundation

Colin Espie

Professor of Sleep Medicine, Senior Clinical Research Fellow, University of Oxford

Daniel Thedie

Research Software Engineer, University of Edinburgh

Livia Scorza

Data Team Leader - Biological Research Data Management (BioRDM), University of Edinburgh

Haya Deeb

Research Data Specialist, University of Edinburgh

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Stafford Lightman

Professor of Medicine, University of Bristol

Lorna Lopez

Associate Professor, Maynooth University

Giulia Gaggioni

Postdoctoral Researcher, Maynooth University

Andrew Coogan

Behavioural Neuroscientist, Maynooth University

Manuel Spitschan

Professor of Chronobiology and Health, Max Planck Institute, Technical University of Munich

Athanasios Tsanas ('Thanasis')

Professor of Digital Health and Data Science, Director of Knowledge Exchange and Impact, University of Edinburgh

Martyn Pickersgill

Professor of the Sociology of Science and Medicine, University of Edinburgh

Tomasz Zielinski

Research Data Specialist, University of Edinburgh

Cathy Wyse

Chronobiologist, Maynooth University

Russell Foster

Professor of Circadian Neuroscience, Head of Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, University of Oxford

John Geddes

Professor of Psychiatry, Director of NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford

Robert Meadows

Director of Research, University of Surrey

Rebecca Reynolds

Professor of Metabolic Medicine, University of Edinburgh

Michael McCarthy

Associate Adjunct Professor Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, USCD

Renata Riha

Honorary Reader & Consultant in Sleep and Respiratory Medicine, University of Edinburgh

Leanne Fleming

Reader, Centre for Sleep Health, University of Strathclyde

In Memory

Professor Malcolm von Schantz

24 May 1966 - 24 October 2026

Malcolm was a core part of the Circadian Mental Health Network from the very beginning. He was an outstanding scientist and a kind, compassionate and generous colleague, always available to support others, and particularly early career scientists. He was the quiet but highly effective driving force behind many projects and initiatives. His expertise, enthusiasm and support is a great loss to our field and for many of us personally.

Obituary by Debra Skene and Simon Archer (BioClocks UK)