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Peter  Schofield

Dr Peter Schofield

Senior Lecturer in Population Health

Research interests

  • Mental Health
  • Sociology
  • Population Health

Biography

Dr Peter Schofield is Senior Lecturer in Population Health in the Department of Population Health Sciences. 

The publication feed is not currently available.

Research

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Social science and Urban public health institute

Working with collaborators around the theme of urban public health

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Refugee Mental Health and Place Network

Network exploring post-migration and refugee mental health

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Primary Care Research Group

The Primary Care Research Group is a diverse team consisting of clinical and non-clinical primary care team researchers

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Health Inequalities, Societies and Systems

Central to our research is understanding and tackling the systemic and intersecting drivers of disparities in health over the life course such as racism, gender, crime, precarious livelihoods, environmental pollution, and inaccessible health care. We work collaboratively across the School of Life Course and Population Sciences to strengthen the theoretical aspects of population health research.

Crowd of people walking along busy London Street
Population Mental Health Consortium

UK network to boost the role of research and the use of data to improve population health focused on children and young people, suicide and self-harm prevention and multiple long-term conditions.

PMHC Platform 4 Training and Capacity Building
Cross-Cutting Platform 4: Training and Capacity Building

Develop an interdisciplinary training programmeto support the development of the next generation of leaders in population mental health.

Project status: Ongoing

News

Where refugees live matters to their long term mental health

The longitudinal study examined links between where refugees were assigned housing under the Danish dispersal policy and their long-term mental health

Neighbourhood

New £7M research investment to investigate population-based improvement of mental health

£7 million funding from UK Research and Innovation, has been awarded to lead partner King’s College London to establish a research theme in Population Mental...

Crowd in London

Applications open for three new studentships at the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health

The ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health invite prospective students to apply for new studentships aligned with its key research areas, with a focus on...

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Only half of patients regularly see the same GP

Joint research between King’s and QMUL found that only 52% of patients regularly have their appointments with the same GP, despite increasing evidence that...

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Development of psychosis influenced by neighbourhood

The first-of-its kind study looked at how demographic factors might play a different role in the development of non-affective psychosis (e.g. schizophrenia)...

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Events

16Apr

Book launch (online): 'Ways of Belonging: Undocumented Youth in the Shadow of Illegality’

Join this talk to hear more about this book examining the experiences of belonging of undocumented young people who are made invisible and are excluded...

Please note: this event has passed.

22May

Links between neighbourhood social composition and refugee mental health - evidence from a Danish cohort study

Join this session to explore a large cohort study on the importance of the neighbourhood social environment for refugee mental health.

Please note: this event has passed.

06Mar

Mental Health and Wellbeing of Somali Refugees in Urban Neighbourhoods of London and Bristol

Join us to explore the findings of a qualitative study examining the role of urban neighbourhoods in the mental health and wellbeing of refugees, specifically...

Please note: this event has passed.

01Nov

Poetry of sanctuary: Searching for safety, belonging and home

Join the Refugee Mental Health and Place Network for an evening of personal and poetic expression of the lived refugee experience.

Please note: this event has passed.

04May

Refugee mental health and place

Seminar with Dr Peter Schofield

Please note: this event has passed.

Features

Refugee mental health: understanding place, politics and migration

Understanding 'place' is critical to supporting the mental health of refugees and migrants facing challenging conditions upon arrival.

refugee-julie-ricard-MX0erXb3Mms-unsplash

Refugee Mental Health and The Role of Place

Reflections from our networking workshop: “Refugee Mental Health and The Role of Place"

A row of tents in a refugee camp.

The publication feed is not currently available.

Research

suphi-hero-1
Social science and Urban public health institute

Working with collaborators around the theme of urban public health

RP network - new banner
Refugee Mental Health and Place Network

Network exploring post-migration and refugee mental health

Primary Care Research Group Hero Image 4 thumbnail 780x440
Primary Care Research Group

The Primary Care Research Group is a diverse team consisting of clinical and non-clinical primary care team researchers

public health inequality mask 780x440
Health Inequalities, Societies and Systems

Central to our research is understanding and tackling the systemic and intersecting drivers of disparities in health over the life course such as racism, gender, crime, precarious livelihoods, environmental pollution, and inaccessible health care. We work collaboratively across the School of Life Course and Population Sciences to strengthen the theoretical aspects of population health research.

Crowd of people walking along busy London Street
Population Mental Health Consortium

UK network to boost the role of research and the use of data to improve population health focused on children and young people, suicide and self-harm prevention and multiple long-term conditions.

PMHC Platform 4 Training and Capacity Building
Cross-Cutting Platform 4: Training and Capacity Building

Develop an interdisciplinary training programmeto support the development of the next generation of leaders in population mental health.

Project status: Ongoing

News

Where refugees live matters to their long term mental health

The longitudinal study examined links between where refugees were assigned housing under the Danish dispersal policy and their long-term mental health

Neighbourhood

New £7M research investment to investigate population-based improvement of mental health

£7 million funding from UK Research and Innovation, has been awarded to lead partner King’s College London to establish a research theme in Population Mental...

Crowd in London

Applications open for three new studentships at the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health

The ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health invite prospective students to apply for new studentships aligned with its key research areas, with a focus on...

people walking

Only half of patients regularly see the same GP

Joint research between King’s and QMUL found that only 52% of patients regularly have their appointments with the same GP, despite increasing evidence that...

continuity of care 780x450

Development of psychosis influenced by neighbourhood

The first-of-its kind study looked at how demographic factors might play a different role in the development of non-affective psychosis (e.g. schizophrenia)...

mental health group for psychotic disorders 780x450

Events

16Apr

Book launch (online): 'Ways of Belonging: Undocumented Youth in the Shadow of Illegality’

Join this talk to hear more about this book examining the experiences of belonging of undocumented young people who are made invisible and are excluded...

Please note: this event has passed.

22May

Links between neighbourhood social composition and refugee mental health - evidence from a Danish cohort study

Join this session to explore a large cohort study on the importance of the neighbourhood social environment for refugee mental health.

Please note: this event has passed.

06Mar

Mental Health and Wellbeing of Somali Refugees in Urban Neighbourhoods of London and Bristol

Join us to explore the findings of a qualitative study examining the role of urban neighbourhoods in the mental health and wellbeing of refugees, specifically...

Please note: this event has passed.

01Nov

Poetry of sanctuary: Searching for safety, belonging and home

Join the Refugee Mental Health and Place Network for an evening of personal and poetic expression of the lived refugee experience.

Please note: this event has passed.

04May

Refugee mental health and place

Seminar with Dr Peter Schofield

Please note: this event has passed.

Features

Refugee mental health: understanding place, politics and migration

Understanding 'place' is critical to supporting the mental health of refugees and migrants facing challenging conditions upon arrival.

refugee-julie-ricard-MX0erXb3Mms-unsplash

Refugee Mental Health and The Role of Place

Reflections from our networking workshop: “Refugee Mental Health and The Role of Place"

A row of tents in a refugee camp.