The team at the King's Centre for Military Health Research come from a range of different academic fields such as anthropology, biochemistry, computer science, epidemiology, genetics, general practice, history, immunology, neurology, nursing, psychology, psychiatry, public health, statistics, and sociology. The Centre is led by Professor Sir Simon Wessely and Professor Nicola T. Fear.
Our researchers
Professor Sharon Stevelink
Professor Sharon Stevelink is a Professor of Applied Epidemiology and Occupational Health and she is part of the Department of Psychological Medicine and the King’s Centre for Military Health Research.
Prof Dominic Murphy
Director - King's Centre for Military Health Research & Head of Research at Combat Stress
Dr Marie-Louise Sharp
Marie-Louise is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at KCMHR & ESRC Policy Fellow at Centre-UB. She is a mixed methods researcher focused on mental health/wellbeing in Armed Forces&Emergency Responders
Prof Neil Greenberg
Neil is an ex-military academic, occupational & forensic psychiatrist. He has led on Occupational Psychiatry for the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the World Psychiatric Association.
Grace Williamson
Grace is a PhD student exploring sleep health after sustaining serious physical combat injuries and the impact on mental and physical health in the ADVANCE cohort at KCMHR.
Dr Charlotte Williamson
Charlotte is a Research Associate at King's College London. Her research interests include self-harm and suicidality, military mental health, and AI & digital health technology
Anna Verey
Anna is a Research Associate on the Armed Services Trauma Rehabilitation Outcome Study (ADVANCE study), where she leads the qualitative component of ADVANCE-INVEST.
Dr Rachael Gribble
Dr Rachael Gribble is a Senior Lecturer in War & Psychiatry. Her research focuses on how occupation impacts and influences the well-being of families, including partners, children, parents and siblings.
Dr Bethany Croak
Dr Bethany Croak is a Visiting Research Fellow at KCMHR. Bethany’s research interests include occupational mental health and health inequalities.
Dr Laura Rafferty
Laura is a Post-doctoral Research Associate at King's Centre for Military Health Research. Her research focuses on understanding and supporting the mental health of the Armed Forces community.
Dr Gemma Archer
Gemma was formerly a Research Associate at KCMHR. She is an epidemiologist investigating the long-term mental and physical health of military service personnel exposed to chemical warfare agents.
Laura Grover
Doctoral Researcher investigating social support and mental wellbeing in combat-exposed military personnel
Dr Alexandria Smith
Alex holds a PhD in Epidemiology and Nursing. Her research focuses on mental health, self-injury, and substance use across diverse populations including veterans, people with HIV, and adolescents
Ophelia Chi - Yin Lieng
Research Assistant: Ophelia has worked across the Afghanistan: Voices of Service Project, as well as the AFTER Study investigating the psychosexual impacts of conflict related genital injuries.
Niamh Molloy
Niamh was formerly a Research Assistant at KCMHR. She has a background in Clinical Psychology with a particular interest in affective disorders and mental health research.
Dr Victoria Williamson
Postdoctoral Research Associate - King's College London Research Fellow - University of Oxford
Dr Pamela Almeida-Meza
Dr Pamela Almeida-Meza is an epidemiologist whose work investigates how social, occupational, and life-course factors shape mental and physical health across populations.
Dr Karishma Jivraj
A postdoctoral researcher in the King's Centre for Military Health Research. Dr Jivraj is a chartered psychologist, with 10+ years of experience in mental health, health & wellbeing research.
Tamara Obradovic
Tamara is a PhD student researching the mental health outcomes of Military Sexual Trauma in UK female ex-service personnel. Tamara joined KCMHR in February 2023.
Sarah Rabin
Sarah is a PhD student within the King's Centre for Military Health Research and is examining the health and wellbeing of UK LGBT+ serving and ex-serving military personnel in the post-LGBT+ ban era.
Chloe Storer
Chloe is an Oral Historian and PhD student at KCMHR. Her research interests include memory, emotions and military history.
Ella Buckroyd
Ella was formerly a Research Project Support Officer at KCMHR working on the Health and Wellbeing Study. She has a specific interest in the mental health of those exposed to traumatic events.
Derek Tracy
Formerly a KCMHR Collaborator: Derek's a Psychiatrist and Clinical Director at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. He's a member of the Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs & editor of the BJPsych.
Dr Heidi Cramm
KCMHRCollaborator: Dr Cramm is an associate professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen's University
Shannon Hill
KCMHRCollaborator: Shannon Hill is a doctoral candidate at Queen's University in Canada. She completed a research exchange at KCMHR from May to July 2022.
Mark Tarn
Formerly a KCMHR Collaborator: Mark had a career in the British Army as a GP and then as a military psychiatrist, then joined the independent sector as a forensic psychiatrist and clinical director.
Alice Wickersham
Formerly a Research Assistant at KCMHR. Alice is now working with the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre as a PhD Student.
Dr Cerisse Gunasinghe
Formerly a KCMHR Collaborator: A postdoctoral researcher & Counselling Psychologist. She co-ordinates The HYPE Project, a recruitment, risk assessment, and resource platform for young adults.
Gini Harrison
Formerly a KCMHR Collaborator: Dr Gini Harrison is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at The Open University, UK. Her research primarily focuses mental health and wellbeing, and eHealth.
Dr Glen Dighton
Dr. Glen Dighton was formerly a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the King's Centre for Military Health Research.