Interviews

5 years at the MRC Centre

This video to celebrate the five-year-anniversary of Cardiff University’s MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, which highlights its world-leading research to date. This milestone coincided with the 100-year-anniversary of the Medical Research Council.

An interview with Professor Ian Jones

In this short series of interviews, Professor Ian Jones speaks to Julia Thomas about the mental health research being undertaken at the MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics at Cardiff University.

An interview with Professor Anita Thapar

Claire has a daughter with extreme ADHD and puts her questions to Professor Anita Thapar, one of the principal investigators at NCMH and a clinical professor at Cardiff University. This video was produced as part of the Challenge Cardiff series.

Professor Mick O’Donovan and Jonny Benjamin

Neurogeneticist Professor Mick O’Donovan led the biggest genetic study of schizophrenia ever conducted, shedding new light on the biological cause of the condition. Mental health campaigner Jonny Benjamin, who lives with schizoaffective disorder, made the journey from London to Cardiff’s MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics to find out what the findings mean. Here, Jonny recounts the conversation.