Dr. Tamsin Ford

Professor

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Biography

Tamsin Ford is a Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and the Head of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on the effectiveness of interventions and the efficiency of services in the mental health sector for children and young people, with a particular focus on the interface between education and health systems. Professor Ford completed her PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, where she set up the Children Young People’s Mental Health Research Group at Exeter Medical School in 2007. In October 2019, she moved to Cambridge and currently holds the position of honorary consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Cambridge Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust. Additionally, she is part of the Research Advisory Group for Place2Be and sits on the Board of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

Research Interests

Requirements for University of Cambridge

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.7
IELTS
Listening
Required:7
Reading
Required:7
Writing
Required:7
Speaking
Required:7
Overall
Required:7.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:25
Reading
Required:25
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:25
Total
Required:110
Prerequisites
UK Bachelor's Degree with good Upper Second Class Honours or international equivalent Background in international relations, politics, law, economics, security or history is a definite asset
Application Checklist
  • Two academic references
  • Official transcripts
  • CV/Resume
  • Personal statement (approx 500 words)
  • Research proposal (1-2 pages/500 words)
  • Application fee (£50)
Specialization Notes

Standard postgraduate requirements for Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) and related humanities departments.