Anne Lingford-hughes PhD

Professor Anne Lingford-Hughes is the newly appointed Professor of Addiction Biology at Imperial College, London. She was previously at the University of Bristol working in Professor Nutt's Psychopharmacology Unit for a decade. Her clinical work since 2000 has focused on treating alcohol misuse and comorbidity with mental health disorders. She graduated in medicine from Oxford University, completed her PhD at Cambridge University, and trained in psychiatry at The Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals and Institute of Psychiatry.
Prof Lingford-Hughes is past Hon. General Secretary of the British Association for Psychopharmacology. She co-developed and wrote their guidelines about the pharmacological management of substance misuse and addiction and comorbidity with psychiatric disorders. She has also contributed to NICE guidance regarding pharmacotherapy of opiate detoxification and alcohol misuse and dependence.She is currently Chair of the Academic Faculty of RCPsych.