Dr Kimberley Marie Kendall

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Research

My research focuses on genetic factors and their influence on illness outcomes in severe mental illness. I believe in the importance of translating research findings into patient care, and I take pride in being part of the team behind the All Wales Psychiatric Genomics Service, the UK's first dedicated psychiatric genomics clinic.

Teaching

I teach psychiatry on the Cardiff University Medicine MBBCh course, including small group teaching on suicide and self harm and communication skills. I also examine formative and summative psychiatry ISCE examinations. I am an academic mentor to students on the course and I'm involved in peer review for scientific journals. 

Biography

Senior Clinical Fellow, Mental Health Mission, Cardiff University

September 2024 – present

Early Psychosis Workstream, Mental Health Mission

• I work with workstream members to develop our study protocols, harmonising these with related studies.
• I liaise with the broader Mental Health Mission, including presenting to industry partners
• I mentor two F3 doctors employed by the workstream, helping them develop their career goals and leadership skills. 

Early Psychosis Multi-arm, Multi-stage Platform Trial (PUMA)

• I am a member of the Infrastructure Working Group of PUMA and am currently working with PUMA members to conduct a systematic review.

CONNECT Study of Wearable Technology in Psychosis, Wellcome Trust

• I co-lead Wales recruitment for three health boards for this UK-wide study.
• I line manage our CONNECT Research Coordinator. 

All Wales Psychiatric Genomics Service

• I work alongside a clinical geneticist, genetic counsellor, and fellow psychiatrists to run this service, which includes patient appointments, clinical outreach work, and service evaluations.

2021 - 2024, Higher Training Adult Psychiatry, Wales Clinical Academic Track

• ST6, Early Intervention in Psychosis Team, Cardiff and Vale UHBs.
• ST5, Merthyr Tydfil CMHT, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB.
• ST4, Outreach and Recovery Team North / Pinewood House Rehabilitation Unit, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB.

2020 - 2021, Core Psychiatry Training, Wales Clinical Academic Track

• CT3, Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB.

2017 - 2020, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow, MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics, Cardiff University.

2013 - 2017, Core Psychiatry Training, Wales Clinical Academic Track

• CT1 - 2, Cardiff and Vale UHB.

2011 - 2013, Core Medical Training, Cwm Taf and Cardiff and Vale UHBs.

2009 - 2011, Foundation Programme, Aneurin Bevan and Cardiff and Vale UHBs.

Honours and awards

2024, Royal College of Psychiatrists Early Career Researcher of the Year - shortlisted (result awaited November 2024).

2024, Senior Clinical Fellowship (£140,000), Mental Health Mission.

2024, RCPsych International Congress bursary, RCPsych Wales Bursary.

2024, Training course attendance fee, Future Leaders in Psychosis Research Award.

2022, Return of pathogenic CNV results to NCMH participants, Mental Health Incubator Award - Early impact category.

2020, The role of neurodevelopmental copy number variants in depression, European Psychiatric Society Research Prize.

2018, Two abstracts in the top 20 entries, UK Biobank Early Career Researcher of the Year Competition.      

2016, PhD fellowship (£202,982.66), Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship.

Professional memberships

Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training - General Adult Psychiatry, Endorsement in Rehabilitation Psychiatry.

Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych)

Registered with the General Medical Council (7047089)

Speaking engagements

• Clinical translation of psychiatric genetic findings, British Neuroscience Society and the Senedd (2024).
• The All Wales Psychiatric Genomics Service, East London Foundation NHS Trust (2024).
• Copy number variants in general adult psychiatry and their translation to the clinic, SGDP Centre, King's College London (2023).
• Copy number variants in general adult psychiatry and their translation to the clinic, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Meeting (2022).
• Copy number variation and their interaction with polygenic risk scores in psychiatric disorders, World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, Florence (2022).
• Organiser and chair, British Journal of Psychiatry Journal Club Cymru (2022).
• Copy number variants in general adult psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Cambridge University (2022).
• Examination of the role genetic liability to schizophrenia plays in physical illness, via linkage to NHS records; Genomics café – the role of rare CNVs in psychiatric disorders, All Wales Genomics Showcase (2021).
• The return of neurodevelopmental CNV results to research participants – ethical issues and protocol development, World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics (2020).
• The genetics of mental health – rare CNVs, Royal Society of Medicine Webinar (2020).                                             
• An introduction to the depression phenotype and its epidemiology - team presentation, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium Worldwide Lab (2020).   
• The phenotypic expression of neuropsychiatric CNVs, SGDP Centre, King’s College London (2020).

Committees and reviewing

2024 – present, Member of the Editorial Board of Discover Mental Health.

2022 - present, PhD examiner

• Cardiff University (internal examiner).
• King’s College London (external examiner).
• University of Montreal (external examiner).

2021 - present, Mentor, Women in Healthcare Society Mentorship Scheme, Barts and the London Medical School.

2022 - present, Committee member

• Membership Committee, International Society of Psychiatric Genetics.

2018 - 2024, Outreach Liaison, Schizophrenia Group, Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.

Ongoing, Peer review activity

• PLoS One, Journal of Psychiatric Research, Journal of Affective Disorders, Psychological Medicine, British Journal of Psychiatry, Biological Psychiatry, Scientific Reports, Molecular Psychiatry, JAMA Psychiatry, Clinical Genetics.

2015 - 2022, Academic mentor, Medicine MBBCh course, Cardiff University.