Dr Charlotte Williamson is a Lecturer in Epidemiology & Statistics at the King's Centre for Military Health Research based within the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience. Charlotte's current research sits at the intersection of her experience and expertise in military mental health, evidence synthesis and defence policy. 

Charlotte previously held a role as a Research Associate in Climate and Health Evidence Synthesis at the School of Life Course and Population Sciences based within the Faculty of Life Sciences and Medicine. Charlotte worked primarily on an international collaboration, Solace-AI, which aims to develop an AI tool for synthesising evidence to support policy and humanitarian responses to climate-change health emergencies. She also continued to lead and collaborate on a number of military health projects, including on veterans' digital needs, military recruits nutrition, and the health of UK volunteer reservists.

Charlotte completed her PhD in Psychological Medicine at the King's Centre for Military Health Research in 2025. Her PhD was a mixed methods investigation of self-harm and suicidal behaviours among serving and ex-serving personnel of the UK Armed Forces. Her PhD also included a doctoral secondment to the Office for Veterans' Affairs, UK Government where she gained direct experience of how research translates into government policy. 

Prior to commencing her PhD, Charlotte worked as a Research Assistant, first at Combat Stress and then at the King's Centre for Military Health Research. She has project-managed and supported several research studies in the field of military mental health, including a Randomised Controlled Trial of an alcohol intervention app for military veterans (DrinksRation), validating the Military Service Identification Tool for identifying veterans from electronic healthcare records, investigating the health and wellbeing of female veterans and treatment-seeking veterans, exploring the impact of Covid-19 on veterans’ health, and investigating UK veteran families. Charlotte also holds a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from Manchester Metropolitan University and an MSc in Mental Health, Ethics and Law from King's College London.