Dr Sreekanth Thekkumkara, MPhil, PhD, is a Lecturer (Teaching and Research) in the School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee. He previously worked at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), India, researching the development and testing of the feasibility of behavioural interventions for tobacco use for persons with severe mental disorders, designing community-based interventions for Tuberculosis and co-morbid depression. He was also actively involved in community mental health research to assess the social cognition and neurocognition of persons with Schizophrenia and assess the rehabilitation needs of caregivers and persons with severe mental disorders. He undertook a PhD at the National Institute of Mental Health Sciences (NIMHANS), India, that assessed the feasibility of peer support interventions for prisoners with common mental disorders and substance use which the government of India funded through the University Grant Commission (UGC). He also assessed the rehabilitation needs of prisoners with mental illness and policy-level recommendations. He completed his MPhil in Psychiatric Social Work from the same institute and trained in providing psychosocial interventions for adult psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry, family therapy, addiction medicine, community psychiatry, neurological disabilities, and rehabilitation. Throughout various studies, Sreekanth has consistently worked on mental health, substance use, psychiatric rehabilitation, community mental health and prison mental health being a particular focus. Sreekanth's methodological expertise is in evidence synthesis, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses, interventional studies, mixed methodology and co-design research designs.