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MEET THE VRCOM TEAM

The VRCom team is a group of scientists, clinicians and people with lived experience.

We are using virtual reality to create new ways to combat depression with self-compassion.

John King

  Chief Investigator 

Professor of Clinical Cognitive Neuroscience

Emma Jayne Kilford

Study Coordinator

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Jennifer Furman

Senior Translational Research Manager

Chris Brewin

Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology

Laura Richmond

Lived Experience Consultant

Joshua Buckman

Principal Investigator

Clinical Director of the UCL University Clinic

Jeniz White

Lived Experience

Advisor

James Downs

JAMES DOWNS

Lived Experience

Advisor

Didana Dos Santos

Research Associate 

Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Jessica Rivera

Research Associate 

Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust

James Fenwick

Research Assistant 

Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Emma Buurman

Research Assistant

Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Paul Gilbert

Consultant

Professor of Clinical Psychology

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Clinical Trials Unit

Andrew Jackson

Advisor

Chief Executive of ProReal 

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The VRCom project is sponsored by University College London (UCL), in collaboration with Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust and NWORTH Clinical Trials Unit

We also work closely with the following organisations

Funded by NIHR Logo - National Institute for Health and Care Research

This project is funded by the NIHR [Invention for Innovation (i4i) Award: II-C8-0518-20002].

The views expressed are those of the VRCom research team and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

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