Professor Richard Morris
Professor of Psychiatry, School of Medicine
I am a consultant psychiatrist who has been the chief investigator of externally funded randomised controlled trials of transcranial magnetic stimulation and cranial electrostimulation publishing results in Nature Medicine and Lancet Psychiatry. My expertise is in clinical translation, particularly in the area of mood and anxiety disorder. I am a NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research) Senior Investigator, published over 250 peer reviewed articles, and currently lead themes in three externally funded NIHR national centres, the Nottingham NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Mental Health and Well-being Theme, NIHR Mental Health (MindTech) Health Tech Research Centre and NIR Applied Research Centre East Midlands. I have played a role as a mental health expert for the NICE for over 20 years.
N3Centre Research Interests
Clinical translation/application of neurotechnology
Current projects
Project: NeuroMod+: Co-creation for next-generation neuromodulation therapeutics.
Funding: £1.2 million, 2022 - 2025, Engineering and Physical Sciences Council
Project: Mental Health and Technology.
Funding: £3M NIHR Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre, Mental Health and Technology Theme, 2022 - 2026
Project: Understanding the mechanism of action of two commonly used antidepressants through computerised behavioural tasks and EEG
Funding: £4,999,000. Wellcome Trust. RELMED, 2023 - 2027
Project: NIHR Mental Health (MindTech) Health Technology Collaborative
Funding: £2.9M, 2024 - 2029
Project: Mood Disorders Nottingham
Funding: £460K, Mental Health Mission.
Key Publications
- Blanchard C, De Dios Perez B, Tindall T, et al. Trial protocol: Feasibility of neuromodulation with connectivity-guided intermittent theta-burst stimulation for improving cognition in multiple sclerosis. Open Med (Wars). 2023;18(1):20230814. Published 2023 Sep 28. doi:10.1515/med-2023-0814
- Morriss, R., Briley, P.M., Webster, L. et al. Connectivity-guided intermittent theta burst versus repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for treatment-resistant depression: a randomized controlled trial. Nat Med 30, 403–413 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-023-02764-z
- Solar, K, G., Ventresca, M., Zamyadi, R., Zhang, J., et al. Repetitive subconcussion results in disrupted neural activity independent of concussion history. Brain Communications, Volume 6, Issue 5, (2024).
- Hardy, S., Roberts, G., Ventresca, M., & Dunkley, B,T. Predicting brain age across the adult lifespan with spontaneous oscillations and functional coupling in resting brain networks captured with magnetoencephalograph. Imaging Neuroscience, (2024).
Access the paper
- Briley PM, Webster L, Boutry C, et al. Magnetic resonance imaging connectivity features associated with response to transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depressive disorder. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging. 2024;342:111846. doi:10.1016/j.pscychresns.2024.111846