Eamon Joseph McCrory is a London-based scientist and clinical psychologist. He is Professor of Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology at University College London, where he Co-Directs the Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit. He is a Programme Director and member of the Executive team at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, Director of UKRI’s programme on Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing, and Co-Director of the UK Trauma Council. He is best known for his work investigating how changes in the brain during childhood can shed light on the link between adversity and mental health. Education McCrory was born in Belfast where he attended De La Salle College. He then gained a place at Queens' College, Cambridge earning a double first in the Natural Sciences Tripos in 1995. McCrory then moved to University College London to work with Uta Frith and Cathy J. Price obtaining his Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience in 2002. Subsequently, he undertook clinical training at King’s College London, obtaining his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in 2004. Career After completing his Ph.D McCrory trained as a Clinical Psychologist and began therapeutic work within the NHS and NSPCC, focusing on children and adolescents with complex presentations who had experienced significant trauma. He joined University College London as a lecturer in 2006, where he established the MRes in Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology, in collaboration with Linda Mayes at the Child Study Centre, Yale University. He also created the Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit, a collaborative research team focusing on developmental disorders, with Essi Viding in 2008. He became professor of Developmental Neuroscience and Psychopathology at University College London in 2014. In 2018 McCrory co-founded the UK Trauma Council, an initiative that brings together expertise from across all four nations to improve outcomes for children and young people. In 2019, he was appointed to the Executive leadership team at the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families, a leading UK charity for child mental health. In 2020 McCrory became Director of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) programme in Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing. In this capacity he is responsible for investing £35 million in research and wider initiatives to improve the lives of young people in the U.K. McCrory also serves on a number of advisory committees, including the Scientific Advisory Board of NSPCC and the Early Intervention Foundation. He is also a member of the Royal Foundation’s Expert