Professor Sally Marlow
Professor of Practice in Public Understanding of Mental Health Research
Research interests
- Mental Health
- Biomedical and life sciences
Contact details
Biography
Sally Marlow is Professor of Practice in Public Understanding of Mental Health Research at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, where she works with cultural partners, community groups and service users to create events and activities to support her research, and the work of colleagues.
She is also a BBC radio broadcaster, regularly pitching, developing, recording and presenting radio documentaries on mental health topics for Radio 3, Radio 4 and the World Service.
Sally was awarded the first ever Professor of Practice title at King's in September 2022.
Research
Sally's research interests are mental health and addiction, particularly in women and young people, and she uses interdisciplinary collaborations to achieve her research objectives.
Sally is joint PI on Sound Young Minds, a King's Together interdisciplinary collaboration investigating the benefits of music in mental health settings. Joint PI on Cryptoculture 3.0, a King's Together interdisciplinary collaboration exploring using art to explain complex cybersecurity issues. PI on project investigating phenomenology of Mutual Aid groups springing up as a response to COVID.
Further details
Research
Sound Young Minds
A proof of concept study of effective methodologies to evaluate musical interventions
King’s Engaged Research Network (KERN)
Find out more about the King’s Engaged Researcher Network
News
Scoring Mental Health: two musical performances in South London to rethink the sound of mental illness
Artists, musicians, experts by experience and researchers will create musical representations of mental health conditions in two November performances at the...
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...
Artangel and King's College London collaboration to mark World Mental Health Day 2023
Series of film screenings from artist Marcus Coates explore lived experiences of psychosis take place at venues at IoPPN and Science Gallery London to...
'The poet hiding a secret' – King's Chapel hosts Veritable Michael
The College Chapel hosted a showing of Veritable Michael, an opera based on the true story of Michael Field - a Victorian poet who was hiding a secret.
Dr Sally Marlow to be first Researcher in Residence at BBC Radio 3
Dr Sally Marlow, Research Champion for Impact and Engagement at the NIHR Maudsley BRC and Engagement and Impact Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry,...
'Sound Young Minds' wins 2020 Royal Philharmonic Society Impact Award
This week, ‘Sound Young Minds’ won the 2020 Royal Philharmonic Society Impact Award which recognises outstanding initiatives or organisations which engage and...
New podcast explores relationship between societal changes and mental health
The Centre for Society and Mental Health at King’s College London is hosting a new podcast that will explore how changes in society affect our mental health...
Events
Professor Sally Marlow - Inaugural Lecture
Join us in celebrating Professor Sally Marlow's inaugural lecture on 'Never Too Late.''
Please note: this event has passed.
Feedback Loops
Words cannot always convey experience, thought and feeling. In this performance contemporary dancer Anna Spink interprets data from RADAR-CNS
Please note: this event has passed.
Scoring Mental Health: Live at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN)
Join us for the inaugural performance with composer Gawain Hewitt & musicians from City of London Sinfonia, part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2023.
Please note: this event has passed.
King's College London + Artangel present 'The Directors: Marcus'
Flagship event for World Mental Health Day, a film screening & discussion exploring lived experience of psychosis with artist Marcus Coates. By Institute o
Please note: this event has passed.
59th Maudsley Debate
Join us for a topical mental health debate on self-binding directives.
Please note: this event has passed.
BRC in the Community
An evening celebrating mental health research taking place in south London.
Please note: this event has passed.
Creating knowledge through participatory theatre
Part of the new KERN Public Engagement at King’s Seminar Series (PEAKSS)
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
World Mental Health Day: understanding the role of our society
On World Mental Health Day, the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health is highlighting the need to understand how societal systems, structures and...
Spotlight
Normalising the Menopause
Historically menopause has been overlooked and trivialised. Though a natural process, for some women physical and psychological symptoms of menopause can be...
Research
Sound Young Minds
A proof of concept study of effective methodologies to evaluate musical interventions
King’s Engaged Research Network (KERN)
Find out more about the King’s Engaged Researcher Network
News
Scoring Mental Health: two musical performances in South London to rethink the sound of mental illness
Artists, musicians, experts by experience and researchers will create musical representations of mental health conditions in two November performances at the...
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...
Artangel and King's College London collaboration to mark World Mental Health Day 2023
Series of film screenings from artist Marcus Coates explore lived experiences of psychosis take place at venues at IoPPN and Science Gallery London to...
'The poet hiding a secret' – King's Chapel hosts Veritable Michael
The College Chapel hosted a showing of Veritable Michael, an opera based on the true story of Michael Field - a Victorian poet who was hiding a secret.
Dr Sally Marlow to be first Researcher in Residence at BBC Radio 3
Dr Sally Marlow, Research Champion for Impact and Engagement at the NIHR Maudsley BRC and Engagement and Impact Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry,...
'Sound Young Minds' wins 2020 Royal Philharmonic Society Impact Award
This week, ‘Sound Young Minds’ won the 2020 Royal Philharmonic Society Impact Award which recognises outstanding initiatives or organisations which engage and...
New podcast explores relationship between societal changes and mental health
The Centre for Society and Mental Health at King’s College London is hosting a new podcast that will explore how changes in society affect our mental health...
Events
Professor Sally Marlow - Inaugural Lecture
Join us in celebrating Professor Sally Marlow's inaugural lecture on 'Never Too Late.''
Please note: this event has passed.
Feedback Loops
Words cannot always convey experience, thought and feeling. In this performance contemporary dancer Anna Spink interprets data from RADAR-CNS
Please note: this event has passed.
Scoring Mental Health: Live at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN)
Join us for the inaugural performance with composer Gawain Hewitt & musicians from City of London Sinfonia, part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2023.
Please note: this event has passed.
King's College London + Artangel present 'The Directors: Marcus'
Flagship event for World Mental Health Day, a film screening & discussion exploring lived experience of psychosis with artist Marcus Coates. By Institute o
Please note: this event has passed.
59th Maudsley Debate
Join us for a topical mental health debate on self-binding directives.
Please note: this event has passed.
BRC in the Community
An evening celebrating mental health research taking place in south London.
Please note: this event has passed.
Creating knowledge through participatory theatre
Part of the new KERN Public Engagement at King’s Seminar Series (PEAKSS)
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
World Mental Health Day: understanding the role of our society
On World Mental Health Day, the ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health is highlighting the need to understand how societal systems, structures and...
Spotlight
Normalising the Menopause
Historically menopause has been overlooked and trivialised. Though a natural process, for some women physical and psychological symptoms of menopause can be...