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
Dr Sharon Stevelink
Dr Sharon Stevelink is a Reader in Epidemiology and she is part of the Department of Psychological Medicine and the King’s Centre for Military Health Research.
Dr Marie-Louise Sharp
Marie-Louise is a Senior Research Fellow at KCMHR. She is a mixed methods researcher in psychological medicine who researches mental health & wellbeing in the Armed Forces and 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.
Prof Dominic Murphy
Director - King's Centre for Military Health Research & Head of Research at Combat Stress
Charlotte Williamson
Charlotte is a PhD student at KCMHR. Her research interests include self-harm and suicidality, military mental health, and digital health technology
Grace Williamson
Grace was formerly a Study Coordinator at the King's Centre for Military Health Research.
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.
Bethany Croak
Bethany Croak is a Research Associate at KCMHR and a final year PhD student. Bethany’s research interests include occupational mental health and healthcare inequalities.
Dr Rachael Gribble
Dr Rachael Gribble is a 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 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.
Sofia Franchini
Sofia works as a Research Assistant for the newest phase of the Health and Wellbeing Study. She has an interest in social epidemiology, epidemiology of aging and research methods.
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.
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.
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
Dr Heidi Cramm
KCMHRCollaborator: Dr Cramm is an associate professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen's University
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.
Chloe Storer
Chloe is an Oral Historian and PhD student at KCMHR. Her research interests include memory, emotions and military history.
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.
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.
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.
Dr Glen Dighton
Dr. Glen Dighton was formerly a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the King's Centre for Military Health Research.
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 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.
Alice Wickersham
Formerly a Research Assistant at KCMHR. Alice is now working with the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre as a PhD Student.
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.
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 Victoria Williamson
Postdoctoral Research Associate - King's College London Research Fellow - University of Oxford