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Roz Shafran
Born	(1970-01-01) 1 January 1970 London, United Kingdom
Alma mater	St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford; Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London

Roz Shafran (born on January 1, 1970) is a British consultant clinical psychologist. She is Professor of Translational Psychology at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. and is the Strategic Director and co-founder of Bespoke Mental Health Ltd.. She is particularly known for her pioneering research on perfectionism and its effects on mental health, as well as her leadership in creating and directing the Charlie Waller Institute.

Early Life and Education

Shafran was born in London and attended North London Collegiate School. She studied Experimental Psychology at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University in 1991, graduating with Congratulatory First Class Honors. She later obtained her Ph.D. from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London, in 1995, where her research laid the foundation for her later work in clinical psychology. She qualified as a clinical psychologist in 1999, and was accredited as a CBT therapist in 2001.

Career

Academic and Clinical Positions

Shafran’s early career included a Killam Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of British Columbia under Professor Jack Rachman and a Wellcome Advanced Training Fellowship at Oxford University. She then held a significant position as the first Charlie Waller Chair of Evidence-Based Psychological Treatment at the University of Reading, where she founded and directed the Charlie Waller Institute of Evidence-Based Psychological Treatment. Under her leadership, the Institute became an established centre for CBT training and research.

Since 2013, Shafran has been a Professor at UCL's Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, where she leads an award-winning team focused on improving access to effective psychological therapies and developing new interventions. She has published more than 360 academic papers, alongside six books.

Research and Training Contributions

Shafran is internationally renowned for her research on perfectionism, a transdiagnostic factor linked to multiple psychological disorders. Her work has significantly advanced the understanding of how perfectionism contributes to mental health issues, leading to the development of specialized interventions. Her research extends to the mental health of children with chronic physical conditions, the psychological impact of long COVID in young people, and the development of low-intensity psychological treatments.

The psychological medicine research team she developed and leads at UCL was recognised by the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for "The Lucy Project", a drop-in mental health booth that provided accessible, low-intensity early interventions for young people and their families who were concerned about mental health. The booth was named after Lucille "Lucy" van Pelt, the character from Peanuts. The booth was named The BMJ's Mental Health Team of the Year Award in 2021.

Shafran has facilitated the dissemination of gold-standard, psychological therapies with scientific support through the Charlie Waller Institute and Bespoke Mental Health which has trained thousands of clinicians.

Awards and Honors

Shafran’s contributions have been recognized with numerous awards, including the BMJ Mental Health Team of the Year Award (2021), the Eric Taylor ‘Translational Research into Practice Award’ (2019), and the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health Diversity and Inclusion Role Model Award (2023). She also received the British Psychological Society's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Psychology in 2010 and was the first recipient of its ‘Outstanding Thesis’ award (1997). She is an Honorary Fellow of the British Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Psychotherapy.

Professional Activities

Beyond her academic and clinical roles, Shafran has been involved with several professional organizations. She is an adviser to the Charlie Waller Trust, a patron of No Panic, and a member of the International Scientific Committee of Anxiety Canada. Shafran’s expertise is frequently sought by organizations such as NICE, where she has served on the Expert Adviser Panel. She has chaired Steering and Ethics committees for major clinical trials.

Selected Publications

Shafran has authored numerous influential publications, with a focus on cognitive behavioural therapy, perfectionism, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder and child and adolescent mental health. Some of her recent notable works include:

•Bennett, S. D., et al. (2024). Clinical effectiveness of the psychological therapy Mental Health Intervention for Children with Epilepsy in addition to usual care compared with assessment-enhanced usual care alone: a multicentre randomised controlled clinical trial in the UK. The Lancet, 403(10433), 1254-1266.

•Shafran, R., Egan, S. J., & Wade, T. D. (2023). Coming of age: A reflection of the first 21 years of cognitive behaviour therapy for perfectionism. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 161, 104258.

•Shafran, R., Egan, S. J., de Valle, M., Davey, E., Carlbring, P., Creswell, C., & Wade, T. D. (2024). A guide for self-help guides: best practice implementation. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 1-15.

•Shafran, R., Myles-Hooton, P., Bennett, S., & Öst, L. G. (2021). The concept and definition of low intensity cognitive behaviour therapy. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 138, 103803.

Personal Life

Shafran is a British citizen, and she continues to contribute actively to the field of psychology through her research, teaching, and leadership roles.