Dr Joanna Hudson PhD, MSc, BSc, PGDip

Biography

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