Professor Gail Gilchrist
Professor in Addictions Healthcare Research
Research interests
- Mental Health
Biography
Professor Gail Gilchrist’s research focuses on understanding the relationship between substance use and mental health, intimate partner abuse and blood borne viruses; and developing and testing interventions to address these co-occurring issues. Gail received her PhD in 2004 from the University of Glasgow.
Prior to joining King's in 2013, Gail has held research posts in the UK (Argyll and Clyde Drug Action Team, Greater Glasgow NHS Board, University of Greenwich), Australia (University of Melbourne) and Spain (Institut Hospital del Mar d’Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona). She has published around 100 manuscripts, editorials and reports.
Gail is currently a co-editor of Advances in Dual Diagnosis journal and a member of the International Society for Addiction Journal Editors.
Research interests
- Intimate partner abuse
- Comorbidity
- People who inject drugs
- Gender
- Sexual and drug risk behaviors
- Interventions
Research
Drugs Research Group
Substance misuse research within the Addictions Department is led by Professors John Strang and John Marsden.
ADVANCE
Advancing theory and treatment approaches for males in substance misuse treatment who perpetrate intimate partner violence.
Men, Substance Use and Relationships: A Bilateral Learning Alliance (England and Brazil)
This project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by Dr Gail Gilchrist at the National Centre for Addictions, King's College London.
Project status: Completed
Preventing blood borne virus infection in people who inject drugs (project PROTECT)
In the UK, around 33%-56% of people who inject drugs (PWID) have hepatitis C. Rates of HIV (0-1%) and hepatitis B (6-18%) are much lower.
Project status: Ongoing
ADVANCE project outputs
A 60-month programme with 5 workstreams to describe the role of substance use in intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration by men in substance use treatment.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Better care integration needed for mothers in substance use services
New research has used electronic health records to identify how to better integrate policy and practice for parents involved in public family law proceedings...
Professor Gail Gilchrist delivers her inaugural lecture at IoPPN
On Thursday 16 May 2024, Professor Gilchrist delivered her inaugural lecture as Professor in Addictions Healthcare Research at King’s IoPPN.
£3.2m funding to test the ADVANCE-D Programme for men with substance use problems serving community sentences for partner abuse
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has awarded £3.2 million funding to principal investigator, Professor Gail Gilchrist (King’s College London)...
A new generation of Inspiring Women at the IoPPN
28 new portraits of internationally recognised female professors at the Faculty have been added to IoPPN’s ‘Inspiring Women’ exhibition, celebrating the...
Rates of Intimate Partner Abuse and Substance Misuse reduced with combined care
New research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in collaboration with researchers from the...
Events
Professor Gail Gilchrist - Inaugural Lecture
Join us in celebrating Professor Gail Gilchrist's inaugural lecture on 'New understanding and approaches to addressing intimate partner violence in the...
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
IoPPN Inaugural Lectures: 2024-2025
Inaugural lectures are given by newly arrived or promoted professors, who use the opportunity to introduce themselves, to present an overview of their own...
Research
Drugs Research Group
Substance misuse research within the Addictions Department is led by Professors John Strang and John Marsden.
ADVANCE
Advancing theory and treatment approaches for males in substance misuse treatment who perpetrate intimate partner violence.
Men, Substance Use and Relationships: A Bilateral Learning Alliance (England and Brazil)
This project is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and led by Dr Gail Gilchrist at the National Centre for Addictions, King's College London.
Project status: Completed
Preventing blood borne virus infection in people who inject drugs (project PROTECT)
In the UK, around 33%-56% of people who inject drugs (PWID) have hepatitis C. Rates of HIV (0-1%) and hepatitis B (6-18%) are much lower.
Project status: Ongoing
ADVANCE project outputs
A 60-month programme with 5 workstreams to describe the role of substance use in intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration by men in substance use treatment.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Better care integration needed for mothers in substance use services
New research has used electronic health records to identify how to better integrate policy and practice for parents involved in public family law proceedings...
Professor Gail Gilchrist delivers her inaugural lecture at IoPPN
On Thursday 16 May 2024, Professor Gilchrist delivered her inaugural lecture as Professor in Addictions Healthcare Research at King’s IoPPN.
£3.2m funding to test the ADVANCE-D Programme for men with substance use problems serving community sentences for partner abuse
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has awarded £3.2 million funding to principal investigator, Professor Gail Gilchrist (King’s College London)...
A new generation of Inspiring Women at the IoPPN
28 new portraits of internationally recognised female professors at the Faculty have been added to IoPPN’s ‘Inspiring Women’ exhibition, celebrating the...
Rates of Intimate Partner Abuse and Substance Misuse reduced with combined care
New research led by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in collaboration with researchers from the...
Events
Professor Gail Gilchrist - Inaugural Lecture
Join us in celebrating Professor Gail Gilchrist's inaugural lecture on 'New understanding and approaches to addressing intimate partner violence in the...
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
IoPPN Inaugural Lectures: 2024-2025
Inaugural lectures are given by newly arrived or promoted professors, who use the opportunity to introduce themselves, to present an overview of their own...