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.
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 Daniel Leightley
Research Fellow at the King's Centre for Military Health Research. Interested in big data, mobile health and machine learning.
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
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 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 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.
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.
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.
Dr Victoria Williamson
Postdoctoral Research Associate - King's College London Research Fellow - University of Oxford
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
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.
Alice Wickersham
KCMHRCollaborator: NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre PhD Student. Formerly a Research Assistant at KCMHR.
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.
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 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
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.
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.