Dr Si芒n Lowri Griffiths BSc, MSc, PhD

Dr Si芒n Lowri Griffiths

School of Psychology
Assistant Professor

Contact details

Email
s.l.griffiths@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
Address
School of Psychology
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Lowri Griffiths (She/her) isan Assistant Professor at the Institute for Mental Health and co-lead for the Children and Young People’s Theme of the Mental Health Mission, Midlands Translational Centre. Dr Griffiths has attracted ~£11 million of research funding as PI, Deputy PI and Co-I from a number of external funders including UKRI / ESCR, NIHR PGfAR, NIHR HSDR and EU Horizon. Dr Griffiths has recently established her own research group: CARE –Collaborative Applied Research for Equity in Mental Health.

Qualifications

  • Dec 2018. PhD Psychology, University 麻豆精选
  • July 2008. MSc Clinical Psychology, Bangor University              
  • July 2007. BSc Psychology with Clinical and Health Psychology, University of Wales, Bangor

Biography

Dr Griffiths has over 15 years of applied clinical research experience within the area of youth mental health. She has overseen large clinical trials and observational studies in early psychosis, applying multi-modal methods. Dr Griffiths has recently established the CARE research group which includes a dynamic team of interdisciplinary researchers and experts by experience to apply research in a collaborative way to improve mental health care and outcomes for all young people. Dr Griffiths is passionate about understanding and addressing the social determinants of mental illness which contribute to mental health inequities for underserved groups, and is an advocate for co-production and empowering young people with lived experience to drive meaningful change.  

Teaching

  • MSc in Youth Mental Health
  • MSc Thesis Supervisor
  • BSc Ideas, Concepts and Ethics in Psychology and Neuroscience
  • BSc Final Year Dissertation Supervisor

Postgraduate supervision

Doctoral Students

2024 - Polychronis Makris, Clinical Psychology Doctorate (ClinPsyD)

2024 - Jessica Hughes, ClinPsyD

2023 - Catrin Street-Maddox, Hilary Green Scholar (PhD

2022 - Rebecca Lee, Priestly PhD Scholar

2022 - Obajide Alademerin, ClinPsyD 

Dr Griffiths is open to considering applications or expressions of interest from doctoral students, MRES, MSci, and Intercalated BMedSci students in areas related to her research interests. Students interested in working with Dr Griffiths should contact her in first instance on s.l.griffiths@bham.ac.uk 

Research

Mental health equity; Mental health outcomes, psychosis, youth mental health, social determinants, real-world outcomes, co-production, clinical trials and complex interventions, biopsychosocial approaches, neuroinflammation.

Other activities

  • Children and Young People’s Theme Co-Lead for the Mental Health Mission, Midlands Translational Centre
  • Associate Editor, Early Intervention in Psychiatry
  • People and Culture Committee Member, School of Psychology, UoB
  • Member of the Health Equity Network
  • Member of the International Early Psychosis Association
  • EU PRONIA Consortium (Personalised Prognostic Tools for Early Psychosis Management)

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Quinton, ML, Shepherd, KL, Cumming, J, Tidmarsh, G, Dauvermann, M, Griffiths, SL, Reynard, S, Skeate, A, Fernandes, A, Choucair, T, Downs, J, Harrison Dening, K, McDonough, M, Mitchell, L, Rhind, D & Tresadern, C 2025, '', International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being, vol. 20, no. 1, 2464380.

Corsi-Zuelli, F, Donohoe, G, Griffiths, S, Del-Ben, CM, Watson, AJ, Burke, T, Lalousis, PA, McKernan, D, Morris, D, Kelly, JP, McDonald, C, Patlola, SR, Pariante, CM, Barnes, N, Khandaker, GM, Suckling, J, Deakin, B, Upthegrove, R & Dauvermann, M 2025, '', Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science, vol. 5, no. 2, 100429.

Street-Mattox, C, Broome, MR, Ng, F, Griffiths, L & Jordan, G 2025, '', Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, pp. 1-7.

Lalousis, PA, Malaviya, A, Khatibi, A, Saberi, M, Kambeitz-Ilankovic, L, Haas, SS, Wood, SJ, Barnes, NM, Rogers, J, Chisholm, K, Bertolino, A, Borgwardt, S, Brambilla, P, Kambeitz, J, Lencer, R, Pantelis, C, Ruhrmann, S, Salokangas, RKR, Schultze-Lutter, F, Schmidt, A, Meisenzahl, E, Dwyer, D, Koutsouleris, N, Upthegrove, R, Griffiths, SL & PRONIA Consortium 2024, '', Biological Psychiatry.

Bhui, K, Joseph, D, Khan, N, Morrey, T, Mooney, R, Zahid, U, Mackay, T, Larkin, M, Keating, F, McCrone, P, Upthegrove, R, Griffiths, SL, Edge, D, Coventry, PA, Arday, J & Hosang, GM 2024, '', BMJ open, vol. 14, no. 2, e084121.

Griffiths, SL, Murray, GK, Logeswaran, Y, Ainsworth, J, Allan, SM, Campbell, N, Drake, RJ, Katshu, MZUH, Machin, M, Pope, MA, Sullivan, SA, Waring, J, Bogatsu, T, Kane, J, Weetman, T, Johnson, S, Kirkbride, JB & Upthegrove, R 2024, '', JMIR Research Protocols, vol. 13, e50177.

Lee, R, Griffiths, SL, Gkoutos, GV, Wood, SJ, Bravo Merodio, L, Lalousis, PA, Everard, L, Jones, PB, Fowler, D, Hodgekins, J, Amos, T, Freemantle, N, Singh, SP, Birchwood, M & Upthegrove, R 2024, '', Schizophrenia Research, vol. 274, pp. 66-77.

Palmer, ER, Griffiths, SL, Watkins, B, Weetman, T, Ottridge, R, Patel, S, Woolley, R, Tearne, S, Au, P, Taylor, E, Sadiq, Z, Al-Janabi, H, Major, B, Marriott, C, Husain, N, Katshu, MZUH, Giacco, D, Barnes, NM, Walters, JTR, Barnes, TRE, Birchwood, M, Drake, R & Upthegrove, R 2023, '', Trials, vol. 24, no. 1, 646.

Griffiths, SL, Bogatsu, T, Longhi, M, Butler, E, Alexander, B, Bandawar, M, Everard, L, Jones, PB, Fowler, D, Hodgekins, J, Amos, T, Freemantle, N, McCrone, P, Singh, SP, Birchwood, M & Upthegrove, R 2023, '', Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol. 58, no. 4, pp. 569-579.

Foley, EM, Griffiths, L, Murray, A, Rogers, J, Corsi-Zuelli, F, Hickinbotham, H, Warwick, E, Wilson, M, Kaser, M, Murray , GK, Deakin, B, Jadon, D, Suckling, J, Barnes, N, Upthegrove, R & Khandaker, GM 2023, '', BMJ open, vol. 13, no. 3, e067944.

PIMS collaboration 2022, '', JAMA psychiatry, vol. 2022, no. 5, pp. 1-11.

PRONIA Consortium, Lalousis, PA, Schmaal, L, Wood, S, Reniers, R, Barnes, N, Chisholm, K, Griffiths, L, Stainton, A, Wen, J, Hwang, G, Davatzikos, C, Wenzel, J, Kambeitz-Ilankovic, L, Andreou, C, Bonivento, C, Dannlowski, U, Ferro, A, Liechtenstein, T, Riecher-R枚ssler, A, Romer, G, Rosen, M, Bertolino, A, Borgwardt, S, Brambilla, P, Kambeitz, J, Lencer, R, Pantelis, C, Ruhrmann, S, Salokangas, RKR, Schultze-Lutter, F, Schmidt, A, Meisenzahl, EM, Koutsouleris, N, Dwyer, D & Upthegrove, R 2022, '', Biological Psychiatry, vol. 92, no. 7, pp. 552-562.

Paper

Quinton, M, Shepherd, K, Cumming, J, Tidmarsh, G, Dauvermann, M, Griffiths, L, Reynard, S, Chandra, A, Choucair, T, Downs, J, Harrison-Dening, K, McDonough, M, Mitchell, L, Rhind, D & Tresadern, C 2024, '', Paper presented at International Conference on Qualitative Research in Sport and Exercise, Bath, United Kingdom, 29/07/24 - 1/08/24.

Review article

Oliver, D, Arribas, M, Perry, BI, Whiting, D, Blackman, G, Krakowski, K, Seyedsalehi, A, Osimo, EF, Griffiths, SL, Stahl, D, Cipriani, A, Fazel, S, Fusar-Poli, P & McGuire, P 2024, '', Biological Psychiatry.

Griffiths, SL, Lalousis, PA, Wood, SJ & Upthegrove, R 2022, '', Translational Psychiatry, vol. 12, no. 1, 485.