Iain Campbell
Metabolic Psychiatry: A Pilot Study of a Ketogenic Diet and Forthcoming RCT
In this talk I will present findings from our pilot study of a ketogenic diet for bipolar disorder (BD), insights into proposed mechanisms of action of ketosis in BD, and a protocol for a future randomised controlled trial of a ketogenic diet for BD.
Dr. Iain Campbell is the Baszucki Research Fellow in Metabolic Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh. He has a PhD in Global Health from the University of Edinburgh and is a principal investigator on a pilot trial of a ketogenic diet for bipolar disorder. He is a workstream lead and co-investigator on the first publicly funded research hub for Metabolic Psychiatry, the UKRI Medical Research Council Hub for Metabolic Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh. His research in metabolic psychiatry has been published in Nature press journals Molecular Psychiatry and Translational Psychiatry and presented at Mayo Clinic Grand Rounds and The Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress. Dr. Campbell lives with Bipolar Disorder Type 2 and seeks to understand his condition through research as well as through the creative arts. His music compositions inspired by his experience with bipolar disorder have been featured on the recent Amazon Lord of the Rings of Power Trailer, Star Trek: Picard and CBS:FBI.