Overview
Background
Mike is a Research Fellow in Psychiatric Epidemiology and Evidence Synthesis with the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research. Currently Mike works on large, administravely linked datasets and works with statistics in clinical trials. Mike's background was firstly in the UK military, with a subsequent career in the fitness industry - being named the global top fitness instructor in 2015, and European top fitness educator in 2018. Mike then continued his exercise career through academia, completing his PhD in Sport and Exercise Sciences in 2022, and working with the Cambridge Centre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, and the Cambridge Vision and Eye Research Institute post-PhD. Mike's currnet research interests span the umbrella of mental health and statistics - in particular phsyical acitivty promotion in people with severe mental health, intergenerational child maltreatment, and statistical considerations in complex clinical trails.
Availability
- Dr Mike Trott is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Exercise and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University
- Doctor of Philosophy of Exercise and Sport Science, Anglia Ruskin University
- Masters (Coursework) of Statistics, University College London
Research interests
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Mental health clinical trials
Statistical analysis and planning of clinical trials within mental health.
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Mental health epidemiology
Including administrative linkage of large datasets pertaining to mental health
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Physical activity promotion in mental illness
Reduction of sedentary behaviours, novel techniques to promote physical activity in severe mental illness.
Research impacts
Mike has published extensively in the field of psychiatric research, having authored 70 peer reviewed publications (19 as first author), with 2,471 citations (2,460 since 2019; h-index 18) and 2 book chapters. Over the past 5 years, Mike has a field-weighted citation impact of 1.86 (221 citations) in psychiatry, 5.29 (244 citations) in general medicine, 12.31 (735 citations) in health professions, and 14.32 (725 citations) in orthopaedics and sports medicine.
Mike's work in physical activity and sedentary behaviour has been cited in several international policy documents, including three policy documents from the WHO, and several national government reports from the EU, UK, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Quebec, Spain, and The Netherlands. Additionally, Mike's research on mitigating children’s screentime resulted in several policy changes in the UK.
Mike is also an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Digital Impacts, a member of the Gold Coast Hospital HREC board, a member of several DSMBs, and a statistical consultant to the Mental Health Australia General Clinical Trials Network (MAGNET).
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Associations between self-reported and agency-reported child maltreatment and mental illness in later life: Results from the CALM study
Trott, M., Bull, C., Najman, J. M. and Kisely, S. (2025). Associations between self-reported and agency-reported child maltreatment and mental illness in later life: Results from the CALM study. Child Abuse and Neglect, 163 107433, 107433. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107433
2025
Journal Article
Suicide methods and severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Trott, M., Suetani, S., Arnautovska, U., Kisely, S., Kar Ray, M., Theodoros, T., Le, V., Leske, S., Lu, M., Soole, R., Warren, N. and Siskind, D. (2025). Suicide methods and severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 151 (4), 467-484. doi: 10.1111/acps.13759
2025
Journal Article
Do internalising or externalising behaviours in adolescence mediate the child maltreatment-alcohol substance use relationship?
Trott, Mike, Bull, Claudia, Najman, Jake Moses, Siskind, Dan, Arnautovska, Urska and Kisely, Steve (2025). Do internalising or externalising behaviours in adolescence mediate the child maltreatment-alcohol substance use relationship?. Addiction. doi: 10.1111/add.70016
2025
Journal Article
Unclean cooking fuel use and all health outcomes, a systematic review and meta-analysis
Pizzol, Damiano, Trott, Mike, Yon, Dong Keon, Rahmati, Masoud, Shin, Jae Il, Kamholz, Barbara, Karmacharya, Biraj, Shrestha, Prabha, Underwood, Benjamin R., Butler, Laurie, Barnett, Yvonne, Veronese, Nicola, Soysal, Pinar, Gomez, Guillermo, Mortara, Simone, Malfatti, Eugenio, Ahluwalia, Sanjiv, Concari, Alice, Corinaldi, Alice, Marrufo, Tatiana, Uberti, Filippo, López Sánchez, Guillermo F. and Smith, Lee (2025). Unclean cooking fuel use and all health outcomes, a systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Interactions, 1 (1). doi: 10.1080/29963257.2025.2463654
2025
Journal Article
Addressing the challenges of child maltreatment measurement: Examining the types of data we use and how we use them
Bull, Claudia, Trott, Mike and Kisely, Steve (2025). Addressing the challenges of child maltreatment measurement: Examining the types of data we use and how we use them. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 59 (4), 48674251320308-303. doi: 10.1177/00048674251320308
2025
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Cognitive behavioural therapy versus other interventions on mental health in people with sensory impairments: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Trott, M., Koblitz, A. and Pardhan, S. (2025). Cognitive behavioural therapy versus other interventions on mental health in people with sensory impairments: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 189 111998, 111998. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111998
2025
Journal Article
A systematic review of international literature on the gender of unpaid carers attending group-based physical activity with people with dementia
Horne, Joanna, Kentzer, Nichola, Smith, Lee, Trott, Mike and Vseteckova, Jitka (2025). A systematic review of international literature on the gender of unpaid carers attending group-based physical activity with people with dementia. International Journal of Care and Caring, 1-25. doi: 10.1332/23978821Y2024D000000099
2024
Journal Article
Risk factors associated with child maltreatment in the second generation of a prospective longitudinal Australian birth cohort: a MUSP study
Bull, Claudia, Trott, Mike, Najman, Jake Moses, Reid, Natasha and Kisely, Steve (2024). Risk factors associated with child maltreatment in the second generation of a prospective longitudinal Australian birth cohort: a MUSP study. Social Science and Medicine, 362 117402, 117402. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117402
2024
Journal Article
Integrating accelerometry, GPS, GIS and molecular data to investigate mechanistic pathways of the urban environmental exposome and cognitive outcomes in older adults: a longitudinal study protocol
Hunter, Ruth F, Cleland, Claire, Trott, Mike, O’Neill, Sean, Küçükali, Hüseyin, Mullineaux, Shay, Kee, Frank, McKinley, Jennifer M, Neville, Charlotte, O'Hara, Leeanne, Marr, Calum, McAlinden, Michael, Ellis, Geraint, McKnight, Amy, Schipperijn, Jasper, McHugh Power, Joanna, Duong, Trung and McGuinness, Bernadette (2024). Integrating accelerometry, GPS, GIS and molecular data to investigate mechanistic pathways of the urban environmental exposome and cognitive outcomes in older adults: a longitudinal study protocol. BMJ Open, 14 (12) e085318, 12. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085318
2024
Journal Article
Emergency department presentations and admission for common mental disorders following agency-notified child maltreatment at 40-year follow-up: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity study
Kisely, Steve, Bull, Claudia, Trott, Mike, Arnautovska, Urska, Siskind, Dan, Warren, Nicola and Najman, Jake Moses (2024). Emergency department presentations and admission for common mental disorders following agency-notified child maltreatment at 40-year follow-up: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity study. BJPsych Open, 10 (6) e220, 1-7. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.776
2024
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A randomised controlled trial of interventions to promote adoption of physical activity in adults with severe mental illness
Chapman, Justin J., Miatke, Aaron, Dumuid, Dorothea, Migueles, Jairo, Suetani, Shuichi, Korman, Nicole, Trott, Mike, Byrne, Jacqueline, Siskind, Dan, Johnston, Donni, Sewell, Jeanette, Breakspear, Michael and Patterson, Sue (2024). A randomised controlled trial of interventions to promote adoption of physical activity in adults with severe mental illness. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 27 100652, 100652. doi: 10.1016/j.mhpa.2024.100652
2024
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Efficacy of user self-led and human-supported digital health interventions for people with schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Arnautovska, Urska, Trott, Mike, Vitangcol, Kathryn Jemimah, Milton, Alyssa, Brown, Ellie, Warren, Nicola, Leucht, Stefan, Firth, Joseph and Siskind, Dan (2024). Efficacy of user self-led and human-supported digital health interventions for people with schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Schizophrenia Bulletin sbae143. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbae143
2024
Journal Article
Urban environment exposures and cognitive health: an evidence gap map of systematic reviews
Trott, Mike, Cleland, Claire L., Akaraci, Selin, Valson, Joanna S, O’Kane, Niamh, Kee, Frank, McGuinness, Bernadette and Hunter, Ruth F. (2024). Urban environment exposures and cognitive health: an evidence gap map of systematic reviews. Cities and Health, 1-31. doi: 10.1080/23748834.2024.2395141
2024
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The role of human involvement and support in digital mental health interventions for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a critical review
Arnautovska, Urska, Milton, Alyssa, Trott, Mike, Soole, Rebecca and Siskind, Dan (2024). The role of human involvement and support in digital mental health interventions for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: a critical review. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 37 (5), 356-362. doi: 10.1097/yco.0000000000000957
2024
Journal Article
Papillomavirus infection and male infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Garolla, Andrea, Mereu, Silvia, Pizzol, Damiano, Yon, Dong Keon, Rahmati, Masoud, Soysal, Pinar, Ilie, Petre Cristian, Bertoldo, Alessandro, Trott, Mike and Smith, Lee (2024). Papillomavirus infection and male infertility: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Science Reports, 7 (9) e70048. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70048
2024
Journal Article
Protocol for Cancloz: multicentre randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group adaptive trial of cannabidiol for clozapine-resistant schizophrenia
Siskind, Dan, Bull, Claudia, Suetani, Shuichi, Warren, Nicola, Suraev, Anastasia, McGregor, Iain, Kisely, Steve, De Monte, Veronica, Trott, Mike, Shine, Manju, Moudgil, Vikas, Robinson, Gail, Parker, Stephen, Krishnaiah, Ravikumar, Stedman, Terry, Drummond, Allan, Medland, Sarah, Iyer, Ravi and Baker, Andrea (2024). Protocol for Cancloz: multicentre randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind, parallel-group adaptive trial of cannabidiol for clozapine-resistant schizophrenia. BJPsych Open, 10 (5) e156, 1-7. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2024.748
2024
Journal Article
GLP-1 receptor agonists and weight loss in schizophrenia – past, present, and future
Trott, Mike, Arnautovska, Urska and Siskind, Dan (2024). GLP-1 receptor agonists and weight loss in schizophrenia – past, present, and future. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 37 (5), 363-369. doi: 10.1097/yco.0000000000000952
2024
Journal Article
Hospital admissions and community health service contacts for mental illness following self-reported child maltreatment: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) study
Trott, Mike, Bull, Claudia, Najman, Jake Moses, Arnautovska, Urska, Siskind, Dan, Warren, Nicola and Kisely, Steve (2024). Hospital admissions and community health service contacts for mental illness following self-reported child maltreatment: results from the Childhood Adversity and Lifetime Morbidity (CALM) study. Child Abuse and Neglect, 154 106912, 106912. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2024.106912
2024
Journal Article
Treatments for delayed ejaculation: a narrative review
Pizzol, Damiano, Trott, Mike, Wilson, Jason J., Tully, Mark A., Shah, Sam, Pratsides, Luke, Ilie, Petre Cristian, Lopez Sanchez, Guillermo F. and Smith, Lee (2024). Treatments for delayed ejaculation: a narrative review. Trends in Urology and Mens Health, 15 (4), 13-17. doi: 10.1002/tre.970
2024
Journal Article
Associations between total physical activity levels and academic performance in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Trott, Mike, Kentzer, Nichola, Horne, Joanna, Langdown, Ben and Smith, Lee (2024). Associations between total physical activity levels and academic performance in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Education and Health Promotion, 13 (1) 273. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1618_23
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