KCATO offers guidance, funding opportunities, professional development programmes and events for research-active health professionals working across King’s Health Partners (King’s College London and its partnering NHS Trusts: Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital, and South London and Maudsley).

Our ambition is to create a thriving research centre for our health professionals, equipping you with the tools you need to become global leaders in health research and practice. We are here to support you, no matter your career stage or profession.

The work we do is built around our four strategic pillars:

Through these activities, KCATO facilitates world-class clinical academic training across King’s College London and our NHS partners, enabling all types of health professionals to become clinical academic leaders of the future.

KCATO’s Directors are clinical academics themselves, so they understand the commitments and challenges that come with navigating this dual career path. You can hear from them and learn more about KCATO in the video below.

King's Clinical Academic Training Office Team