Chia-Ping Chou is a Research Assistant working within the NIHR Mental Health Mission at University of Nottingham. 

Chia-Ping Chou is a Research Assistant working within the NIHR Mental Health Mission at the Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham. She supports the delivery of NIHR-funded and commercial clinical research in mood disorders, including the Mental Health Mission Mood Disorder Cohort Study and the Phase 2 TARIAN-1 clinical trial for major depressive disorder. She also contributes to the development and validation of UniCog, a novel digital cognitive assessment designed to provide an accessible and culturally inclusive approach to cognitive evaluation.

Her work spans study design, participant recruitment, research governance, data management and patient and public involvement, supporting the translation of neuroscience research into improved mental healthcare. Her research interests include digital cognitive assessment, clinical trial delivery and the development of innovative technologies to improve the detection and assessment of cognitive impairment in mental health.