Professor Nicola Fear
Professor of Epidemiology at the Academic Department of Military Mental Health
Co-Director of the King’s Centre for Military Health Research
King’s College London
Presentation Title: What do we know about the mental health and wellbeing of those who sustained serious physical injuries during deployment? The role of the ADVANCE Study
Nicola Fear is a Professor of Epidemiology within the Academic Department of Military Mental Health at King’s College London, Director of the King’s Centre for Military Health Research and co-Director of the Forces in Mind Trust Research Centre. Nicola’s work predominantly focuses on the health and wellbeing of the Armed Forces community including leading a number of military, veteran and family cohort studies. Nicola has published over 350 academic papers, has supervised 15 doctoral students to completion, and is a trustee of a charity supporting the Armed Forces Community (Help for Heroes). Nicola has an undergraduate degree in Pharmacology (from King’s College London), a Master’s degree in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and a Doctorate from the University of Oxford in Occupational Epidemiology.
Nicola is internationally renowned for her work with the Armed Forces community, with collaborations in Australia, as well as in Europe, USA, and Canada. Nicola has an interest in military/occupational epidemiology; risk taking behaviours and suicide and is currently involved in a large cohort study examining the health (mental and physical), lifestyle and career consequences of military deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
