Dr Bridget Bryan's research investigates the links between loneliness, mental health, work and socioeconomic outcomes using both longitudinal methods and in-depth qualitative approaches. She also works on the development and expansion of two longitudinal data discovery platforms, the Atlas of Longitudinal Datasets and the Catalogue of Mental Health Measures.

Dr Bryan completed a PhD in Social, Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry at King's in 2024. Her PhD focused on the experience and consequences of workplace loneliness, as well as the long-term impact of loneliness on socioeconomic outcomes. She also completed an MSc in Sociology at the University of Oxford and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Psychology and Sociology at the University of Sydney.

She first joined King’s as a Research Assistant in 2018 to develop online platforms to improve the uptake and discoverability of longitudinal mental health data. Before joining King’s, she worked in research focusing on workplace mental health and the Australian forensic mental health system at the University of New South Wales and Mental Health Commission of New South Wales, as well as on a project examining museum leadership in the United Kingdom at the University of Oxford.

Research interests

• Loneliness and social isolation
• Workplace mental health
• Socioeconomic outcomes

Expertise and public engagement

• Dr Bryan's research has been covered in a range of news outlets: 
  The Telegraph: Lonely secondary school children less likely to have successful careers; The Independent: Lonely secondary school pupils less likely to gain employment as adults – study; The Independent: Is your teenager lonely? The warning signs and how to support them
• Contributed an article commenting on loneliness research to The Conversation: Loneliness may not make you ill after all, says new study – but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t tackle it
• Provided expert consultation on Loneliness at Work report for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Tackling Loneliness and Connected Communities.
• Delivered seminars to industry and policymakers for the Campaign to End Loneliness and the Health Service Executive.