David Cousins

Clinical Senior Lecture, Consultant Psychiatrist and Director of Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre. He leads the research program seeking to optimise the use of lithium in psychiatry.

Pete Thelwall

Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics and Director of the Centre for In Vivo Imaging. His research program develops and implements innovative magnetic resonance methods with particular focus on multinuclear techniques.

Victoria Wing

Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry. Her research focusses on supplementary lithium and dose optimisation in practice, and she leads our Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement initiatives.

Oisin Kavanagh

Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology. He brings invaluable expertise in pharmacokinetics and advanced modelling, driving our work of dose optimisation and prediction.

Mary Neal

Senior Research Associate in Magnetic Resonance Physics. Her work with the team has enabled the detection of brain lithium at the micromolar concentrations found after dietary supplementation.

Sophie Clews

Research Assistant in Team Lithium whose main focus has been the delivery of CRiB2. She coordinated recruitment, screening and follow-up, working closely with partners in King's College London.

Neave Woollam

Psychology Professional Placement Student working with the team this year. She has assisted us will the delivery of our research and was successful in securing a Summer Research Placement during which she will be a Research Assistant for the ILIAD project.