Rev'd Dr Charlie J M Bell

Degrees, Awards and Prizes

MA (Dunelm 2021), MA (Cantab 2015), MB BChir (Cantab 2017), PhD (Cantab 2015), PGDipLATHE (Oxon), SFHEA, FRSA, AFFMLM, MRCPsych.

Research Themes

I undertook a PhD investigating the immunogenetic mechanisms responsible for the development of type 1 diabetes with Professor John Todd in the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, with involvement in clinical trials and driving in vivo and in vitro laboratory studies. 

I was previously an Exchange Scholar at Mt Sinai Hospital, in New York City, characterizing the role of the immune system in melanoma. 

My clinical training is in forensic psychiatry, and my research interests primarily relate to personality disorders and their interaction with forensic services, from a biological perspective. My research is based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College, London. I am currently undertaking work to determine biomarkers of psychopathy, with a view to stratifying patients and developing novel treatment approaches. 

My theological research focuses primarily on theological anthropology, considering the impact of medical and psychological understandings of the human person on traditional theological models. This includes work in the queer space, in ecclesiology, and in the science-medicine interface (specifically in relation to culpability and responsibility). My most recent book is Unity: Anglicanism’s Impossible Dream?.

Responsibilities

I am a College Lecturer in Medicine and teach Biochemistry to first year undergraduates. I am the Director of Studies for pre-clinical medicine. 

I previously supervised biochemistry, human reproduction and physiology to medical students and biological natural scientists. 

I sit on the Council of the College. 

I also hold a brief in Public Theology.

Other

• Specialist Registrar in Forensic Psychiatry at South West London and St George’s NHS Foundation Trust. 
• Praelector of Girton College (since January 2019).
• National Medical Director’s Clinical Fellow at the Health and Social Care Committee, House of Commons and the National Audit Office (2019-20). 
• Module Leader and author, Healthcare Systems and Resource Management, Global MBA, University of London.
• Faculty Lead, Changing Face of Medicine Commission.
• Visiting Senior Fellow, Lincoln International Business School.
• I organise central Forensic Teaching for medical undergraduates at King’s College, London.

Outside of medicine:

• Priest in the Church of England (St John the Divine, Kennington, in the Diocese of Southwark).
• Research Fellow and Associate Tutor, St Augustine’s College, West Malling.
• Visiting Scholar, Sarum College.
• Scholar in Residence, The Cathedral of St John the Divine, New York City.
• Board Member, Affirming Catholicism.
• Fellow, Court of the Society of the Faith.
• Assistant Chaplain, Order of St Lazarus of Jerusalem.
• Liveryman of the City of London.