Dr Annette Beautrais

PhD

Dr Annette Beautrais has worked in New Zealand and overseas in suicide research, prevention and education for more than 30 years. She is currently Senior Advisor, Suicide Prevention with the Mentally Well Team, Te Waipounamu, Health NZ, and Suicide Prevention and Postvention Co-ordinator in South Canterbury. Her PhD thesis was in youth suicide, and her current interests include translating suicide research into effective suicide prevention programmes, suicide prevention in men, developing local suicide prevention networks, and developing regional consistency in suicide risk assessment and management programmes. She has worked with the World Health Organisation, served on the board of the International Association for Suicide Prevention, and is a member of the International Academy for Suicide Research.