Our top 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.
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.
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 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 using digital technology in mental healthcare
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.
Anna Verey
Anna works as a Research Assistant and part of the ADVANCE Study team. She has an interest in mixed-methods, innovative data collection methods and the effective dissemination of study findings.
Bethany Croak
Bethany Croak is a PhD student and research assistant. Bethany’s PhD focuses on the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health, wellbeing and occupational outcomes of lower-paid NHS staff.
Dr Gemma Archer
Gemma is 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.
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.
Niamh Molloy
Niamh is a Research Assistant at KCMHR. She has a background in Clinical Psychology with a particular interest in affective disorders and mental health research.
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.
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 Heidi Cramm
KCMHRCollaborator: Dr Cramm is an associate professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen's University
Laura Grover
Doctoral Researcher investigating social support and mental wellbeing in combat-exposed military personnel
Ella Buckroyd
Ella is a Research Project Support Officer at KCMHR working on the next phase of 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.
Dr Glen Dighton
Dr. Glen Dighton is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the King's Centre for Military Health Research. Dr. Dighton currently sits on the research team for the UK Veterans Family Study
Gini Harrison
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
A postdoctoral researcher & Counselling Psychologist. She currently co-ordinates The HYPE Project, a web-based recruitment, risk assessment, and resource platform for young adults.
Alice Wickersham
KCMHRCollaborator: NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre PhD Student. Formerly a Research Assistant at KCMHR.
Mark Tarn
The majority of my career I spent in the British Army as a GP and then as a military psychiatrist. I then joined the independent sector as a forensic psychiatrist and clinical director.
Derek Tracy
Derek's a Psychiatrist and Clinical Director at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. He's a Senior Lecturer at King’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