My Philosophy

I'm a neuroscientist, passionate about everything from cells to phones, genes to jewellery, hip-hop to hippocampi.

I research artificial intelligence/machine learning mental healthcare, computational creativity, ethics and governance, cybersecurity, digital / clinical / music-based interventions, social media data, genomics, molecular biology, neuroimaging, epidemiology, psychiatry, psychology, acoustic therapy (e.g., ultra-audible watermarking), FinHealthTech [the convergence of finance, health, and technology], space health, dance biometrics, statistics, policy, public engagement and more to improve our understanding of mental health. I have experience developing and managing multi-million pound research initiatives. I love engaging with youth culture, the arts, and society.

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AFFILIATIONS & ROLES

University of Cambridge, Department of Psychiatry

The Lancet Digital Health, International Advisory Board Member

IEEE SA Ethical Assurance of Data-Driven Technologies for Mental Healthcare, Co-Chair

The Alan Turing Institute, previously Advisor & Visiting Researcher

NIHR Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award, Co-Investigator

Wysa, conversational AI for mental health and wellbeing, Advisor

The Lαβ, Co-Founder

Hip Hop Psych, Co-Founder

Arts ARKADE, Head of Science

Co-Editor, Special Issue: “Cybersecurity in Digital Mental Health”, Frontiers

Co-Editor, Special Issue: “Virtual Reality in Paediatrics”, Frontiers

AI and Street Intelligence: A Radical New Roadmap for Creative Care

Abstract:

There is no shortage of intelligence in this world, or is there? A critical area that is often ignored is the power of cultural intelligence, in particular street intelligence and street literacy. In this lightning talk, the speaker will reveal key future directions in which street intelligence, youth-oriented music, and culture can be integrated into improving care support and used to enrich and propel more inclusive AI with humans calling the shots.

I look forward to co-chairing this Forum below as an AI UK Fringe event

Money, Mental Health & Hip-Hop Paperback & eBook Now Available

Digital Innovation in Mental Health Conference 19-20 July 2023

Panel Speaker: REGULATING E-MENTAL HEALTH: PROGRESS, PITFALLS AND GLOBAL LESSONS

Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 1-7 May 2023

A peer-reviewed academic paper I wrote with Wysa colleagues:

How Can Hip Hop Radically Change Healthcare?

My latest paper: “Cybersecurity: A Critical Priority for Digital Mental Health” A first step toward building a Global Cybersecurity Culture in Digital Mental Health

DIMH2022 - 19/20 July

Early Warning Signs of a Mental Health Tsunami: A Coordinated Response to Gather Initial Data Insights From Multiple Digital Services Providers

Understanding Vulnerability to Online Misinformation

Activities

I am mostly taking a break from giving presentations to focus on book writing, chapter writing, academic papers, and other publications in 2024.
Invited Keynote Speaker, Royal College of Psychiatrists National Trainees’ Psychiatry Conference, 25th April 2024. Title: TBC.
Invited Speaker, AI UK, March 2024. Talk title: “AI meets SI: Street Intelligence as a Radical New Roadmap for Creative Care“.
Invited Speaker, Money Advice Trust (date TBC), “Vulnerability Matters” podcast speaking about money, mental health and hip-hop
Hip Hop Psych Book: “Money, Mental Health, Hip-Hop“ Paperback and eBook Now Available
Commissioned Book by Springer Nature, “The Ethics of Digital Mental Health”. Ongoing.
Book Chapter, “Hip-Hop and Mental Health: Perspectives from Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Health, and Neuroscience“ in the Book “Cambridge Companion to Global Rap” by Cambridge University Press. Ready for publishing.
Digital Innovation in Mental Health 2023 (DIMH2023) Conference, Lead/Creator, virtual/London, UK, 19-20 July 2023.
Computers, Privacy & Data Protection (CPDP2023). Panel Speaker. 25 May 2023. Panel title: “Regulating e-Mental Health: Progress, Pitfalls and Global Lessons”.
IEEE Telehealth IC Program. Invited Speaker 9 March 2023. Talk title: ‘Cybersecurity in Digital Mental Health: The API Project”.
Digital Innovation in Mental Health 2022 (DIMH2022) Conference, Lead/Creator, virtual/London, UK, 19-20 July 2022.
CASY 2.2. Collaborative Assistants for Society. Keynote Speaker. 18 March 2022. Talk title: “Prioritizing safety and integrity when innovating in digital mental health spaces”.
The Open Data Institute 2021 Summit Invited Speaker/Moderator, 2 Nov 2021. Talk title: “Generation C: How can data help young people emerge strong and happy from the pandemic?”
NHS England and NHS Improvement Invited Speaker. 22nd Sept 2021. Talk Title: “Cybersecurity in Digital Mental Health”.
Digital Innovation in Mental Health 2021 (DIMH2021) Conference, Lead/Creator, virtual/London, UK, 4-5 Aug 2021.
Hay Festival Invited Speaker, 4 June 2021. Talk title: “Young people’s mental health in a complex world’.
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Grand Rounds. Invitation by The Grand Rounds Committee of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic. 5th May 2021. Hip Hop Psych.
IEEE Standards Association Connected Health Cybersecurity Workshop: 28th April 2021. Facilitator.
UK Psychiatry Societies & Association of University Teachers of Psychiatry, 17th March 2021: AI in mental healthcare.
X4D Virtual Series, Remote Speaker, 7 Oct 2020: "Rhymes Equal Actual Life in the Youth*: Connecting Mental Health Support with Hip-Hop Culture" (*lyrics by KRS-ONE).
One Team Gov Suicide Prevention for World Suicide Prevention Day #WSPD2020 #OTGSP, Remote Speaker, 10 Sept 2020.
Digital Innovation in Mental Health 2020 (DIMH2020) Conference, Lead/Creator, virtual/London, UK, 4-5 Aug 2020.
European Congress of Psychiatry, Remote Speaker, 4-7 July 2020: “Early warning signs of a mental health tsunami: Initial data insights from multiple digital services providers during COVID-19".
IEEE Standards Association #WAMIIIVirtualTalkSeries, Invited Panellist, 8th June 2020: “The Great Migration Online: Connected Health and Wellness in a Challenged Cyberspace”.
House of Lords, Parliament, UK, Invited Panellist, 3rd March 2020: IncomeMax Parliamentary Event.
Royal College of Physicians, UK, Invited Speaker, 28th Feb2020. Artificial Intelligence in Gastroenterology: “AI, ethics and the art of medicine: a mental health perspective”.
Prime Minister’s Office, Dubai, UAE, Invitation, Dec 2019.
Event Creator & Lead, “FinHealthTech: New opportunities at the intersection of health and wealth”, held at The Alan Turing Institute, 5th December 2019.
Capital One, UK, Invited Speaker, 7th November 2019: “Voice analytics, vocal psychopathology and sentiment intensity”.
IASR/AFSP International Summit on Suicide Research, Invited Symposium Speaker, Miami, USA, 27-30th October 2019: “Social media, machine learning and suicidal behaviors”.
BBC Sounds & George The Poet, Invited Speaker as part of Hip Hop Psych, London, UK, 18th October 2019.
Twitter & Model Westminster, Invited Speaker, London. 3rd September 2019.
Digital Innovation in Mental Health 2019 (DIMH2019) Conference, Lead/Creator, London, UK, 13-14th August 2019.
British Association for Psychopharmacology Annual Conference, Public Event, Manchester, UK, 14-17th July 2019: “Hip Hop Psych: Lyrics, Drugs, Mind and Behaviours”.
Open Data Institute, Lecture, London, UK, 5th July 2019: “Digital mental health: finding signals, respecting noise and dealing with uncertainty”.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress, Symposium, London, UK, 1-4th July 2019: “Ethical futures in digital mental health: a helpful guide”.
Computational Linguistics in Clinical Psychology, Keynote Speaker, Minneapolis, USA, 6th June 2019.
The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB) Convention, Keynote Speaker, UK, 16-18th April 2019: “How to mix AI with creativity: from astronauts to hip-hop and banking” .
Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) & NASA partnership, Workshop Speaker, Houston, USA, 17th January 2019: “Space health: innovation in biotechnology and conversational agents that address mental health and wellbeing”.
National University of Singapore Academic Psychiatry Conference, Plenary Speaker on E-Mental Health, Singapore, 18-23rd January 2019: “How will digital innovation shape the future of mental health services?” Also Invited Speaker at the Resilience Roundtable. Talk title: “Enhancing resilience from an AI perspective”.
AI for Government Summit, Workshop Leader, Toronto, Canada, 25-26th October 2018: “Data Trading Platforms & Trust”
Tanenbaum Centre for Pharmacogenetics, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, Toronto, Canada, 25th October 2018: “Biotechnology, mental health and ethics”.
The Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit, Invitation, London, UK, 9-10th October 2018.
IBM Watson AI XPRIZE, Judging Panel, September 2018 - ongoing.
"Mics & Minds" Hip Hop Psych Neuroscience Study (music neuroscience intervention study) August 2018 - ongoing.
Digital Innovation in Mental Health 2018 (#DIMH2018) Conference, Lead/Creator, London, UK, 17-18th July 2018.
AI Global Governance Commission Meeting, Announced as an Advisor, Parliament, London, UK, June 2018.
All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Psychology Meeting, Parliament, London, UK, June 2018.
UN AI for Good Global Summit in partnership with The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, Invited Speaker, Geneva, Switzerland, 15-17th May 2018: "Earning the trust of disadvantaged AI stakeholders".
American Psychiatric Association (APA), Invited Symposium, New York City, USA, 5-9th May 2018: "New frontiers for artificial intelligence in psychiatry: from personalised health to community care".
The Royal Society and The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence, workshop invitation, London, UK, 3rd May 2018: "AI Narratives: How do we talk about AI?".
All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Social Media and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing launch, Invited Speaker, Parliament, London, UK, April 2018.
The Centre for Global Mental Health, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Invited Speaker, London, UK, 17th April 2018: "Digital psychiatry, ethics and society: a collection of disruptive thoughts".
UCL Educational Psychology Group Leading Edge Day Conference, Keynote Speaker, London, UK, 27th March 2018: Children and young people in the digital age: what do EPs need to know? Talk title: "Putting ethics at the forefront of frontiers in digital mental health".
Facebook Mental Health Roundtable, Global Policy Team, Menlo Park, California, USA, 21st March 2018.
BBC Tomorrow's World, Filmed Interview, London, UK, 17th March 2018.
Royal Society of Medicine, Invited Speaker, London, UK, 14th November 2017: "Social media: challenges and benefits for mental health and wellbeing".
Digital Innovation in Mental Health 2017 (DIMH2017), Lead/Creator, London, UK
for more details see my CV