Dr Dasha Nicholls

Dr Dasha Nicholls

I lead the Child and Adolescent Mental Health research team in the Division of Psychiatry and also the Multimorbidity and Mental Health theme in Northwest London Applied Research Collaboration. I am also Clinical and Strategic Director for National Audits and Research at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and a practising Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in CNWL Children and Young People’s Eating Disorders Service. My research aims to improve understanding and interventions for children and young people (CYP) with feeding and eating disorders and obesity. In particular my research focuses on risk factors and early intervention for disordered eating behaviour, and seeks practical and scale-able solutions, from parent training to policy change, that directly influence outcomes. Increasingly I am working in CYP population mental health, working through schools and with CYP presenting in mental health crisis at emergency departments to support supported self-care through digital technology. I lead a cross Faculty network for Mental Health Research at Imperial College, bringing together scientists from a range of disciplines to collaborate on mental health research.