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Golam Khandaker is a Professor at the University of Bristol's Bristol Medical School and the Head of the Immunopsychiatry Experimental Medicine Programme. He is also an MRC Investigator and an Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at the Avon Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. His research focuses on identifying and validating novel immunological mechanisms as potential treatment targets in major psychiatric disorders, particularly depression and schizophrenia. This is achieved through the use of epidemiological cohort studies, genetic analysis, and early-phase clinical trials. His work aims to move immunotherapies closer to psychiatric practice through innovative translational research. He is interested in the life-course epidemiology of mental disorders and the physical-psychiatric multimorbidity, particularly regarding the aetiology, early detection, and prevention of cardiometabolic disease in individuals with schizophrenia and depression. Khandaker is also involved in several research projects, including the South Wales South West England Mental Health Platform Hub and the CHECKPOINT project, which investigates immune metabolic pathways in severe mental illness.
Bristol Medical School • Bristol
Leading research in Immunopsychiatry and overseeing the Experimental Medicine Programme.
Avon Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust • Bristol
Consulting on cases and participating in the treatment of patients with psychiatric disorders.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge
Conducted research in clinical psychiatry focusing on immune mechanisms.
Department of Physics research themes include Astrophysics, Materials and Devices, Particle Physics, and Quantum and Soft Matter.