Alex Martin is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychological Medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London.

She holds a BSc in Psychology with Cognitive Science from the University of Sussex and joined King’s in 2016, completing an MSc in Psychiatric Research in the Department of Psychosis Studies. She went on to complete a PhD in Developmental Psychopathology in the Department of Psychology, investigating the role of fathers in children’s mental health.

Alex joined the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Emergency Preparedness and Response in 2021 as a PhD Intern and became a full-time researcher in 2022. Her research applies epidemiological and behavioural science approaches to explore mental health and wellbeing outcomes following disasters and public health interventions.

She is a Research Integrity Advisor, promoting a strong culture of research integrity across the College, and is an academic member of the Men and Boys Coalition.

Research Interests

• Child mental health and wellbeing in the context of the family
• Pathways to risk and resileinece
• Emergency preparedness and response
• Public health interventions 

Teaching

Alex is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and particularly enjoys teaching research methods, statistics, open science, and research ethics. She co-leads the Psychology of Disaster Response module for the MSc in Mental Health Studies at King’s and leads two final-year research project modules for the University of London’s online BSc Psychology programme.

She supervises undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students, and is open to collaboration on projects aligned with her research interests.

Research Groups

Alex is a member of the NIHR Health Protection Research Focus Award in Outbreak Related Behaviour (ORB), a formal partnership between King’s College London, the University of East Anglia, and the UK Health Security Agency.