Studied medicine at Guys Hospital Medical School, University of London, social anthropology at the London School of Economics, trained in psychiatry then child and adolescent psychiatry at The Maudsley Hospital affiliated with the Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, Kings College London, where  he studied for and was awarded  PhD in Psychiatry. Worked at Imperial College London initially as Senior Lecturer and now Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and  longstanding Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Central and North West London  NHS Foundation Trust. 

Research interests  include: the mental health of young refugees, and the interface between physical  and mental health. 

International work: past Lead Editor for the  IACAPAP  Monographs, and co-edited five books, available at https://iacapap.org/monographs/.  Currently  collaborator with University of Turku, Finland investigating the experiences and psychological distress of adolescents in Ukraine following the Russian invasion. Publications available at     Webpage:  http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/m.hodes.