Niall Boyce

After training in medicine at Oxford University, Niall Boyce worked in a range of posts in the North London psychiatry training rotation including liaison, old age, and forensic psychiatry. In 2010, he left the NHS to become a Senior Editor at The Lancet , moving on to launch The Lancet Psychiatry as Editor-in-Chief in 2014. In 2021, he joined the Wellcome Trust as Head of Knowledge and Measurement in Mental Health, commissioning a range of projects to build a more collaborative, coherent and focused field. He rejoined the weekly Lancet in 2026 as Senior Executive Editor. In addition to his medical qualifications, Niall holds PhDs in both physiology and English literature, reflecting an equal interest in science and the humanities, and how medicine can advance by bringing these two cultures together.