Now in their 13th year, “The BMJ Awards are the UK’s leading medical awards. We promote excellence in healthcare and recognise the inspirational work of healthcare teams across the country.”

The Lucy Project developed and evaluated the provision of drop-in ‘low intensity’ psychological interventions for mental health problems in patients with long term conditions and their families. The initiative gave patients almost instant access to someone to talk to and access to services without lengthy referrals processes. Low intensity meant the most effective, but least intrusive, time consuming, and expensive intervention.

Evaluation showed attending the drop-in mental health centre had “significant positive impact” on symptoms (Cohen’s d=0.22) and quality of life measures (Cohen’s d=0.55) at six month follow-up, while parental anxiety and sibling symptoms were also reduced.

Eric Taylor ‘Translational Research into Practice Award’ from The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

2019

The ACAMH Awards “recognise the work of individuals whose work advances our understanding of mental health in children and young people.”

Awarded for demonstrating that evidence-based psychological treatments can be provided at the point of need for children with both mental and physical health needs.

CAMHS team of the Year - Royal College of Psychiatrists

2018

This award was given to the Psychological Medicine Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital.

The ‘Lucy Project’ was specifically mentioned when presenting the prize.

‘Making a difference’ NHS Positive practice award

2016

This personal award was given to Roz Shafran as an individual whose work has made a significant and meaningful difference to people with mental health difficulties.

Marsh Award for Mental Health

2011

An award given to researchers whose work has made a great difference to clinical practice. It is awarded by ‘Rethink Mental Illness’. Roz was nominated by a service user who recognised her exceptional contribution.

Award for Distinguished Contributions to Professional Psychology, British Psychological Society.

2010

This award is aimed at practitioner psychologists for work that has made an outstanding and lasting contribution to a particular area (rather than a culmination of a career in psychology) for the benefit of people or organisations.

Particularly noted was Roz’s contribution in training clinicians by founding the Charlie Waller Institute of Evidence-based psychological treatment.

Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis, British Psychological Society

1997

Roz was the first recipient of this award which was given for her PhD thesis on integrating neurological and psychological approaches to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.

Wellcome Prize Studentship

1992

This Prize funded Roz’s PhD thesis and lay the foundations for her subsequent Wellcome Trust Advanced Training Fellowship and Career Research Development Fellowships .