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Twenty years of evidence on movement and the mind.
One of the top 0.1% most cited researchers in the world, in mental health and neuroscience.
Brendon’s research looks at how physical activity, lifestyle, mental and brain health and chronic disease affect each other. A Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher since 2019, he has published more than 900 papers, cited over 100,000 times, and his trials have helped shape policy with the World Health Organization and NHS England.
Brendon’s research has secured more than €12 million in funding, and he has supervised more than 15 PhD candidates and mentored more than 15 postdoctoral researchers.
Current academic roles
- 01
The University of Manchester
ProfessorA full professorship, held part-time.
- 02
King’s College London
Visiting ProfessorBrendon spent more than 11 years at King’s, from postdoctoral researcher to NIHR Advanced Fellow (Associate Professor), and keeps a visiting full professorship there.
- 03
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Einstein Visiting FellowAwarded through a competitive international call to set up a lab developing better mind–body interventions for psychosis.
- 04
Medical University of Vienna
Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Mental and Brain HealthSince February 2026. Brendon leads and supports interdisciplinary research at the university’s Comprehensive Center for Clinical Neurosciences and Mental Health (C3NMH).
- 05
Lancet Psychiatry Commission
ChairBrendon chairs the Lancet Psychiatry Commission on protecting the physical health of people with mental illness, and has led clinical guidelines for the European Psychiatric Association and the World Psychiatric Association.
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