Speaker
Dr. Tom Jewell
Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing, King's College London; Honorary Family Therapist, Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Biography
Tom is a mental health nurse and family therapist with clinical and research interests in CAMHS and eating disorders. He works as a lecturer at King's College London and works clinically as a family therapist at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Tom has worked clinically across different CAMHS teams, including specialist outpatient eating disorder services at GOSH and the Maudsley, and inpatient services at GOSH. Tom developed an interest in ARFID through his clinical work in outpatient and inpatient CAMHS.
In terms of research, Tom completed his PhD at King's College London through a NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship. His PhD investigated predictors of outcome in family therapy for adolescent anorexia nervosa. Tom is currently the principal investigator on a NIHR-funded study into the impact of calories on menus on people with eating disorders in England. He is also a co-investigator on a UKRI-funded study to develop an Eating Disorders Clinical Research Network across the UK.