Prof. Dr. Miranda Wolpert
- Section Global Health
- Location London, United Kingdom
- Election year 2022
Research
Research Priorities: Mental health, outcome measurement, youth
Miranda Wolpert is a British psychologist. Her research focuses on prevention of and early intervention for psychological illnesses. She is particularly interested in mental health in children and youths and pursues the most effective methods of prevention and early intervention. Miranda Wolpert also develops indicators with which improvements in mental health via interventions can be assessed.
Millions of people around the world suffer from mental illness during their youth which can change their life trajectories, influence their relationships, education, and careers and even shorten their life expectancy. Miranda Wolpert asks how society can intervene at the earliest possible point to stop these problems becoming lifelong and disabling. She takes both educational and domestic environments into consideration.
Miranda Wolpert’s research examines the understanding of mental health issues in children and investigates how children, young people, and families can be best supported to develop strength and resiliency in order to overcome these problems and promote healing. She studies how these health problems develop as well as how aid programmes should be structured in order to offer the maximum amount of support for affected people. She places particular emphasis on using routine data to reflect on current practices and achieve improvements in care.
Miranda Wolpert’s scientific work covers the areas of prevention, implementation, and improvement in relation to children's and young people’s mental health, thereby forming a bridge between practical work and academic research.
Miranda Wolpert is a British psychologist. Her research focuses on prevention of and early intervention for psychological illnesses. She is particularly interested in mental health in children and youths and pursues the most effective methods of prevention and early intervention. Miranda Wolpert also develops indicators with which improvements in mental health via interventions can be assessed.
Millions of people around the world suffer from mental illness during their youth which can change their life trajectories, influence their relationships, education, and careers and even shorten their life expectancy. Miranda Wolpert asks how society can intervene at the earliest possible point to stop these problems becoming lifelong and disabling. She takes both educational and domestic environments into consideration.
Miranda Wolpert’s research examines the understanding of mental health issues in children and investigates how children, young people, and families can be best supported to develop strength and resiliency in order to overcome these problems and promote healing. She studies how these health problems develop as well as how aid programmes should be structured in order to offer the maximum amount of support for affected people. She places particular emphasis on using routine data to reflect on current practices and achieve improvements in care.
Miranda Wolpert’s scientific work covers the areas of prevention, implementation, and improvement in relation to children's and young people’s mental health, thereby forming a bridge between practical work and academic research.
Career
- since 2021 Director, Mental Health Wellcome, Wellcome Trust, London, UK
- 2019-2021 Head, Mental Health Priority Area Wellcome, Wellcome Trust, London, UK
- since 2016 Professor, Evidence Based Practice and Research, University College London (UCL), London, UK
- 2008-2018 Director, Child Outcomes Research Consortium (CORC), London, UK
- 2006-2018 Director, Evidence Based Practice Unit (EBPU), UCL, London, UK and Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, London, UK
- 1998-2007 Advisor and Clinical Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), Bedfordshire and Luton Community NHS Trust, Bedfordshire, UK
- 1996-2001 Independent Psychologist, St. Paul’s Girls’ School, London, UK
- 1996-1998 PsychD in Clinical Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
- 1991-1998 Clinical Psychologist, Child and Family Consultation Centre, Riverside Mental Health Unit, London, UK
- 1984-1985 Master’ s Degree in History, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
- 1981-1984 Bachelor’s Degree in History, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Functions
- since 2019 Member, International Alliance of Mental Health Research Funders (IAMHRF), Montreal, Canada
- 2019-2021 Lancet Commission on Depression, World Psychiatric Association and Lancet
- 2012-2019 National Informatics and Data Advisor, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, National Health Service (NHS), UK
- 2000-2009 National Clinical Advisor, National Institute of Mental health (NIMHE), UK
- 1991-2003 Member and Chairperson, Special Interest Group (today: Faculty for Children and Young People), Division of Clinical Psychology, British Psychological Society, UK
Projects
- 2017-2019 Chairperson, Group creating standard outcome set for youth anxiety and depression, International Clinical Health Outcomes Measures (ICHOM)
Honours and Memberships
- 2022 Member, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Germany
- 2017 Member, Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), UK