Professor Heidi Lempp
Emeritus Professor of Medical Sociology in Rheumatology and Medical Education
Biography
Sociology applied in muscular-skeletal health and its psycho-social impact, the physical and mental interface in long-term muscular-skeletal conditions, patient involvement and public engagement in research, quality of life, patient-generated outcome measures; non-medicinal interventions, Sociology of medical education.
Research
King’s Health Programmes Attainment Gaps Research Group
Providing culturally appropriate care for all is core to health equality and patient-centred care.
News
The use of metaphors enables patients and caregivers to communicate their experiences of living with long-term conditions
Patients can provide a unique insight into their own physical and emotional world through their own words with intentional or unintentional metaphors
The Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health
Experts call for radical global action to end stigma and discrimination against people with mental health conditions, as this is often ‘worse than the...
King's team wins award to investigate equality in healthcare education
A team led by Dr Shuangyu Li, Centre for Education and Dr Heidi Lempp, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, has won the Autumn 2019 round of the King’s...
Funding awarded to study long-term conditions in Black African communities with HIV
A team of researchers from King’s have been awarded funding to study multiple risk factors in the setting of HIV infection in African and Caribbean people.
Researchers to investigate the emotional impact of Axial Spondyloarthritis
Researchers from King’s College Hospital and the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences receive funding to explore the impact of Axial Spondyloarthritis on...
Events
Inaugural Lecture: Professors Simon Ameer-Beg & Heidi Lempp
Inspiring talks from some of our brightest minds
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
DDI Spotlight: 5 minutes with Susan John and Heidi Lempp
Our DDI Spotlights explore our Academic Leads for Development, Diversity and Inclusion from across the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
5 minutes with Heidi Lempp
Dr Heidi Lempp is a Reader in Medical Sociology in the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, and was recently appointed as the School Academic Lead,...
Research
King’s Health Programmes Attainment Gaps Research Group
Providing culturally appropriate care for all is core to health equality and patient-centred care.
News
The use of metaphors enables patients and caregivers to communicate their experiences of living with long-term conditions
Patients can provide a unique insight into their own physical and emotional world through their own words with intentional or unintentional metaphors
The Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health
Experts call for radical global action to end stigma and discrimination against people with mental health conditions, as this is often ‘worse than the...
King's team wins award to investigate equality in healthcare education
A team led by Dr Shuangyu Li, Centre for Education and Dr Heidi Lempp, School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, has won the Autumn 2019 round of the King’s...
Funding awarded to study long-term conditions in Black African communities with HIV
A team of researchers from King’s have been awarded funding to study multiple risk factors in the setting of HIV infection in African and Caribbean people.
Researchers to investigate the emotional impact of Axial Spondyloarthritis
Researchers from King’s College Hospital and the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences receive funding to explore the impact of Axial Spondyloarthritis on...
Events
Inaugural Lecture: Professors Simon Ameer-Beg & Heidi Lempp
Inspiring talks from some of our brightest minds
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
DDI Spotlight: 5 minutes with Susan John and Heidi Lempp
Our DDI Spotlights explore our Academic Leads for Development, Diversity and Inclusion from across the Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
5 minutes with Heidi Lempp
Dr Heidi Lempp is a Reader in Medical Sociology in the School of Immunology & Microbial Sciences, and was recently appointed as the School Academic Lead,...