Dr Daniel Michelson

Dr Daniel Michelson is Clinical Reader in Youth Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London. He read natural sciences at Cambridge and went on to complete clinical psychology training and post-qualification research at King’s, followed by academic posts at Oxford, LSHTM and Sussex. He returned to King’s in 2022 and now works between the Academic Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, where he is an Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

His research and practice interests centre around mental health prevention, early intervention and recovery-oriented approaches for underserved children, young people (up to age 25) and their families. He leads and collaborates on projects across the UK and internationally, including work on scalable youth mental health innovations in India, Malawi and Uganda. He holds current research grants totalling >£5m from the MRC, NIHR, Wellcome Trust and Grand Challenges Canada.