Speaker
Professor Sophie Parker
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Director of Youth Mental Health Research Unit, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Biography
Professor Sophie Parker is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Director for the Youth Mental Health Research Unit at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Also working at the Psychosis Research Unit (PRU) and the University of Manchester with 20+ years of experience working on trials for psychosis and NHS clinical work. Sophie has worked in the field of At Risk Mental States (ARMS): on the world’s first trial of Cognitive Therapy for ARMS, the development of the first NHS services for ARMS and the national lead for training the NHS workforce to achieve the access and waiting time standards.