King's College London

Aims

To develop future clinical academics and to conduct research generating rigorous evidence that improves the outcomes and experience of patients and their family members across the trajectory of critical illness.

Research Themes

• Critical care survivorship including physical, psychological and cognitive recovery and rehabilitation and support for families
• Supporting ICU teamwork to facilitate patient and family centred care
• Digital innovation in ICU patient and family centred care, support, and education
• Symptom assessment and management including sedation, analgesia, delirium prevention, dyspnoea and fatigue
• Interventions to promote patient and family communication
• ICU design including Fresh Air Therapy

Leadership

• Prof Louise Rose

Theme membership and internal collaborators

• Andreas Xyrichis (KCL Reader + NIHR ACAF)
• Suzanne Bench (Director of Nurse, Midwife Led Research and Academic Leadership, GSTT)
• Joel Meyer (GSTT consultant)
• Andy Slack (GSTT consultant)
• Chloe Apps (GSTT research physio)
• Felicia Cox, Nurse Consultant, Pain Management, HLCC Nursing Research Lead
• Sian Saha (NIHR Fellow and PhD student)
• Laura Allum (NIHR Fellow and PhD student)
• Chris Remmington (NIHR Fellow and PhD student)
• Eleanor Corcoran (NIHR Fellow and PhD student)
• Terpsi Karpasiti ( NIHR Fellow and PhD student)