Dr Anthony Vernon trained in Biochemistry (BSc) and Neuropharmacology (PhD) at Imperial College London, followed by post-doctoral fellowships with Dr Michel Modo and Professor Shitij Kapur at the Institute of Psychiatry (IOP), King’s College London (KCL). Dr Vernon was appointed to the IOP faculty in 2013 and is now a Reader in Neuropsychopharmacology at the Department of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience at the IOP. Dr Vernon is also a Group Leader and PhD training co-ordinator at the MRC Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, King’s College London.