Summary
Paul Ramchandani is visiting Professor of Child and Adolescent Mental Health at Imperial College. He undertook his medical studies in Southampton before obtaining a degree in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He then completed training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and obtained a DPhil from Oxford University in 2005.
Research
Paul's research at Imperial College is focussed on early child development and particularly on the prevention of emotional and behavioural problems in the early years of life. This research has been supported by Fellowships awarded by the MRC and Wellcome Trust and more recently by substantive grant funding from the National Institute of Health Research. His team use a variety of research methodologies to investigate this area including the development and testing of clinical interventions, population epidemiology, and detailed observational studies of parent-child interaction and the biology of the stress response system.
For details of Paul's substantive post please see the website of the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge website where Paul is the LEGO Professor of Play in Education, Development and Learning.
Publications
Journals
Day C, Briskman J, Crawford MJ, et al., 2020, An intervention for parents with severe personality difficulties whose children have mental health problems: a feasibility RCT., Health Technology Assessment, Vol:24, ISSN:1366-5278, Pages:1-188
Day C, Briskman J, Crawford MJ, et al., 2020, Randomised feasibility trial of the helping families programme-modified: an intensive parenting intervention for parents affected by severe personality difficulties., Bmj Open, Vol:10
Ramchandani P, 2020, Q & A, New Scientist, Vol:245, ISSN:0262-4079
Ramchandani P, 2020, Paul Ramchandani on play and how it benefits kids, New Scientist, Vol:245, ISSN:0262-4079, Pages:56-56
Sanfilippo KRM, McConnell B, Cornelius V, et al., 2019, A study protocol for testing the feasibility of a randomised stepped wedge cluster design to investigate a Community Health Intervention through Musical Engagement (CHIME) for perinatal mental health in The Gambia., Pilot Feasibility Stud, Vol:5, ISSN:2055-5784, Pages:1-8