Dr Joanna Hudson joined King’s College London in 2013. Her work focuses on developing, testing and implementing digital therapies for people experiencing depression and/or anxiety in response to living with physical long-term condition(s). She enjoys the challenge of translating research into routine clinical care, supporting the adoption of this process, and evaluating it scientifically. Working with a team of clinical academics at King’s College London, Dr Hudson developed COMPASS, an online programme based on CBT which aims to support people in managing the challenges of living with a long-term condition.  

• PGDip - Higher Education: King’s College London
• PhD in Health Psychology: University of Manchester
• PGDip - Psychological Therapies: University of Nottingham
• MSc - Health Psychology: University of Nottingham
• BSc - Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience: University of Nottingham

Research interests

• Systematic reviews with meta-analysis and meta-regression
• Intervention development including tailoring cognitive-behavioural therapy treatments to improve depression and anxiety treatments for people with long-term conditions.
• Digital intervention development using the person-based approach
• Evaluation of digital therapy interventions using randomised controlled trial designs and linked process analyses
• Implementation of digital health interventions informed by implementation science methods

Teaching

Dr Hudson is programme lead for the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Long-Term Conditions and Persistent Physical Symptom training programme.

Expertise and public engagement

• Peer reviewer for journals
• Peer reviewer for NIHR RfPB