Dr. Laura Palmer

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Biography

Laura Palmer is a Lecturer at King’s Centre for Military Health Research, King’s College London, where she teaches 'Geographies of Trauma' as part of the MSc Global Mental Health postgraduate courses within the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience. She completed her BA in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge in 2009, specializing in Social Anthropology, before obtaining an MSc in Psychology from the University of Greenwich in 2014. Since joining KCL in 2015, she has been working on her PhD focused on alcohol misuse among UK Armed Forces personnel. Laura has also served as a postdoctoral researcher, leading various projects that explore the trajectories and phenomenology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the UK Armed Forces. Currently, she supervises PhD students in military forensic mental health and has led modules on MSc War & Psychiatry, emphasizing extreme trauma in civilian contexts. Her teaching includes supervising BSc, MSc, and MBBS students in related fields.

Research Interests

Experience

Lecturer

— Present

King’s Centre for Military Health Research • London

Teaches courses and supervises PhD students in the field of military forensic mental health.

Requirements for King's College London

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:23
Reading
Required:23
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:23
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject Quantitative competency (for some Economics/Finance programs)
Application Checklist
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  • Personal Statement
  • Two Academic References
  • CV/Resume
  • English Language Proficiency Proof
Specialization Notes

Requirements are consistent across King's Business School and Social Science & Public Policy departments for standard Master's entries.