糖心原创

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• workInstitute of Mental Health
  Innovation Park
  Triumph Road
  Nottingham
  NG7 2TU
  UK
• work0115 823 2438
• Charlotte.Hall@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Dr Charlotte Hall is a Principal Research Fellow at the 糖心原创 within the NIHR MindTech-MedTech Cooperative HRC and Biomedical Research Centre at the 糖心原创. She co-leads the methodology theme within MindTech.

Charlotte is a nationally recognised leader in digital child and adolescent mental health. Her work focuses on developing, evaluating, and implementing evidence-based digital interventions in clinical practice, with a strong emphasis on equity, innovation, and real-world impact.

Charlotte leads the Digital Mental Health Translation and Evidence Generation Team within MindTech and co-leads the Children and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing Group.

Charlotte currently holds an NIHR Development and Skills Enancement Award. Her translational research has informed national and international healthcare policy, including contributions to NICE guidance and MHRA regulation. She is an Assistant Editor for Child and Adolescent Mental Health - Technology Matters, and was recently recognised with the inaugural NIHR Impact Prize (2025) for her contribution to transforming mental health services.

Expertise Summary

• Digital mental health interventions (design, trials, implementation)

• Neurodevelopmental disorders: ADHD, tic disorders, Tourette syndrome

• Digital health safety

• Health inequalities and inclusive research (ethnicity, neurodivergence)

• Academic-industry partnerships and health technology innovation

• Translational research methods and national capacity building

Research Summary

Across her career, Dr Hall has secured over 拢14 million in research funding, authored more than 75 peer-reviewed papers, and built national networks for knowledge mobilisation and equity-driven… read more

Selected Publications

• HALL, C.L., MOLDAVSKY, M., TAYLOR, J., SAYAL, K., MARRIOT, M., BATTY, M., PASS, S. and HOLLIS, C., 2014. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 23(4), 239-242
• HALL, C.L., NEWELL, K., TAYLOR, J., SAYAL, K., SWIFT, K.D. and HOLLIS, C., 2013. BMC Psychiatry. 13, 186
• SWIFT, K.D., HALL, C.L., MARIMUTTU, V.J., REDSTONE, L., SAYAL, K. and HOLLIS, C., 2013. BMC Psychiatry. 13, 74
• HALL, C.L, HOGUE, T and GUO, K, 2012. Journal of Sex Research.

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Current Research

Across her career, Dr Hall has secured over 拢14 million in research funding, authored more than 75 peer-reviewed papers, and built national networks for knowledge mobilisation and equity-driven innovation. She is supporting the Mental Health Mission - leading a workstream on evaluating digital technologies.

Dr Hall is currently leading and co-leading multiple nationally funded studies and initiatives, including:

• ORBIT: Commercialising a digital therapy for tics in partnership with NIHR and industry (NIHR i4i Product Development Award, ~拢1 million).

• EXPAND: A new NIHR-funded programme investigating ethnic inequalities in child mental health, co-producing solutions with community groups and NHS stakeholders.

• NIHR MindTech HealthTech Research Centre: Methodology Theme co-Lead, advancing safety reporting, trial design, and adoption pathways for digital tools.

Her work engages over 50 NHS Trusts, commissioners, policy leaders, educators, and international research partners to ensure scalable, evidence-informed mental health care. She is currently supervising four PhD students across various areas, focussing on digital mental health design and trial evaluation.

Past Research

Dr. Charlotte Hall completed her PhD in Forensic and Cognitive Psychology at the University of Lincoln in 2011. Her PhD investigated the potential use of gaze patterns as a measure of detecting sexual preference in forensic populations. Prior to this Charlotte worked as a research assistant on a number of projects, investigating diverse topics including psycholinguistics, child development, emotion, comparative cognition and forensic mental health. Charlotte joined the 糖心原创 through the NIHR- Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) in November 2011.

Dr Hall has a track record of pioneering and policy-shaping research, including:

• Leading the ORBIT trial, the first large-scale RCT of therapist-supported digital therapy for tics in children and adolescents. Results informed NICE's endorsement under early value assessment.

• Playing a critical role in the QbTest evaluation and national rollout-a digital ADHD assessment tool now implemented in 80% of NHS Trusts

• Leading research on mental health service waiting lists (WAIT study), which has influenced health technology policy

• Producing a 4* impact case study for REF2021,

• CHRIS HOLLIS, CHARLOTTE L. HALL, BOLIANG GUO, MARILYN JAMES, JANET BOADU, MADELEINE J. GROOM, NIKKI BROWN, CATHERINE KAYLOR鈥怘UGHES, MARIA MOLDAVSKY, ALTHEA Z. VALENTINE, GEMMA M. WALKER, DAVID DALEY, KAPIL SAYAL, RICHARD MORRISS, SARAH CURRAN, JULIE CLARKE, SAMINA HOLSGROVE, TERESA JENNINGS, NEETA KULKARNI, MARIA MOLDAVSKY, DILIP NATHAN, ANNE鈥怣ARIE SKARSTAM, KIM SELBY, HENA VIJAYAN and ADRIAN WILLIAMS, 2018. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 0(0),
• HALL, C.L., VALENTINE, A.Z., WALKER, G.M., BALL, H.M., COGGER, H., DALEY, D., SAYAL, K. and HOLLIS, C., 2017. BMC Psychiatry. 17(66),
• HALL, C., VALENTINE, A.Z., GROOM, M.J., WALKER, G., SAYAL, K., DALEY, D. and HOLLIS, C., 2016. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 25, 677-699
• HALL, C.L, SELBY, K, GUO, B, VALENTINE, A.Z, WALKER, G.M and HOLLIS, C, 2016. Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
• SIMONS, L., VALENTINE, A.Z., FALCONER, C.J., GROOM, M., DALEY, D., CRAVEN, M.P., YOUNG, Z., HALL, C.L. and HOLLIS, C., 2016. JMIR mHealth and mHealth. 4(1), e31
• HALL, C.L., TAYLOR, J.A., NEWELL, K., BALDWIN, L., SAYAL, K. and HOLLIS, C., 2016. British Journal of Psychiatry Open. 2(1), 25-31
• GROOM, MADELEINE J, YOUNG, Z, HALL, CL, GILLOTT, A and HOLLIS, C, 2016. Psychiatry Research. 243, 168-173
• HALL, C.L., MOLDAVSKY, M., TAYLOR, J., MARRIOTT, M., GOODMAN, R., SAYAL, K. and HOLLIS, C., 2015. Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 20(3), 171-174
• HALL, C.L., MOLDAVSKY, M., TAYLOR, J., SAYAL, K., MARRIOT, M., BATTY, M., PASS, S. and HOLLIS, C., 2014. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 23(4), 239-242
• HALL, C.L, TAYLOR, J., MOLDAVSKY, M., MARRIOTT, M., PASS, S., NEWELL, K., GOODMAN, R., SAYAL, K. and HOLLIS, C., 2014. BMC Psychiatry. 14(1), 113
• HALL, C.L, HOGUE, T and GUO, K, 2014. Journal of Sexual Aggression.
• HALL, CL, NEWELL, K, TAYLOR, J and SAYAL, K, 2014. Journal of Psychopharmacology.
• HALL, CL, WALKER, GM, VALENTINE, AZ, GUO, B, KAYLOR-HUGHES, C, JAMES, M, DALEY, D, SAYAL, K and HOLLIS, C, 2014. BMJ Open.
• SWIFT, K.D., HALL, C.L., MARIMUTTU, V.J., REDSTONE, L., SAYAL, K. and HOLLIS, C., 2013. BMC Psychiatry. 13, 74
• HALL, C.L., NEWELL, K., TAYLOR, J., SAYAL, K., SWIFT, K.D. and HOLLIS, C., 2013. BMC Psychiatry. 13, 186
• HALL, C.L., MOLDAVSKY, M., BALDWIN, L., MARRIOTT, M., NEWELL, K., TAYLOR, J., SAYAL, K. and HOLLIS, C., 2013. BMC Psychiatry. 13, 270
• HALL, C.L, HOGUE, T and GUO, K, 2012. Journal of Sex Research.
• HALL, C.L, HOGUE, T and GUO, K, 2011. Journal of Sex Research. 48, 461-469
• GUO, K, MEINTS, K, HALL, C, HALL, S and MILLS, D, 2009. Animal Cognition. 13, 525-533
• HALL, CL, JAMES, M, BROWN, S, MARTIN, JL, BROWN, N, SELBY, K, CLARKE, J, VIJAYAN, H, GUO, B, SAYAL K, HOLLIS C and GROOM, MJ, BMJ Open. (In Press.)