Dr Georgina Hosang
- Faculty of Business and Social Sciences
- Department of Psychology
- School of Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences
- Penrhyn Road
Associate Professor in Psychology and Mental Health
About
Dr Georgina Hosang is an Associate Professor in Psychology and Mental Health at the Department of Psychology at Kingston University, joining in 2026. Her interdisciplinary work focuses on the impact of life stress (childhood trauma and recent life events) on the onset and course (including physical health outcomes) of severe mental illnesses (mainly bipolar disorder, depression and psychosis) across the lifespan. She is also investigates the developmental pathway from adolescent hypomania to bipolar disorder using twin data. In undertaking this work she is particularly interested in the perspective of underserved communities and the disparities they may experience.
Dr Hosang’s contributions to mood disorders, especially bipolar disorder, have been recognised with several international awards, including the Samuel Gershon Junior Investigator Award (2019) from the International Society for Bipolar Disorders and the Gerald L. Klerman Young Investigator Award (2023) from the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA).
She is committed to equality/equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in research and academia more widely, and currently serves as the Co-Chair of Women’s Initiative at the International Society of Bipolar Disorders and is the former Co-Chair of Queen Mary, University of London’s Race Equality Action Group. In 2024 she won the EDI Champion award for the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at Queen Mary, University of London for her efforts in this area.
Qualifications
- Postgraducate Certificate in Management of Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (Goldsmith University of London 2016)
- PhD in Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (King's College London, 2011)
- MSc in Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry (King's College London, 2007)