Maria Loades

Professor Maria Loades is a Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath, specializing in adolescent mental health interventions. She leads research on accessible treatments for youth depression and anxiety through scalable CBT approaches.

Education includes:

• PhD, University of Bristol
• DClinPsy, University of East Anglia
• MSocSci, University of Cambridge
• BSocSci, University of Cambridge

Research focuses on:

• Developing scalable CBT interventions for youth
• Improving early access to mental health support
• Therapist competence in child/adolescent CBT
• Fatigue-related depression in adolescents
• School-based prevention programs

Current projects:

• NIHR Advanced Fellowship on online single-session interventions (2023-2028)
• School-based sleep program for teens (2023-2026)
• Bath NIHR Mental Health Research Group (2025-2029)

Honors include NIHR fellowships and international recognition for depression prevention research.