Research Active ELFT Clinicians
Research Active ELFT Clinicians
The Research and Innovation Team are supported by a committed group of clinicians at ELFT who are passionate about advancing healthcare through research and innovation. They:
- Raise awareness about our research activities within their clinical area.
- Share their expertise and act as a mentor for other staff interested in research.

Daniela Antonie
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Lead for Newham Talking Therapies
Research Interests: The effectiveness of group therapies, both online and face-to-face, and exploring the potential of artificial intelligence to enhance and augment the therapeutic experience.

Rahul Bhattacharya
EDI Research Lead, ELFT; Honorary Associate Clinical Professor, Warwick Medical School; Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Handling Editor, Training and Education, BJPsych Bulletin
Research Interests: Health inequalities, ethnic variation and neurodiversity, mental health outcomes, big data and digital solutions, technological innovations, alternative solutions, peer support & co-production.

Tim Buck
Consultant Nurse Learning Disabilities, ELFT. Honorary Senior Lecturer, City St George's University of London.
Research Interests: Learning (intellectual) Disability, Mental Health, Nurse education & workforce.

Erica Cini
Consultant Child & Adolescent and Eating Disorder Consultant Psychiatrist, East London NHS Foundation Trust; Deputy Clinical Director for Mental Health, NHS-E (London); Clinical Senior Lecturer (Education), IoPPN KCL and Honorary Associate Professor, UCL. Erica is also a clinical advisor to Beat, the national ED charity.
Research Interests: Eating disorders in children and adolescents.
Susham Gupta
Consultant Psychiatrist, Tower Hamlets Early Intervention Service (THEIS)
Research Interests: Supporting clinical research amongst psychiatric trainees and other professionals; Supporting larger research projects in ELFT
Personal Interests: Psychosis, early intervention, service developments, social and geo-psychiatry

Sen Kallumpuram
Training Programme Director (Luton and Bedfordshire) and Consultant Psychiatrist, Luton Memory Services
Research Interests: General Psychiatry, Psychiatry of Old Age, Cognitive Assessments across cultures, Dementia, Depression, RCTs, Cultural Psychiatry, History of psychiatry, Spirituality & Psychiatry

Charles Marshall
Professor of Clinical Neurology, QMUL / Honorary Consultant Neurologist, ELFT
Research Interests: Leading research that aims to improve accurate, timely and equitable diagnosis of dementia, including studies focused on brain imaging, digital cognitive tests and blood biomarkers.

Frank Röhricht (Website)
Consultant Psychiatrist & Medical Director for Research and Education, ELFT; Honorary Professor of Psychiatry QMUL
Research Interests: Pyschiatry, Psychosomatics, Body Pyschotherapy


