Nicole Votruba is a post-doctoral researcher in the Health Service and Population Research Department at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. She is scientific coordinator of the Emilia study, and co-lead of the Indigo Local study. Nicole is also policy officer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global Health.

Nicole completed her PhD at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s, and holds an MA and BA in political sciences and International law from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and Sciences Po’ Toulouse. She is completing an MSc Psychology in 2021. From 2014-2016, Nicole was coordinator of FundaMentalSDG, a global initiative strengthening mental health within the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Nicole has more than ten years’ experience of working as a consultant with research collaborations and policy (European Commission, European Parliament, WHO), on issues of public health, mental health, human rights, development, gender, diversity and inclusion.

Research Interests 

• Global mental health
• Global health
• Mental health policy
• Evidence-informed policymaking
• Knowledge translation and exchange
• Stigma and discrimination
• Suicide prevention
• LMICs, Africa, Arab World, Eastern Europe, UK
• UN SDGs

Teaching

• Global Mental Health
• Policy engagement
• Qualitative Methods
• Social Media to disseminate research

Expertise and Public Engagement 

• House of Wisdom: Invited to do a podcast episode on Mental Health & Stigma https://www.houseofwisdompodcast.co.uk/episodes-1/episode-7-mental-health-amp-stigma
• WeTalk Platform series on community mental health, well-being and empowerment (King’s College London, TU Dresden https://we-talk.eu): Invited lecture: Ms. President, we need to talk about mental health! A framework for evidence to policy agenda-setting youtube.com/watch?v=YCvP5NNmw_4
• The Future of Health Conference, World Happiness Virtual Agora: Mental health and the UN SDGs, youtube.com/watch?v=afYcpCjFy-4
• 2019: MPs in urgent need of help to access mental health support. The Times. Available at: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/mps-are-in-urgent-need-of-help-to-access-mental-health-support-cmqqgg83m
• Mental Health Europe: Webinar on mental health and the SDGs (youtu.be/rLzj6y-ydtQ)
• House of Parliament/Westminster: Emerald project
• Global Health Forum Taiwan 2016: Mental health in the UN SDGs (invited talk)
• EU Parliament Gender Summit 2016: Mental health and gender differences (invited talk) 
• Secretary of Executive Board, Federation Global Initiative on Psychiatry (F-GiP)
• Member of the Diversity & Inclusion Self-Assessment Team, King’s College IoPPN (2019/20 Student champion)
• Supporter of SOFMA Mental Health Service User Group Sierra Leone
• Member of the THRIVE London Suicide prevention group