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Sarah Dorrington is a NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Occupational Psychiatry at King's College London (KCL), affiliated with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) and the Department of Psychological Medicine. She joined KCL in 2010 as an Academic Clinical Fellow and has held prestigious fellowships, including the Donald Dean Fellowship in Occupational Mental Health and the NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship. Her work focuses on psychiatric epidemiology, occupational mental health, and health inequalities, with a particular emphasis on trauma, multimorbidity, and mental health disparities.
Education: MBBS from Newcastle University, MRes in Cultural Studies and Humanities from Birkbeck University, MRCPsych qualification (2014). She is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Research Interests: Mental health and trauma, occupational mental health, multimorbidity, health inequalities, and the integration of mental and physical healthcare. She leads the Health Inequalities Research Network (HERON) and contributes to the IMPARTS initiative for healthcare training.
Publications: Over 30 peer-reviewed articles, including studies on healthcare workers' mental health during the pandemic, fit note usage patterns, and trauma comorbidity in middle-income communities. Key contributions address pandemic-related mental health challenges and ethnic disparities in mental healthcare access.
Awards: 2015 RSM Trainee Researcher of the Year, 2014 NIHR Integrated Academic Training Award, and multiple prizes from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Her work highlights the psychosocial impact of crises on healthcare professionals and systemic inequities in mental health service provision.
Teaching: Courses include Global Mental Health BSc (Bristol University), Women’s Mental Health MSc (IoPPN), and workplace conflict management in IMPARTS programs. She has taught at KCL, Newcastle, and SLAM NHS Trust.
Grants: Co-investigator on projects like 'Work and Mental Health Outcomes of People Accessing an Early Pregnancy Unit' (2023–2025) and 'Employment and Health: Workings of the Fitnote' (2015–2019).
