Dr Annette Beautrais

PhD

Annette is New Zealand's most experienced suicidologist, an academic who has been studying suicide research and prevention, and teaching about suicide prevention for more than 30 years. She has worked in New Zealand and internationally, has published extensively and has won international awards for her research. Currently Annette is Senior Advisor, Suicide Prevention, Te Wai Pounamu, Health NZ and Suicide Prevention Coordinator, South Canterbury. In addition, she works as an educator and consultant to a range of organisations, and runs training programmes in suicide prevention throughout the country. Annette has worked with the World Health Organisation and served on the board of the International Association for Suicide Prevention.