King’s PhD Programme in Mental Health Research for Health Professionals

We will train the next generation of clinical academics in mental health research in a richly interdisciplinary training environment.

The programme will include doctors, nurses, clinical psychologists and allied healthcare practitioners who will take training fellowships across a diverse range of topics relevant to mental health science.

For mental health science to flourish we need to encourage clinicians both from within and outside disciplines traditionally involved in mental health, and to encourage collaboration with non-clinical academics with technical and scientific skills often absent from traditional PhD programmes in mental health.

Supervisory teams will always combine clinical and non-clinical academics.

Three programmes of research will be available, representing emerging opportunities in mental health science: (1) translational neuroscience, (2) digital mental health and (3) social science and policy.

Fellows will be trained in key topics to equip them to negotiate their future careers with an emphasis on generating impactful research.

The training will enhance a culture which values diversity and inclusion, open and reproducible science and the critical importance of patient and public voices in research.