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Chris Hollis

Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Director, NIHR MindTech MIC, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

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Biography

Chris Hollis is the Director of NIHR MindTech HealthTech Research Centre, Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Digital Mental Health at the University of Nottingham, and Honorary Consultant in Developmental Neuropsychiatry with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. He is an NIHR Emeritus Senior Investigator.

His main areas of research include digital technologies in mental healthcare and neurodevelopmental disorders including ADHD and Tic Disorders. Chris was a member of the NICE ADHD Guideline committee and NICE Diagnostic Guidance committee (DG60) 'Digital technologies for assessing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)'. He is co-chief investigator on the UKRI funded Digital Youth programme, exploring digital risk, resilience and interventions for youth mental health and was a member of the DSIT Commission on Social Medial and Youth Mental Health. He is currently leading the NIHR-funded i4i ORBIT study, which is evaluating and implementing a remote digital behavioural intervention for children and young people with tic disorder.

Chris provides research and policy leadership in digital mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders and mentors emerging research leaders. He is leading the development of MindTech Bridge-a unique mental health-focused innovation accelerator programme supporting the commercialisation, real-world evaluation and adoption of mental health technology innovations.

Expertise Summary

Keywords:

ADHD, Tourette's syndrome,

Research Summary

Child and adolescent psychiatry; Childhood-onset schizophrenia; Childhood-onset psychoses; Attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD); Tourette's syndrome; Paediatric… read more

Selected Publications

Current Research

  • Child and adolescent psychiatry;
  • Childhood-onset schizophrenia;
  • Childhood-onset psychoses;
  • Attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder (ADHD);
  • Tourette's syndrome;
  • Paediatric psychopharacology;
  • Developmental neuropsychiatry.

Future Research

  • High-risk studies of early onset psychoses using neuropsychological, ERP and fMRI as predictors.
  • Animal models of ADHD.
  • Population genetic studies of ADHD - linking symptom dimensions, cognitive deficits and genetic risk.

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University of Nottingham
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Nottingham, NG7 2UH

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