Viktoriya first joined King's College London in 2015 as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Affective Disorders. She subsequently completed an MRC iCASE PhD at the Centre investigating the role of the gut microbiome in depression and the potential of probiotics as a novel treatment, supervised by Professors Allan Young, Anthony Cleare, and James Stone. Following her PhD, Viktoriya spent two years in industry working in Clinical Development and Medical Affairs. She later returned to the Centre as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Viktoriya’s research focuses on the mechanisms and treatment of mood disorders, with a particular emphasis on the gut–brain axis and the development and evaluation of novel interventions through clinical trials.

Research Groups

• Depression
• Bipolar Disorder
• Gut-brain axis
• Gut microbiome
• Clinical trials
• Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
• Translational research

Research Groups

Mental Health Translational Research Collaboration (MH-TRC) 

Mission Mood Disorders Network