Joe Chilcot is Professor of Health Psychology, and Deputy Head of the Department of Psychology, at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience at King’s College London. His research is focused on the psychological aspects associated with long-term conditions, particularly advanced kidney disease.

Professor Chilcot is interested in the role cognitive and behavioural factors have upon symptoms and their trajectories (including distress and fatigue) and how these relate to clinical outcomes. He is also interested in the detection, management and treatment of depression among individuals living with kidney disease and other long-term conditions.

He was honoured to receive the Inaugural Donna Lamping MDT Researcher Award for Outstanding Research in Kidney Care in 2012 and early career research awards from the Division of Health Psychology (2013) and UK Society for Behavioural Medicine (2015). He was co-editor of the British Journal of Health Psychology between 2018-2022.

Research interests

• Depression in long-term physical conditions 
• Illness Perceptions 
• Fatigue 
• Kidney Disease 
• Psychometrics

Teaching

Professor Chilcot teaches across the MSc in Health Psychology and leads the following modules:

• Basic and Advanced Research Methods and Statistics 
• Health Related Behaviours, Cognitions and Emotions 
• Research Project