Emma Ross

Emma Ross is a Research Fellow at the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen's University Belfast. She specializes in mental health epidemiology with a focus on suicide risk, self-harm, and healthcare policy in Northern Ireland.

• Key affiliations: Centre for Public Health
• Active research areas: Mental Health, Self-Harm, Public Health, Breast Cancer Screening

Her research includes population-wide studies on suicidal ideation, social services interventions, and emergency department practices. Recent work examines the Northern Ireland Registry of Self-Harm and Suicidal Ideation and childhood social service interactions.

Her publications span journals like The Lancet and International Journal of Population Data Science, with a focus on epidemiological modeling and healthcare policy. She received the Best Oral Presentation award in 2023.

• 2025: 3 publications
• 2024: 1 Lancet abstract
• 2023: 1 conference abstract

She collaborates on health impact assessments and administrative data linkage projects, contributing to suicide prevention policies in the UK.