Joel Agorinya

I am currently a DPhil student in the Department of Psychiatry, supervised by Prof. Belinda Lennox and Prof. Mike English. My work is within the EXTEND research group and focuses on providing personalized care for individuals with early psychosis by identifying the characteristics of patients who disengage from early psychosis treatment and predicting when this disengagement is likely to occur. I utilize advanced statistical models and machine learning techniques, leveraging electronic health records from a cohort of patients involved in the EXTEND project. By pinpointing who is likely to disengage and the timing of this disengagement, we can tailor interventions aimed at keeping these patients engaged in care.

I am a psychiatrist and a member of the Psychiatry Faculty at the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. I also hold an MSc in Global Mental Health Policy, Services, and Development. Before commencing my DPhil, I worked at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital in Ghana, where I led a team that developed and piloted the Early Intervention in Psychosis Program (EIPP). Currently, I am serving as a clinical observer at the Oxford Early Intervention Service under the supervision of Dr. Daniel Maughan.