Faraz Mughal

Dr Faraz Mughal is a NIHR Doctoral Fellow and practising NHS General Practitioner affiliated with the School of Medicine at Keele University. He holds multiple NIHR fellowships, including In-Practice and School for Primary Care Research Career Progression awards. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP) and co-leads the NIHR School for Public Health Research PHRESH consortium’s public mental health theme. His research focuses on suicide prevention, young people’s mental health, and self-harm management in primary care.

Dr Mughal has contributed to national guidelines, including the 2022 NICE self-harm guideline committee and the ICHOM 2020 Standard Set for Anxiety, Depression, OCD, and PTSD in Children and Young People. He chairs the DMEC for the NIHR ASsuRED programme and co-chairs the IASP suicide prevention in primary care special interest group. His work has been published in over 80 peer-reviewed articles, emphasizing primary care-based interventions and mental health policy.

He collaborates widely with organizations like UKRI Emerging Minds, the European General Practice Research Network, and NHS England. His research has been funded by NIHR, NIHR SPCR, and the RCGP Scientific Foundation Board. He also delivers academic seminars for clinical GP trainees and mentors researchers in mental health education and youth-focused primary care strategies.

• Awards: RCGP Great Expectations Bursary, SAPC North Early Career Prize, NIHR SPCR Evidence Synthesis Award
• Key Roles: NIHR Academy Forum member, NIHR Incubator Case Study, Expert Advisor (Department of Health & Social Care)
• Clinical Focus: Adolescent health, self-harm prevention, primary care mental health