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Professor Nicola Fear CBE is a Professor of Epidemiology at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, leading the King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR). She specializes in military and occupational epidemiology, focusing on mental health, veteran outcomes, and the impact of military service on families. Her roles include Director of KCMHR and Principal Investigator in large-scale studies like the Health and Wellbeing Cohort Study of UK Armed Forces personnel.
Education: BSc in Pharmacology from King's College London, MSc from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and PhD from the University of Oxford. Her research spans military mental health, trauma, and transitional challenges faced by veterans, with notable projects on combat injury consequences and Porton Down veterans' health.
Research interests include post-traumatic growth, substance misuse among military personnel, and pandemic impacts on mental health. She has led studies on veteran families, suicide prevention, and the transition to civilian life. Key awards include the CBE for services to military health research.
Publications highlight longitudinal cohort analyses, systematic reviews on military-to-civilian transition, and studies on social support during crises. She collaborates on initiatives like DrinksRation (alcohol intervention app) and the ADVANCE cohort study on combat injury outcomes.
