A simple, national structure to support entry in the UK for mental health research and trials
For CROs, pharmaceutical companies, biotech and digital health innovators — of every size.
The Alliance Management Team
The Alliance Management Team
The Alliance Management Team (AMT) supports industry-led mental health research and trials, so that working in the UK no longer depends on individual contacts and historical relationships. It is a wrap-around service: linking companies with methodology expertise in trial design and delivery, the lived experience industry partnership, bespoke IP and royalty strategies, funding applications, and milestone and advisory board development.
The team supports industry across the full spectrum of mental health diagnoses and psychiatric symptoms — including those experienced in neurological and neurodegenerative disorders and at the physical–mental health interface — and coordinates with the NIHR Innovation Service and the MRC Mental Health Platform to avoid duplication.
To talk to the team about a study, a partnership or the UK landscape, email DIGIT-MHG@kcl.ac.uk.
Digital mental health innovation
MindTech Bridge is part of the MHG programme and a partner in its Digital Innovation workstream. It is developing infrastructure and partnerships to help evidence-based digital mental health technologies move from research into NHS adoption, attract sustainable investment and scale internationally. Innovators, researchers, NHS organisations, funders and investors can contact Bridge to discuss collaboration and its developing work.
DIGIT Capabilities Database
A developing discovery tool for UK mental health research cohorts and capabilities, including available data types, clinical characterisation and participant recontact information. Coverage is being expanded and records validated with cohort owners. The database contains information about research assets; it does not hold participant-level research data or grant access to it.
Recruitment Simulator
In development with the DATAMIND Observatory, the simulator is intended to help researchers explore potential recruitment and study feasibility before costly commitments. The work will draw on the Observatory’s computational infrastructure and governance frameworks. Contact the Alliance Management Team to discuss your requirements and current progress.
Industry Engagement Forum
The MHG Industry Engagement Forum enables industry partners to shape programme priorities and co-design new initiatives through workshops and bespoke engagement. Members gain early access to emerging data and digital tools, rapid support from the Alliance Management Team, and opportunities to collaborate with leading organisations across pharma, biotech, diagnostics and digital health. Together, we aim to accelerate innovation and improve outcomes for people with mental ill health.
Applications to join the ongoing forum will open in mid-October 2026. Registration for the 8 October launch meeting is separate.
Forum launch meeting — registration closed
A strategic dialogue between MHG and global CROs, pharmaceutical and digital industry partners, biotech organisations, ABPI, and ABHI — 8 October 2026, in London.
