Self-harm – Professor Ann John

Professor Ann John – Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry | Swansea University Medical School

Professor Ann John is a leading expert in suicide and self-harm prevention, with a clinical background in public health and general practice. As Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry at Swansea University Medical School, her research focuses on suicide prevention and self-harm, particularly among children and young people. She is dedicated to leveraging data-driven insights to develop effective prevention strategies and inform policy and working with people with Lived Experience to make this happen.

Ann is the Director of the new Wales National Centre for Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm, she chairs the National Advisory Group to Welsh Government on Suicide and Self-Harm Prevention. Ann is the Vice President of the International Association for Suicide Prevention and Associate Editor for Archives of Suicidal Research.

Ann’s commitment to translating research into impactful policy and practice is at the heart of her work.

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