Research Community

Glen is a 4th year doctoral student, researching the effects of impostor phenomenon on military Veterans. His thesis looks at the impact of impostor phenomenon in veterans and their transition into civilian life. Glen has extensive experience working with Veterans, having served 16 years as a commissioned officer. He has worked with minoritised groups, in industries such as defence, transport and logistics, energy, the arts and the space sector. His research interests include: The effects of impostor phenomenon on performance in the workplace, future defence issues and planning for future conflicts, sustainability in the space sector.

The International Centre for Moral Injury (ICMI) is an academic research centre formed to study and understand the causes and impacts of moral injury and dedicated to opening pathways to recovery.

It supports and promotes the development and dissemination of innovative research, pastoral resources and training methods around moral injury, helping to generate new partnerships and collaborations across the world in the furtherance of individual, institutional and societal well-being.

Jenny is a Serving Officer in the British Army and has been employed as a mental health nurse working in clinical and management roles within the Ministry of Defence, Departments of Community Mental Health (DCMH). She is currently undertaking a Professional Doctorate in Health through the University of Bath exploring adjustment disorder in the military population. In 2024 Jenny joined the Academic Department of Military Mental Health at King's College London as a senior lecturer. Her research interests include military mental health, adjustment disorder, education and training, and female Veterans.

Jess is a PhD student at Swansea University. Her PhD focuses on understanding the lived experience of Service personnel, Veterans, and affected others coping with harm from gambling. The research aims to explore how external factors to the military may be linked to the veteran gambling population, to help identify how individuals may be at risk before they join the military but also during and after their service due to these external factors. More specifically it aims to understand what influence the family has on gambling behaviours. 

Kate Salem is a Senior Researcher at the Westminster Centre for Research in Veterans. She has experience conducting mixed-methods research and has led on multiple research projects related to health and well-being in the Armed Forces Community. Kate is also the wife of an Army veteran and is completing her PhD which explores the impact of Veterans' mental health experiences upon their partners, with the aim of highlighting the needs of the military partner population.

Katie is a third-year Trainee Clinical Psychologist at Coventry University/University of Warwick. She currently works clinically in the NHS alongside completing her thesis. Her thesis aims to explore the experiences of problematic eating and exercise behaviours in United Kingdom (UK) male veterans. These behaviours may include but are not restricted to, fasting (not for religious or cultural reasons), binge-eating/over-eating, laxative use, purging and excessive exercise.