The Team


The Team


Dr David Cousins

Clinical senior lecturer, Director of the Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre and honourary Consultant Psychiatrist working in the field of academic psychiatry. His research is focused on lithium and aims to integrate various approaches to better understand its effect on the brain.

Dr Peter Thelwall

Professor of Magnetic Resonance Physics at Newcastle University and Director of the Centre for In Vivo Imaging. His research centres on the development of innovative MR imaging and spectroscopy methods to characterise the structure, function and physiology of human tissues and organs.

Dr Victoria Wing

Academic Clinical Fellow and Core Trainee in psychiatry in Newcastle. Currently researching supplemental lithium and lithium dose optimisation.

Dr Mary Neal

MR physicist and senior research associate at the Newcastle Magnetic Resonance Centre. Her research encompasses a diverse range of non-proton MR imaging and spectroscopy, with a focus on developing novel quantitative techniques to characterise physiological function.


Sophie Clews

Higher research assistant. Currently working on the CRiB2 study. 

Sara Jaye-Long

Trainee clinical studies officer.


Neave Woollam

Undergraduate Psychology student at Newcastle University, currently on a placement year with Team Lithium as a research assistant.

External collaborators:

King's College London

  • Prof Allan Young
  • Rebecca Strawbridge

Team Lithium also collaborates both nationally and internationally.