Faraz Mughal

Faraz's research aims to enhance the management and prevention of common mental health problems, self-harm, and suicide, particularly in young people and underserved groups, in primary health care settings. He led the NIHR funded COPING study which co-produced and tested the first GP-led psychosocial intervention to reduce self-harm in young people globally. He has led complex evidence syntheses and qualitative studies to advance understanding on how to improve care for people and their carers with self-harm behaviour.

He wants to work with colleagues across the Department, Division, University, and beyond to strengthen primary care mental health research.  

His research has informed NICE guidance, national suicide prevention policy, and 2025 Men's Health Strategy for England. He has been awarded four NIHR personal research awards: he has held NIHR In-Practice, NIHR School for Primary Care Research GP Career Progression, and Doctoral Fellowships. He has won several national prizes and delivered many invited talks.

He was a member of the 2022 NICE self-harm guideline committee. He co-chaired the International Association for Suicide Prevention primary care special interest group, 2021-2025. He sits on the expert advisory group for the Men's Health Strategy for England, the effectiveness Sub-Group for the Independent Review into Mental Health, ADHD, and Autism, and chairs the Data Monitoring and Ethics Committee for the NIHR ASsuRED trial.

He has been a long standing advocate for GP research careers. He is an NIHR and NIHR Mental Health Research Incubator case study, and was appointed to the NIHR Academy Forum, 2022-25. He works in partnership with researchers, policymakers, patients and the public, clinicians, industry, and charities to generate practical and collective impact. He has over 120 scientific and peer-reviewed publications. He is a practising NHS GP and elected Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and Faculty of Public Health.