Stefan Priebe graduated in Psychology and Medicine, and qualified as Neurologist, Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist in Germany. Since 1997 he has been Professor for Social and Community Psychiatry at Queen Mary, University of London (QMUL). He is also Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health Service Development, and was Director of the NIHR Global Health Research Group for Developing Psycho-Social Interventions from 2017-2022.
He heads a research group in East London (the Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry, Queen Mary University of London and ELFT) which focuses on studying how social interactions can be utilized and modified to reduce mental distress.