PhD Project

'Twenty years in Afghanistan': An exploration of narratives of Operation Herrick told over time

Chloe Storer, King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR)

This study aims to explore how soldiers' narratives have changed over time, and the factors which influence them. Research to date has not explored Service personnel's' mental health experiences using …

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PhD Project

ADVANCE-CIRCUIT: Combat injury-related challenges to sexual intimacy

Anna Verey

This study has one overarching objective: that individuals who sustain occupational injuries which lead to the development of sexual dysfunction are enabled to lead the most fulfilling lives possible. …

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ADVANCE-INVEST: Armed Services trauma rehabilitation outcome study - injured Veterans' experiences of transition study

King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR)

This study aims to identify factors affecting transition outcomes (in terms of health, well-being, and economic stability) of those who were injured on the battlefield in Afghanistan. This will go on …

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PhD Project

ADVANCE-SLEEP: Sleep health after sustaining serious physical combat injuries and the impact on mental and physical health: a mixed-methods analysis on the ADVANCE study cohort

Grace Williamson

This PhD project aims to examine sleep health after sustaining serious physical combat injuries and the impact on physical and mental health outcomes within the ADVANCE study cohort.

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ADVANCE: Armed Services trauma rehabilitation outcomes study

King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR)

The ADVANCE research project aims to study, prospectively, the incidence of a very wide variety of physical and psycho-social outcomes including cardiovascular disease, osteoarthritis, mental health …

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AFFIRM - Planning for the Unplanned

The Centre for Military Research Education and Public Engagement, Professor Gerri Matthews-Smith

Currently recruiting

The project will improve understanding, evaluate intervention, enhance partnership working, promote training about the Covenant and the support and care available to veterans to unplanned Public …

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PhD Project

Community and Belonging in Higher Education: Exploring the Experiences of Military Veteran Students in Scotland’s Universities

The Centre for Military Research Education and Public Engagement

Currently recruiting

The study aims to explore the lived experiences of Military Veteran students and their perceptions of community and belonging in Higher Education Institutes in Scotland. The focus of the study aspires …

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PhD Project

Constructing, Deconstructing, Reconstructing: Exploring the impact of connection and the Armed Forces lifestyle on identity formation and well-being in military partners

The Centre for Military Research Education and Public Engagement

There are key links between organisational and social expectations, perceived roles and related behaviours; the current research aims to understand the impact of these interrelated factors on how …

Exploring suicidality risk in Veterans resident in Northern Ireland

Professor Chérie Armour

The purpose of the project is to understand how common suicidality is among the Northern Ireland veteran population, and to explore what factors play an integral role in increasing the risk of …

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Exploring the deployment-related wellbeing of pre-school children from UK Naval, Army and Air Force backgrounds

Dr Georgina Normile, Debra Barton

To understand the impact of military-related parental deployment on three to five year old children from Naval, Army and Air Force backgrounds across the UK to better inform policy and practices for …

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