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Glen is a 4th year doctoral student, researching the effects of impostor phenomenon on military Veterans. His thesis looks at the impact of impostor phenomenon in veterans and their transition into civilian life. Glen has extensive experience working with Veterans, having served 16 years as a commissioned officer. He has worked with minoritised groups, in industries such as defence, transport and logistics, energy, the arts and the space sector. His research interests include: The effects of impostor phenomenon on performance in the workplace, future defence issues and planning for future conflicts, sustainability in the space sector.

Grace is completing a mixed-methods PhD with the ADVANCE study at King's College London. Her project explores sleep health after sustaining serious physical combat injuries and the impact on mental and physical health in the ADVANCE cohort. Grace is interested in sleep health, military mental health, forensic psychology, and adolescent mental health.

The International Centre for Moral Injury (ICMI) is an academic research centre formed to study and understand the causes and impacts of moral injury and dedicated to opening pathways to recovery.

It supports and promotes the development and dissemination of innovative research, pastoral resources and training methods around moral injury, helping to generate new partnerships and collaborations across the world in the furtherance of individual, institutional and societal well-being.

Jenny is a Serving Officer in the British Army and has been employed as a mental health nurse working in clinical and management roles within the Ministry of Defence, Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMH). She is currently undertaking a Professional Doctorate in Health through the University of Bath exploring adjustment disorder in the military population. In 2024 Jenny joined the Academic Department of Military Mental Health at King's College London as a senior lecturer. Her research interests include military mental health, adjustment disorder, education and training, and female Veterans.

Jess is a PhD student at Swansea University. Her PhD focuses on understanding the lived experience of Service personnel, Veterans, and affected others coping with harm from gambling. The research aims to explore how external factors to the military may be linked to the veteran gambling population, to help identify how individuals may be at risk before they join the military but also during and after their service due to these external factors. More specifically it aims to understand what influence the family has on gambling behaviours. 

Kate Salem is a Senior Researcher at the Westminster Centre for Research in Veterans. She has experience conducting mixed-methods research and has led on multiple research projects related to health and well-being in the Armed Forces Community. Kate is also the wife of an Army veteran and is completing her PhD which explores the impact of Veterans' mental health experiences upon their partners, with the aim of highlighting the needs of the military partner population.

Katie is a third-year Trainee Clinical Psychologist at Coventry University/University of Warwick. She currently works clinically in the NHS alongside completing her thesis. Her thesis aims to explore the experiences of problematic eating and exercise behaviours in United Kingdom (UK) male veterans. These behaviours may include but are not restricted to, fasting (not for religious or cultural reasons), binge-eating/over-eating, laxative use, purging and excessive exercise.

The King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) is the leading civilian UK centre of excellence for military health research providing much-needed evidence on the health and well-being of Serving and ex-Serving personnel and their families. KCMHR’s research relates to conflict and health, occupational psychiatry, personnel issues and social policy. Their research is conducted in four key areas, Serving personnel, ex-Serving personnel, military families (including those of ex-Serving personnel) and interventions.

Laura Grover is a Postdoctoral Research Associate who recently completed a mixed-methods PhD as part of the ADVANCE study at King’s College London. Her doctoral research focused on social support within the ADVANCE cohort - a prospective study examining the long-term psychosocial outcomes of military personnel who sustained combat injuries during the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts. Her work explored differences in social support between injured and uninjured personnel and investigated how social support is associated with mental health and wellbeing. In her current role, Laura contributes to several projects on veteran health, with a particular emphasis on physical health and cognitive decline. She is committed to advancing research that improves understanding of veterans’ long-term health needs and informs evidence-based support.”

Laura Waddams is currently a second year Doctorate in Clinical Psychology student at the University of Essex. Laura has research interests in male and Veteran mental health, anxiety disorders, and the connection between mental health and physical health. Laura’s prior research has included a systematic review on the experience of depression in older men, and a narrative analysis on recovery memoirs. Laura is currently working on her thesis project, which is a qualitative exploration of body modification practices in UK male military Veterans who have an injury, disability, illness, and/or mental health condition.

Lisa Campbell is a Counselling Psychologist in training, studying at Glasgow Caledonian University. Her research interests include trauma, PTSD, Complex PTSD, and psychological safety. Prior research based on Veteran populations includes a qualitative exploration of therapy experiences for PTSD and presenting symptoms and coping styles of Veterans who experienced trauma. Additionally, Lisa has conducted two systematic reviews synthesising qualitative literature on treatment seeking and treatment dropout for PTSD. She has presented her research at UK conferences. Her current project leads from her previous research which is a qualitative study to explore counselling psychologists' approach to treatment for CPTSD in UK Veterans.

Lisa is a Trainee Clinical Psychologist studying for her doctorate at the University of Southampton. Her thesis topic is about understanding LGBTQ+ veteran's experiences of mental health and help seeking.