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 Nicola T Fear CBE
In Memoriam: Professor Nicola T Fear CBE https://kcmhr.org/in-memoriam-professor-nicola-t-fear-cbe/
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.
Professor 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
Professor 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 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 Charlotte Williamson
Charlotte is a Lecturer in Epidemiology and Statistics at the King's Centre for Military Health Research, King's College London. Her research interests include military mental health, self-harm and suicidality, and digital health & AI.
Anna Verey
Anna is a PhD student and a Research Associate. Anna’s PhD investigates combat injury-related challenges to sexual intimacy (The ADVANCE-CIRCUIT Study).
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 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.
Linda Slapakova
Lin is a PhD researcher at KCMHR and a Research Leader at RAND Europe. She joined KCMHR in 2026 to research Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse among military personnel and veterans.
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.
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.
Dr Victoria Williamson
Postdoctoral Research Associate - King's College London Research Fellow - University of Oxford