Kate trained in medicine at UCL and in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She came to SLaM and KCL in 2009 as an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow. She completed a PhD with Professor Stephani Hatch in the Health Inequalities Research Group and is now an Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychological Medicine. Her research has used mixed methods, including work with clinical data in CRIS, to understand inequalities in self-harm and emergency department presentations in London.  She works clinically as a consultant liaison psychiatrist in SLaM.  As a clinical lead in the CIS she works with clinicians, clinical academics and those planning services to ensure our work is guided by clinical needs and that the information we provide is meaningful and understandable to our users. She has a particular interest in using data to reduce health inequalities.