Dr Julian Mutz is a Research Fellow at the Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King’s College London. He completed his undergraduate training in Psychology (BSc) at the University of Groningen and University College London. He earned a postgraduate degree in Affective Disorders (MSc) from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s and is a graduate of the International Master in Affective Neuroscience (MSc) of Maastricht University. Before joining King’s, Dr Mutz worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Imperial College London. He obtained a PhD in Epidemiology and Population Health from King’s College London, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and Eli Lilly and Company. In 2024, Dr Mutz was awarded a King’s Prize Fellowship. Dr Mutz’s research interests include biological markers of ageing and frailty, population health, and the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders. He has also led several large-scale meta-analyses of mental health treatments. Dr Mutz has authored over 30 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals, including in the BMJ, the British Journal of Psychiatry and the International Journal of Epidemiology. He is also an Editorial Board Member of BMC Medicine. His work has been featured in prominent media outlets such as The Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Time Magazine and Fortune Magazine.