Rachel Ko is a Research Assistant at the Institute of Psychology, Psychiatry & Neuroscience at King's College London. Rachel is a research assistant working on the ADHD Remote Technology study of cardiometabolic risk factors and medication adherence (ART-CARMA).

She completed her MPhil at the University of Hong Kong, studying semnatic network anomalies in psychosis. Prior to joining King’s, she worked as a research assistant at the University of Hong Kong, researching mental health and maternal health. She has strong interests in mobile health and mental health research.  

Research interests

• Mental health
• Neurodevelopmental disorders
• Maternal and child health

 Publications

• Fan HSL, Choi EPH, Ko RWT, Kwok JYY, Wong JYH, Fong DYT, et al. COVID-19 related fear and depression of pregnant women and new mothers. Public Health Nurs. 2021.
• Lok KY-W, Ko RWT, Fan HSL, Wong JYH, Choi EPH, Shek NWM, et al. International survey on fear and childbirth experience in pregnancy and the postpartum period during the COVID-19 pandemic: study protocol. BMJ Open. 2021;11(8).
• Hui CLM, Ko WT, Chang WC, Lee EHM, Chan SKW, Chen EYH. Clinical and functional correlates of financially deprived women with first-episode psychosis. Early Interv Psychiatry. 2019;13(3):639-45.
• Hui CLM, Lo MCL, Chan EHC, Chen ESM, Ko RWT, Lee EHM, et al. Perception towards relapse and its predictors in psychosis patients: A qualitative study. Early Interv Psychiatry. 2018;12(5):856-62.
• Hui CLM, Poon VWY, Ko WT, Miao HY, Chang WC, Lee EHM, et al. Risk factors for antipsychotic medication non-adherence behaviors and attitudes in adult-onset psychosis. Schizophr Res. 2016;174(1-3):144-9.