Scientific advisory board member

Kent Kiehl’s laboratory has worked diligently along with correctional facilities in New Mexico and beyond to establish the world’s largest database of brain data from incarcerated populations. We utilize a state of the art mobile scanning unit which can be deployed to remote locations, reaching populations for which functional brain imaging might otherwise be impossible or severely impractical. These resources and relationships have been instrumental in the investigation of mental health issues that are particularly prevalent in those who are incarcerated, including psychopathy, antisocial personality disorder, substance abuse, and externalizing disorders. We maintain several ongoing projects with an overall goal of achieving a better understanding of the interaction between brain function, genetics, and environmental factors ultimately informing improved interventions and prevention strategies and promoting better mental health as a whole.

Martin Rettenberger is Director of the Centre for Criminology (KrimZ). He is a Psychologist (Dipl.-Psych.) and Criminologist (M.A.) as well as a specialist in Legal Psychology (BDP/DGPs).

Essi Viding is professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the Clinical, Educational, and Health Psychology Research Department, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, UCL. She is the Pro Vice Provost for the Mental Health and Wellbeing Grand Challenge at UCL, together with Prof Argyris Stringaris, and chairs UCL’s Children and Young People’s Special Interest Group. She co-directs a research group, the Developmental Risk and Resilience Unit (DRRU), with Prof Eamon McCrory.