Maria Richards Brown

Biography:

I am Maria Richards-Brown, a research assistant at University College London (UCL). After earning my BA in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford, I completed an MSc in Clinical Mental Health Sciences at UCL, where I joined Prof E Bramon’s pharmacogenetics study on antipsychotics. Fascinated by its potential to address issues like adverse drug reactions and discontinuation, I focused my MSc dissertation on patient perspectives. Now, as a research assistant, I have expanded this work by integrating both patient and clinician feedback on pharmacogenetic testing.