Dr Valeria Mondelli is a Clinical Reader in Psychoneuroimmunology at the Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist at Kings College Hospital. She is co-leading an international global mental health project aiming to identify adolescents at high risk of depression at an early stage (IDEA project) with the ultimate goal of reducing the onset of depression in adolescence. Dr Mondelli's research interest focuses on the interplay between physical and mental health and on the role of biological systems involved in the stress response in the pathogenesis of psychiatric disorders. Dr Mondelli is also the NIHR SLaM BRC Research Champion in mental and physical interface. She is the immediate Past President of the Psychiatry Section of the Royal Society of Medicine and Associate Editor of the journal Brain Behaviour and Immunity. She has received various awards, including the Emerging Leaders in Adolescent Mental Health Prize by the Medical Research Foundation and the BAP Senior Clinical Psychopharmacology Award. She has published over 150 scientific publications and she is one the 2020 Highly Cited Researchers (Clarivate, Web of Science).