We are delighted to announce that Professor Kapil Sayal, Editor of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) journal, has been reappointed as a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Senior Investigator for a second term.
Professor Sayal, who is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Nottingham and an Honorary Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, leads the Children and Young People Mental Health & Wellbeing research group at the Institute of Mental Health. His research focuses on improving mental health outcomes for children and young people in community, school, and clinical settings.
NIHR Senior Investigators are among the most prominent and prestigious researchers funded by the NIHR, recognised for their outstanding leadership within the research community. This reappointment is a testament to Professor Sayal’s continued excellence in child and adolescent mental health services research.
In response to his reappointment, Professor Sayal stated, “I am truly honoured by this recognition from the NIHR of the value and importance of child and adolescent mental health services research. My NIHR research strives to improve the mental health outcomes for children and young people in community, school and clinical settings. I am passionate about leading service-facing research that can make an impact through informing policy, commissioning and the delivery of evidence-based interventions and services.”
As an NIHR Senior Investigator, Professor Sayal will continue to play a crucial role in guiding research capacity development and tackling challenges in health and social care. His reappointment underscores the significance of his work in advancing child and adolescent mental health research and its potential to influence policy and practice.
We congratulate Professor Sayal on this well-deserved recognition and look forward to his continued contributions to the field of child and adolescent mental health through his research and his role as Editor of CAMH.
After completing undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Medicine, Kapil undertook a combined clinical and academic training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry and the Bethlem & Maudsley / SLAM NHS Trusts. He was awarded a Health Services Research Training Fellowship investigating pathways to care for children at risk of ADHD and was subsequently appointed as a Clinical Lecturer. He completed his PhD during this period and received three awards marking a significant achievement in research for work based on his PhD, including the Royal College of Psychiatrists Research Prize. Kapil was appointed as Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 2005 and promoted to Reader in 2012 and Professor of child and adolescent Psychiatry in 2014.
Kapil’s research interests reflect developmental epidemiology, clinical and school-based trials, child and adolescent mental health in schools and primary care, ADHD and self-harm. His programme of Health Services Research includes intervention research that aims to improve the identification of and outcomes for children and young people with mental health problems in school, primary care and specialist settings.
Information sourced from The University of Nottingham