Speaker
Professor Kapil Sayal
Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences, University of Nottingham
Biography
Professor Kapil Sayal is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Honorary Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. After completing undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Medicine, Kapil undertook a combined clinical and academic training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry (KCL) and the Bethlem & Maudsley / SLAM NHS Trusts. He was awarded a Health Services Research Training Fellowship investigating pathways to care for children at risk of ADHD and was subsequently appointed as a Clinical Lecturer. Kapil completed his PhD during this period and received 3 awards marking a significant achievement in research for work based on his PhD, including the Royal College of Psychiatrists Research Prize. His work informed the care pathway recommendations in the NICE Guidelines for ADHD.
Kapil is an NIHR Senior Investigator, and leads a programme of clinical trials and Health Services Research focusing on child and young people's mental health.