Previously Senior Clinical Fellow at Mid & South Essex ICB, and National Medical Director's Clinical Fellow at NICE.Co-author of A Guide To Psychiatric Examination, published by Elsevier https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guide-Psychiatric-Examination-Carmelo-Aquilina-ebook/dp/B095C3LXDPCompleted core psychiatry training at The Maudsley Training Programme. Completed Foundation Programme at the North West London Foundation School (Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, and Northwick Park Hospital). Received the Foundation School’s Outstanding Contribution Award 2018. Shortlisted for RCPsych's Core Psychiatric Trainee of the Year 2022. Winner of the 2019 Philip Davis Prize from RCPsych. Current research: systematic review and meta-analysis of risk factors for suicide and self-harm in children, the presentation of autism in the children of a hunter-gatherer tribe in Tanzania.Graduated from the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin on a 100% academic scholarship, achieving first class honours. Intercalated M.Sc. in Molecular Medicine, passed with distinction. Thesis on the role of pigment epithelium-derived factor in major depressive disorder and in the response to electroconvulsive therapy under the supervision of Prof. Declan McLoughlin. Irish National University Debating Champion 2015 (Winner of the Irish leg of the John Smith Memorial International Mace 2015). Judged the semifinals of the World Universities Debating Championships 2017 in The Hague, Netherlands.Gold Medallist, 2011 Irish Chemistry Olympiad.Amateur pianist, awarded Gold Medal for Recital and High Achiever's Award by the Royal Irish Academy of Music in 2009.Spare time: baking, piano, running.