Valeria Mondelli MD, PhD

Dr. Valeria Mondelli is a Reader in Psychoneuroimmunology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience (IoPPN) and a Liaison Consultant Psychiatrist at King’s College Hospital. After having obtained her medical degree and specialty degree in psychiatry at the University of Turin in Italy, she moved to London in 2005 where she obtained her Ph.D. in Psychological Medicine in 2009. She was then awarded an NIHR Clinical Lectureship and continued to conduct her research and clinical work between the IoPPN and the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. She is currently BRC Research Champion on the Mental-Physical health interface at IoPPN. She is also President of the Psychiatry Section of the Royal Society of Medicine. She is the Associate Editor of the journal "Brain, Behavior, and Immunity", one of the most-cited journals in the field of Psychoneuroimmunology. She has received many international awards for he research work, including the 2018 Emerging Leaders in Adolescent Mental Health prize by the Medical Research Foundation.