Each member of the ADDISS Professional Board is a recognised expert on ADHD and related learning and behavioural difficulties. We are extremely grateful to them for their ongoing advice and input to the work of ADDISS.
Professor Eric Taylor
Emeritus Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, King’s College London, London
Professor Eric Taylor is a child neuropsychiatrist. He is Emeritus Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, King’s College London; and is an honorary consultant at The Maudsley.
His research has included longitudinal epidemiology, subcategory of distinctions within the ADHD spectrum, neuropsychology and neuroimaging, molecular genetics and treatment trials.
Professor Taylor has been an editor of several journals, including the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Publications include books for parents and professionals on hyperactivity; and more than 300 scientific papers on hyperactivity, psychopharmacology, neuropsychiatry and related topics as an author or co-author.
Professor Peter Hill
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Professor Hill is a child and adolescent psychiatrist with extensive training and qualification in general medicine, psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry and paediatrics.
He also has been one of the consultants who run the national Tourette’s clinic for children at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He had a number of other jobs: a small but thriving private practice, worked for the Royal College of Psychiatrists Research Unit, health services management consultancy through the Health Advisory Service where he was specialist advisor in the child and adolescent section, consultant advisor to the British Army, and a number of other advisory roles.
He has also been an advisor to the House of Commons Health Committee and the Audit Commission as well as being the Chair of the Child and Adolescent Faculty of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Professor Paul Cooper
Chair Professor of Special Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education
Professor Paul Cooper, PhD, is a psychologist and Chair Professor of Special Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education. He has written widely on the educational needs of children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, including ADHD, and has carried out research on this too. His recent publications on ADHD include: ADHD: A Practical Guide for Teachers (with Katherine Ideus); ADHD: Research, Opinion and practice (with Katherine Bilton); and Educating Children with ADHD: A Teacher’s Manual (with Fintan O’Regan). Professor Cooper is Editor of the journal Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties.
Professor Chris Hollis
Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Nottingham
Professor Hollis is Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Nottingham, Director of the NIHR MindTech MedTech Co-operative and leads the NIHR Nottingham BRC Mental Health and Technology Theme.
He works as a Consultant in Developmental Neuropsychiatry with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and leads a regional lifespan neurodevelopmental service, including a Tourette’s Clinic and Adult ADHD Clinic based at Queen’s Medical Centre. His clinical and research interests include ADHD, Tourette syndrome, early onset schizophrenia and the development, evaluation and implementation of digital technologies to support better mental health.
Professor Ian Wong
Professor of Pharmacy Practice / Medicines Use, University College London
Professor Wong is Professor of Pharmacy Practice / Medicines Use, University College London and he is Co-Director of the Centre for Medication Optimisation Research and Education (CMORE) at University College London Hospital and UCL School of Pharmacy.
He is also the holder of the Lo Shiu Kwan Kan Po Ling Professorship in Pharmacy at the University of Hong Kong.
His expertise is using big data research to investigate safety and optimum use of medications for treatment of various conditions specifically cardiovascular, neurological and psychological conditions. As part of this work, he conducts research at Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of medication in patients with these and other illnesses.
Professor Wong has also advised the Departments of Health in England and Hong Kong, the World Health Organization, the European Medicines Agency, and the pharmaceutical industry.
Dr Dave Coghill
Fmfc Chair of Developmental Mental Health, University of Melbourne
Dr Coghill is the Fmfc Chair of Developmental Mental Health at the University of Melbourne. This group has a particular interest in ADHD and has recently completed a large study into the effects of stimulant medication on neuropsychological functioning in ADHD.
Dr Coghill’s particular areas of interest are the interactions between basic and clinical sciences in disruptive behaviour disorders, psychopharmacological treatments in child psychiatry and the use of evidence based approaches to care within real world settings. In his clinical practice, Dr Coghill runs a specialist child and adolescent ADHD service within Tayside, Scotland and maintains a special interest in forensic child and adolescent psychiatry.
Dr Coghill is the founding Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent Faculty Standing Group on Psychoactive Medication in Children and Adolescents.
Dr Daphne Keen
Consultant Paediatrician and Specialist in Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Dr Keen is a Consultant Paediatrician and specialist in neurodevelopmental disorders. She has been a Consultant Paediatrician at St George’s Hospital, London.
Her areas of clinical work are mostly in autism spectrum conditions and ADHD and she is particularly interested in how medicines can help in developmental disorders.
Dr Val Harpin
Consultant Neurodevelopmental Paediatrician, The Ryegate Children’s Centre, Sheffield
Dr Harpin is a consultant neurodevelopmental paediatrician at the Ryegate Children’s Centre, part of the Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, where she practiced for more than 18 years. Prior to joining the Ryegate Centre, Dr Harpin held the post of consultant community paediatrician at the Child Development Centre in Oxford. Her special interests include the care of children and young people with special needs and neurodisabilities, particularly Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Asperger’s Syndrome, ADHD and learning disability. Dr Harpin’s main current research interests are in ADHD and Transition to Adult services.
Dr Paramala Santosh
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, The Maudesley Hospital and Professor in Developmental Neuropsychiatry and Psychopharmacology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences (IoPPN), King’s College London
Professor Santosh is a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital, and Professor in Developmental Neuropsychiatry and Psychopharmacology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neurosciences (IoPPN), King’s College London.
Professor Santosh is an internationally recognised expert in paediatric psychopharmacology, treatment-resistant developmental multimorbidity, and neuropsychiatric problems in acquired brain injury, childhood dementias, and rare diseases such as Rett syndrome, Septo-Optic Dysplasia, Mucopolysaccharidoses, and paediatric neurodegeneration. His research focusses on translational personalised medicine approaches using remote digital health monitoring, structured pharmacological approaches, sensor-based psychophysiological monitoring, and machine learning.
Dr Ulrich Muller-Sedgwick
Academic Psychiatrist, Lead Clinician and Consultant Psychiatrist for the BEH Mental Health NHS Trust Adult ADHD Service in North London
Dr Ulrich Müller-Sedgwick is an academic psychiatrist, Lead clinician and Consultant psychiatrist for the Barnet, Enfield, Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust Adult ADHD Service in North London. From 2003-17 he was based in Cambridge, where he developed the Adult ADHD Service for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust and directed an adult ADHD research group at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, where he continues to be a Visiting Research Fellow.
In 2013-15 he was Hub lead for the Mental Health Research Network (MHRN), East Anglia hub, and Mental Health lead for the Clinical Research Network: Eastern – Division 4. He is a Life Member of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge. He teaches and lectures at universities and mental health trusts in Cambridge, London and elsewhere in the UK. In 2016 he was appointed External Examiner for the MSc Clinical Neurodevelopmental Sciences Programme at the Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neurosciences (IoPPN), King’s College London.
Dr Maite Ferrin
Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Dr Maite Ferrin is an experienced consultant psychiatrist specialising in working with children and adolescents. Her areas of expertise include Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder ADHD/ADD, Autistic Spectrum Condition/Autism, anxiety, depression, behavioural problems, tics, and other neuropsychiatric disorders. Dr Ferrin graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 2001, and was qualified as Specialist in General Psychiatry in 2005. She has gained a MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health by Kings College London and then a European PhD in Neuroscience in 2010, receiving Cum Laude/Distinction as final mark.
Mrs Jane Sedgwick-Muller
Senior Teaching Fellow & Programme Lead for BSc Mental Health Nursing at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, King’s College London
Senior lecturer, researcher & programme lead for mental health nursing education, Government of Jersey, Channel Islands. She does exciting research about the impact of ADHD in higher education and the lived experience of university students with ADHD.
Providing diagnostic assessments for ADHD, coaching/ psychosocial therapy for university students and adults with ADHD and related neurodiveristy.
An activist in the ADHD/ neurodiversity community since 2006, a public speaker, deliver training and consult widely across the public and private sector. Also, an executive committee member of the UK Adult ADHD Network (www.ukaan.org), member of the World Federation of ADHD and National Association of Disability Practitioners.
In addition, we would like to thank the many other professionals who continue to support ADDISS in an advisory capacity.