Charlotte Williamson is a Research Associate in Climate and Health Evidence Synthesis at the School of Life Course and Population Sciences based within the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine. Charlotte works primarily on an international collaboration, Solace-AI, which aims to develop an AI tool for synthesising evidence to support policy and humanitarian responses to climate-change health emergencies.

Charlotte completed her PhD in Psychological Medicine at the King's Centre for Military Health Research, King’s College London. Her PhD was a mixed methods investigation of self-harm and suicidal behaviours in the UK Armed Forces which explored rates, associated factors, and help-seeking experiences. Her PhD also included a doctoral secondment to the Office for Veterans' Affairs, UK Government.

Prior to commencing her PhD, Charlotte worked as a Research Assistant, first at Combat Stress and then at the King's Centre for Military Health Research. She has project-managed and supported several research studies in the field of military mental health, including a Randomised Controlled Trial of an alcohol intervention app for military veterans (DrinksRation), validating the Military Service Identification Tool for identifying veterans from electronic healthcare records, investigating the health and wellbeing of female veterans and treatment-seeking veterans, exploring the impact of Covid-19 on veterans’ health, and investigating UK veteran families. Charlotte also holds a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from Manchester Metropolitan University and an MSc in Mental Health, Ethics and Law from King's College London.

Research Interests:

• Self-harm and suicidality
• Military mental health
• Digital health technology

Key Publications:

• Williamson C, Busuttil W, Simms A, Palmer L, Sharon SAM & Sharp M-L. (2025). “Man up and get on with it”: A Qualitative Exploration of UK Ex-Serving Personnel’s Experiences of Seeking Help for Self-Harm and Suicidal Behaviours. European Journal of Psychotraumatology. doi: 10.1080/20008066.2025.2480990
• Williamson C, Croak B, Simms A, Fear NT, Sharp M-L & Stevelink SAM (2024). Risk and Protective Factors for Self-Harm and Suicide Behaviours among Serving and Ex-Serving Personnel of the UK Armed Forces, Canadian Armed Forces, Australian Defence Force and New Zealand Defence Force: A Systematic Review. PLoS One. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299239
• Williamson C, Palmer L, Leightley D, Pernet D, Chandran D, Leal R, Murphy D, Fear NT & Stevelink SAM (2023). Military Veterans and Civilians’ Mental Health Diagnoses: An Analysis of Secondary Mental Health Services. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 58, 1029-1037. doi: 10.1007/s00127-022-02411-x
• Leightley D*, Williamson C*, Rona RJ, Carr E, Shearer J, Davis JP, Simms A, Fear NT, Goodwin L & Murphy D (2022). Evaluating the Efficacy of the Drinks:Ration Mobile App to Reduce Alcohol Consumption in a Help-Seeking Military Veteran Population: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth.10(6):e38991. doi: 10.2196/38991