Director of the King’s Centre for Military Health Research, King's College London
I joined the Academic Department of Military Mental Health at King's College London (KCL) in 2004 having trained as an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the University of Oxford. Before joining KCL, I worked as an epidemiologist within the UK Ministry of Defence.
Since 2011, I have been Director of the King’s Centre of Military Health Research (KCMHR) alongside Professor Sir Simon Wessely and in 2014, I was awarded a Chair in Epidemiology.
I am the lead epidemiologist on the KCMHR military cohort study and lead several studies examining the impact of military service on families.
Alcohol misuse is more common in the armed forces than post-traumatic stress disorder
Apr 03, 2019 10:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Health
Alcohol has historically been used in the UK armed forces to encourage bonding and to deal with difficult experiences. And while alcohol use is now on the decline, harmful drinking in the forces is still double that of the...
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