Month: February 2019

Institution: Psychology Department, Middlesex University, England. Supervisory team: Dr Lisa Marzano, Dr Andrea Oskis, Dr Mark Coulson. Position: PhD Student Current research: I am looking into the relationship between self-harm and alexithymia (difficulties in identifying and describing feelings) in young adults. Research interests: Self-harm and emotional experience. The relationship between emotional awareness and interoceptive awareness (i.e.… Continue reading Hilary Norman

Institution: University of Bristol, England. Supervisory team: Dr Becky Mars, Dr Abigail Fraser, Dr Carol Joinson, Prof David Gunnell. Position: PhD Student. Current research: The association between puberty and self-harm in adolescence and adulthood. Research interests: Developmental psychology; pubertal development; adolescent psychopathology; cohort studies. Can help with: Academic visits to Bristol – I organise Bristol’s… Continue reading Elystan Roberts

Institution: Florida State University, USA. Supervisory team: Greg Hajcak, Ph.D. & Thomas Joiner, Ph.D. Position: PhD Student. Current research: My work has focused on using event-related potentials (ERPs) to study how aberrations in various neural processes contribute to the development of suicidal behavior. I am also interested in investigating the functional neural correlates of suicidal behavior,… Continue reading Austin J. Gallyer

Institution: Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory, University of Glasgow, Scotland. Supervisory team: Professor Rory O’Connor, Dr Katie Robb. Position: Research Assistant and PhD student. Current research: My PhD research is examining social comparisons and social rank in relation to suicidal ideation (including upon social media), in particular to feelings of defeat and entrapment. My Research Assistant role… Continue reading Karen Wetherall

Institution: Centre for Mental Health and Safety, University of Manchester, England. Supervisory team: Professor Roger Webb, Professor Darren Ashcroft, Dr Matthew Carr. Position: PhD Student Current research: I am looking at the epidemiology of Self Harm and Suicide for people who have been in Mental Health inpatient care, particularly focusing on the period shortly after discharge… Continue reading Rebecca Musgrove

Institution: University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Position: Research Associate. Current research: I am currently working on a qualitative project that seeks to understand the politics of suicide. Research interests: Mental health in LGBTQ+ communities, and in particular young LGBTQ+ people’s suicide and self-harm Critical approaches to suicide research Community-based suicide intervention and prevention work Queer, feminist,… Continue reading Hazel Marzetti

Institution: Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Division of Psychology and Mental Health, University of Manchester, England. Supervisory team: Dr Trish Gooding, Dr Dan Pratt and Dr Sarah Peters. Position: Trainee Clinical Psychologist. Current research: I am interested in understanding the client-therapist alliance, particularly in a psychological intervention looking at reducing suicidal thoughts, plans and… Continue reading Charlotte Huggett