Richard Meiser-Stedman is Professor in Child Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London.

He mainly researches post-traumatic stress disorder and other trauma-related mental health difficulties in children and adolescents and their caregivers. This work involves prospective longitudinal and case control studies of trauma-exposed youth, clinical trials of psychological treatments for PTSD, and systematic reviews of evidence in these areas.

He completed his PhD and trained as a clinical psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. From 2009-2014 he was an MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge. He was previously Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of East Anglia (2018-2025).

Research interests

• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Psychological therapies
• Clinical trials
• Systematic Reviews

Teaching

Richard Meiser-Stedman teaches on PTSD, emotional disorders in children and adolescents, conducting clinical research, and conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

Expertise and Public Engagement

In 2018 Richard Meiser-Stedman served on the NICE guideline committee for PTSD. He currently serves on the UK Trauma Council, and the Research and Implementation Board of the Children and War Foundation. He is a Fellow of the British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy.