Professor Alice Egerton
Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology
Research interests
- Neuroscience
- Pharmacology
- Psychology
Contact details
Biography
Professor Alice Egerton completed her undergraduate degree in pharmacology at the University of Glasgow and PhD at the University of Strathclyde before moving to Imperial College London. She joined the Department of Psychosis Studies at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London in 2008. She is Deputy Lead of the Experimental Medicine and Novel Therapeutics Theme at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre.
Research Interests
Her research applies human brain imaging and complementary techniques to study the neurobiology of schizophrenia. She is interested in why schizophrenia develops, why symptoms and responses to medication vary between individuals, and in developing novel treatments through experimental medicine studies and clinical trials. Techniques include magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS, especially to study brain glutamate), PET, fMRI and structural MRI.
Teaching
She is the Programme Leader for the MSc in Psychiatric Research and a supervisor to PhD students.
Research
STRATA - Schizophrenia: Treatment Resistance and Therapeutic Advances
People with schizophrenia suffer from a range of symptoms including hallucinations (such as hearing voices), delusions (false beliefs) and thought disorder (thoughts not flowing in a logical way).
Clozapine in Early Psychosis - CLEAR
A Multi-Centre, Randomised Controlled Trial of Clozapine for Young People with Treatment Resistant Psychosis in Real World Settings
Project status: Ongoing
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Research
STRATA - Schizophrenia: Treatment Resistance and Therapeutic Advances
People with schizophrenia suffer from a range of symptoms including hallucinations (such as hearing voices), delusions (false beliefs) and thought disorder (thoughts not flowing in a logical way).
Clozapine in Early Psychosis - CLEAR
A Multi-Centre, Randomised Controlled Trial of Clozapine for Young People with Treatment Resistant Psychosis in Real World Settings
Project status: Ongoing
News
A new generation of Inspiring Women at the IoPPN
28 new portraits of internationally recognised female professors at the Faculty have been added to IoPPN’s ‘Inspiring Women’ exhibition, celebrating the...