Mehreen Faisal

Mehreen Faisal is a Research Fellow in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York. She works as part of the Mental Health and Research Capacity Strengthening themes of the Centre for IMPACT, a NIHR Global Health Research Centre established to improve mental and physical health together.

Mehreen is a dentist by background with research focusing on the intersection of mental health and oral health. Her primary research interests include:

• Mental health and oral health
• Mental and physical multimorbidity
• Intervention development
• Trial evaluation
• Implementation science
• Global health, particularly in low- and middle-income countries

Her publication record demonstrates a strong focus on mental health interventions in global contexts, particularly in South Asia and other low- and middle-income countries. She has published extensively on collaborative care models for mental disorders, integration of mental health services with physical health care (particularly tuberculosis services), and oral health interventions for vulnerable populations including those with severe mental illness. Her methodological expertise spans systematic reviews, meta-analyses, qualitative research, and clinical trials, with significant contributions to core outcome sets for multimorbidity research.

Mehreen has been actively involved in the Centre for IMPACT, contributing to research that aims to improve both mental and physical health outcomes through integrated care approaches. Her work often addresses health system challenges in resource-limited settings, with a particular focus on Pakistan and South Asia, where she examines the economic impact of mental disorders and feasibility of integrated care models.