Clio Berry

Clio is the creator of the HOPEFUL intervention and the lead for The Looking Forward Project. She is an applied psychologist with over 15 years' interest in the study of hope. She studied Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Reading 2004-2007 and completed her PhD at the University of Sussex in Clinical Psychology in 2014. She has since worked in applied mental health research with posts at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Sussex. She is currently a Reader in Applied Mental Health Science at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

Her research focuses on understanding and improving the mental health of vulnerable groups - including young people, students, and people who are socially withdrawn. She is particularly interested in the intersection between mental health and social and occupational functioning. She has received more than £8 million, including funding from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the Wellcome Trust, and the Office for Students.

Daniel Michelson

Daniel Michelson is the co-creator of HOPEFUL and co-lead of The Looking Forward Project. Daniel is Clinical Reader in Youth Mental Health at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London. He studied Natural Sciences with Psychology at Cambridge and completed Clinical Psychology training at King’s, followed by academic posts at King's, Oxford, LSHTM and Sussex. He now works between the Academic Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, where he is an Honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist.

His research and practice interests centre around mental health prevention, early intervention and recovery-oriented approaches for underserved young people and their families. He leads and collaborates on projects across the UK and internationally, including work on scalable youth mental health innovations in India, Malawi and Uganda. He has received research grants totalling more than £7 million, with awards from the MRC, NIHR, Wellcome Trust and Grand Challenges Canada.

Julia Fountain

Julia is a co-investigator on The Looking Forward Project and was involved in co-developing the HOPEFUL intervention. Julia is a Patient Public Involvement co-ordinator at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Julia works to ensure that people with relevant lived experience are included in research and that their voices are heard when research studies are being designed and delivered. Julia also has a background working within the voluntary sector working with people with a range of mental health issues. Julia has her own lived experience relevant to The Looking Forward Project, as she is the parent of a young woman who was NEET from the age of 15 who received help and support from a mentor.

Lindsay Forbes

Stephen Bremner

Paul McCrone

Paul is a co-investigator on The Looking Forward Project. He is a Professor of Healthcare Economics at the University of Greenwich where he has been since 2019. He leads a growing group of health economists at the University who are involved in a wide variety of projects. He was previously based at King’s College London. He has worked on many economic studies in health and social care. His focus is on mental health economics, and he has worked closely with colleagues in the UK, Europe, and Asia. He also teaches health economics, supervises PhD students, and has published widely in peer-reviewed journals. He has led health economics courses in the UK, Ethiopia, and Singapore.

Charlotte Rawlinson

Saskia Eddy

Zoe Inman