Top Researchers
Top Medicine Researchers at King's College London for 2026
King's College London has a broad and active presence in Medicine, with recent work spanning clinical care, mental health, neurology, women’s health, and more. Looking across the last year, the research picture shows both depth within core specialties and a clear interest in methods that can improve diagnosis, treatment, and patient support.
Below, you’ll find a snapshot of researchers whose recent output reflects that mix of clinical focus and translational momentum. Together, their work highlights how medical research at King's is addressing long-standing questions while also exploring new tools and approaches for care.
Featured Researchers
James Galloway
James Galloway focused on Rheumatology, Hematology, and Infectious Diseases, with recent work on VEXAS syndrome, abatacept, and SLE mortality.
Activity over the last year: 49 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Treatment outcomes in patients with VEXAS syndrome: a retrospective cohort study (May 2025)
- Abatacept and the risk of malignancy: a meta-analysis across disease indications (Feb 2025)
- Association of race and ethnicity with mortality in adults with SLE: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis (Feb 2025)
Dag Aarsland
Dag Aarsland’s recent Medicine research centered on Psychiatry and Mental health, Neurology, and Physiology, including Alzheimer’s disease pathology, remote monitoring, and phosphorylated tau.
Activity over the last year: 58 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease pathology in the community (Dec 2025)
- RADAR-AD: assessment of multiple remote monitoring technologies for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (Jan 2025)
- Associations Between Changes in Levels of Phosphorylated Tau and Severity of Cognitive Impairment in Early Alzheimer Disease (May 2025)
Brendon Stubbs
Brendon Stubbs worked across Physiology, Psychiatry and Mental health, and Clinical Psychology, with papers on lifestyle interventions, physical activity, and dietary fiber.
Activity over the last year: 55 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Implementing lifestyle interventions in mental health care: third report of the Lancet Psychiatry Physical Health Commission (Aug 2025)
- The efficacy, mechanisms and implementation of physical activity as an adjunctive treatment in mental disorders: a meta‐review of outcomes, neurobiology and key determinants (May 2025)
- The impact of dietary fiber consumption on human health: An umbrella review of evidence from 17,155,277 individuals (Jul 2025)
Sam Norton
Sam Norton’s recent output linked Rheumatology, Hematology, and Infectious Diseases with research on kidney disease, abatacept, and race and ethnicity in SLE mortality.
Activity over the last year: 53 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Depression and anxiety in people with kidney disease: understanding symptom variability, patient experience and preferences for mental health support (Jan 2025)
- Abatacept and the risk of malignancy: a meta-analysis across disease indications (Feb 2025)
- Association of race and ethnicity with mortality in adults with SLE: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis (Feb 2025)
Allan H. Young
Allan H. Young focused on Psychiatry and Mental health, Pharmacology, and Biological Psychiatry, with studies on antidepressant discontinuation, cardiometabolic effects, and ketamine-related symptoms.
Activity over the last year: 45 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Incidence and Nature of Antidepressant Discontinuation Symptoms (Jul 2025)
- The effects of antidepressants on cardiometabolic and other physiological parameters: a systematic review and network meta-analysis (Oct 2025)
- Effect of naltrexone pretreatment on ketamine-induced glutamatergic activity and symptoms of depression: a randomized crossover study (Jul 2025)
Oliver Howes
Oliver Howes’ recent work connected Psychiatry and Mental health with Cognitive Neuroscience and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, including schizophrenia treatment guidance, GLP-1 receptor agonists, and antidepressant discontinuation.
Activity over the last year: 37 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Stergios Boussios
Stergios Boussios combined Reproductive Medicine, Oncology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine in recent work on AI in histopathology, ophthalmic diagnosis, and cancer immunotherapy.
Activity over the last year: 28 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- The current landscape of artificial intelligence in computational histopathology for cancer diagnosis (Apr 2025)
- Enhancing Ophthalmic Diagnosis and Treatment with Artificial Intelligence (Feb 2025)
- Integrating AI into Cancer Immunotherapy—A Narrative Review of Current Applications and Future Directions (Jan 2025)
Laura A. Magee
Laura A. Magee’s recent research in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health addressed maternity care access, placental disorders, and prevention of pre-eclampsia.
Activity over the last year: 33 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- The Impact of Culture on Access to and Utilisation of Maternity Care Amongst Muslim Women in High‐Income Countries: A Qualitative Systematic Review (Jul 2025)
- PREgnancy Care Integrating translational Science, Everywhere (PRECISE): a prospective cohort study of African pregnant and non-pregnant women to investigate placental disorders – cohort profile (May 2025)
- Scheduled birth at term for the prevention of pre-eclampsia (PREVENT-PE): an open-label randomised controlled trial (Dec 2025)
What King's College London's Medicine Community Is Working On
The most common subfields point to a strong concentration in Psychiatry and Mental health, alongside sustained activity in Rheumatology, Hematology, Infectious Diseases, and Physiology. Taken together, these areas suggest a community working on the interfaces between chronic disease, mental health, biological mechanisms, and patient-centered care. Recent publications also show a practical emphasis on treatment effects, risk prediction, and implementation questions, with several researchers exploring how evidence can be translated into better diagnosis, monitoring, and support in real clinical settings.- Psychiatry and Mental health - seen across 4 of the featured researchers
- Rheumatology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Hematology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Infectious Diseases - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Physiology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
These recent publications offer a useful window into how Medicine is evolving across King's College London, from specialist disease research to studies that shape everyday clinical practice. If you’re exploring similar work of your own, Resub can help with citation discovery, manuscript formatting, and submission preparation so you can spend more time on the research itself.
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