Academics providing emergency care
Thank you to the many academics from across faculties at King's that have been released from their responsibilities and provided emergency care during the past year.
Attitudes to Policy
The Policy Institute at King’s College London has been tracking public attitudes, beliefs and behaviour throughout the coronavirus crisis.
Find out more about this study here.
COGENT
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
The COGENT study is a collaboration between King’s College London, Imperial College London, University of Cambridge and the University of Chicago and forms part of a wider project, the Great British Well-Being Survey.
Find out more about the Great British Well-Being Survey here.
COVID Symptom Study
Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
The COVID Symptom Study app has been developed by health science company ZOE. It is endorsed by the Welsh Government, NHS Wales, the Scottish Government & NHS Scotland. Data collected is shared with and analysed by King's College London & ZOE research teams.
Find out more about Covid Symptom Study here.
Empoderando Familias
Empoderando Familias is a project by Widening Participation at King’s College London in collaboration with the community organising charity Citizens UK.
Find out more about Empoderando Familias here.
Funnel Support Network
Funnel Support Nework was initiated by Karim Ali, BSc Pharmacology student at King's College London.
King’s PhD student supports COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial
Rhys Brown is a PhD student from the Centre for Host Microbiome Interactions at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, King’s College London.
King’s Together Seed Fund
King’s Together Seed Fund is a £1,000,000 per year initiative seed funding multi and inter disciplinary research.
Find out more about King’s Together Seed Fund here.
King's volunteers support the NHS
Students from the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience have joined the NHS to support the pandemic response.
Life Lines
Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care
Life Lines was supported by King’s Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre and King’s College London. Initial seed funding of £1 million has been provided by the True Colours Trust and the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. The poject was supported by Aetonix who created aTouchAway
Find out more about Life Lines here.
NHS CHECK
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
NHS CHECK was supported by the rapid response funding call ‘King’s COVID-19 Response’
Find out more about NHS CHECK here.
Read NHS CHECK latest findings here.
Our Sick Society
Our Sick Society was developed and presented by King's College London researchers & Experts by Experience. The project was funded by King’s College London’s ESRC Impact Acceleration Account.
Find out more about Our Sick Society here.
REACH
Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
REACH was supported by European Research Council
Find out more about REACH here.
Respite and support for frontline NHS staff
King’s Food, Science Gallery London and the Residences Team at Stamford Street Apartments have been part of the pandemic response.The Estates & Facilities team is also collaborating with King’s NHS partners.
RomBelong: Tutors for Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller students
The RomBelong programme has been developed by King’s alumni Chrissie Browne, Chelsea McDonagh together with the Widening Participation team at King’s College London.
Find out more about RomBelong here.
Student volunteers for vaccination programme
Students from the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care, the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine have been volunteering as vaccinators since the start of the vaccine rollout.
Studying the mental health of ICU staff
Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience
This research was a collaboration between King’s College London and University College London with important contributions from the Behavioural Science Team, Emergency Response Department Science & Technology, Public Health England and the University of Oxford. The research was funded by the National Institute for Health Research Health Protection Research Unit (NIHR HPRU) in Emergency Preparedness and Response at King’s College London in partnership with Public Health England (PHE), in collaboration with the University of East Anglia and Newcastle University.
Find out more about this study here.
Studying severe COVID-19
Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
The study was supported by a large multi-disciplinary team across King’s College Hospital and King’s College London. Supported by the NIHR Guy’s and St Thomas’ Biomedical Research Centre and the British Heart Foundation.
Find out more about this study here.
Supporting Africa's COVID-19 response
King’s Global Health Partnerships works with health facilities, academic institutions and governments to strengthen health systems and improve the quality of care in four countries: Somaliland, Sierra Leone, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.
Find out more about King’s Global Health Partnerships here.
Women are losing out from Covid-19 economic measures
The project is developed by the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London and funded by the Economic and Social Research Council.
Find out more about this study here.