Liz Sampson

Professor Liz Sampson is the inaugural Professor of Liaison Psychiatry at the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing, affiliated with Queen Mary University of London's Wolfson Institute of Population Health, Barts Health NHS Trust, and Whipps Cross Hospital. She holds clinical roles in liaison psychiatry at the Royal London Hospital. Her expertise bridges physical and mental health, focusing on cognitive disorders like delirium and dementia, and optimizing care transitions between acute hospitals, emergency services, and community settings.

Education & Training:

• Qualified at Birmingham University Medical School
• Clinical training in the Midlands and Sydney
• Specialized in general adult and old-age psychiatry at St. Mary’s Hospital, Queen’s Square, and University College London (UCL)

Research Priorities:

Professor Sampson leads UK national research programs on delirium and dementia epidemiology and symptom management. Her mixed-methods approach includes large data analysis, clinical cohort studies, randomized trials, meta-analyses, and policy implementation. Key focus areas include pain, swallowing dysfunction, and agitation management in cognitively impaired populations.

Leadership:

• Vice-chair of the UK Faculty of Liaison Psychiatry
• Executive board member of the European Delirium Association

Grants & Funding:

Recipient of major grants from the UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).