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Tom Jewell

Dr Tom Jewell PhD

Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing

  • Module lead for Evidence Based Mental Health Care
  • Deputy module lead for Child and Adolescent Mental Health

Research interests

  • Mental Health
  • Nursing

Pronouns

he/him

Biography

Tom joined the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care in November 2021. He is a mental health nurse and family Therapist and has over 15 years of experience working clinically in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Tom remains clinically active as a family therapist at Great Ormond Street Hospital. From 2015-2020 he undertook a Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). His PhD investigated predictors outcomes in family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa.

Currently, Tom is the principal investigator for a NIHR-funded Policy Research Programme grant, investigating the impact of out-of-home calorie labels on people with eating disorders. He is also a co-investigator on the UKRI-funded Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network grant.

Tom's main research interests are in eating disorders, child and adolescent mental health, parenting and family therapy.

Enquiring about potential PhD supervision

If you’re thinking of applying for one of our PhD programmes and are looking for potential supervisors, please email nmpc_pgr_enquiries@kcl.ac.uk listing the names of the supervisors you’ve identified as having expertise in your chosen area, along with your CV and a short research proposal. 

Our Postgraduate Research Team will contact supervisors on your behalf and get back to you. If you have any queries in the meantime, please use the email address above, rather than contacting potential PhD supervisors directly, because they are unable to respond to initial enquiries.

 

Research profile

    Research

    EDCRN
    Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network

    Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network is a UK-wide NHS research network spanning child and adult eating disorder services.

    Project status: Ongoing

    iStock-1485549148
    Why are people with eating disorders at higher risk of suicide?

    Investigating why eating disorders, self-harm and suicidal behaviours occur together and what we can do to prevent this or to intervene early and effectively.

    Project status: Ongoing

    The Impact of Calories on Menus in England on People with Lived Experience of Eating Disorders

    The CoM (Calories on Menus) study will explore the impact of calorie labels on individuals with lived experience of eating disorders.

    Project status: Ongoing

    News

    Wearable headcams provide insight into complex teen emotions

    A new study uses headcams and face decoding technology to help parents understand and communicate with teenagers.

    Two teenagers play a game both wearing headcams to study their facial expressions.

    New review highlights range of treatments for eating disorder

    A new review has found that people with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder can be supported with a range of psychological treatments.

    Two people talking

    Features

    5 minutes with Tom Jewell

    5 minutes with Tom Jewell

      Research

      EDCRN
      Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network

      Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network is a UK-wide NHS research network spanning child and adult eating disorder services.

      Project status: Ongoing

      iStock-1485549148
      Why are people with eating disorders at higher risk of suicide?

      Investigating why eating disorders, self-harm and suicidal behaviours occur together and what we can do to prevent this or to intervene early and effectively.

      Project status: Ongoing

      The Impact of Calories on Menus in England on People with Lived Experience of Eating Disorders

      The CoM (Calories on Menus) study will explore the impact of calorie labels on individuals with lived experience of eating disorders.

      Project status: Ongoing

      News

      Wearable headcams provide insight into complex teen emotions

      A new study uses headcams and face decoding technology to help parents understand and communicate with teenagers.

      Two teenagers play a game both wearing headcams to study their facial expressions.

      New review highlights range of treatments for eating disorder

      A new review has found that people with Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder can be supported with a range of psychological treatments.

      Two people talking

      Features

      5 minutes with Tom Jewell

      5 minutes with Tom Jewell