R. Hamish Mcallister-Williams

Prof R. Hamish McAllister-Williams, BSc, MB,ChB, Ph.D., M.D., FRCPsych. Prof McAllister-Williams is Professor of Affective Disorders in the Northern Centre for Mood Disorders (mood-disorders.co.uk) at the Newcastle University Institute for Translational and Clinical Research. His research focuses on the pathophysiology and treatment of both bipolar and unipolar affective disorders. He works clinically in the tertiary level and internationally renown specialist Regional Affective Disorders Service in Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, providing outpatient and inpatient services for patients with treatment refractory mood disorders. He is a past General Secretary of the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) and was appointed in 2012 as the BAP Director of Education. He is a major contributor to their CPD programme. He has published in excess of 150 journal papers, reviews, book chapters and conference abstracts.