Bridget Bryan

Bridget Bryan is a Researcher in the Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry department at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. With 175 citations and 10 research outputs, she specializes in loneliness and mental health research across multiple contexts including workplace environments, social media usage, and childhood development.

Her research interests focus on Loneliness (100%), Mental Health (89%), Mixed Methods (30%), Meta-Analysis (30%), Systematic Review (30%), Child Development (15%), and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (15%). Her recent work examines workplace loneliness through qualitative investigations, explores longitudinal datasets for mental health research, and analyzes social media's impact on young adult loneliness.

Dr. Bryan has secured significant research funding including as Primary Investigator for the MRC Medical Research Council project Identifying large-scale data and future directions for researching the role of the built environment in preventing loneliness, social isolation and mental health conditions (2025-2026) and as Co-Investigator for the Colt Foundation project Experiences of loneliness, isolation and work: An investigation of risk/resilience factors and consequences for health and functional outcomes (2021-2024).

• Active contributor to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to mental health and well-being
• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7232-2717
• Work referenced across multiple platforms including X (21+ mentions), news outlets (2), and academic platforms