Sarah Steeg

Sarah Steeg is a Research Fellow (Self-Harm Prevention) at the University of Manchester's Division of Psychology & Mental Health. She holds a Senior Research Fellowship funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care. Her expertise centers on self-harm epidemiology, suicide prevention, and large-scale healthcare data analysis to assess suicidal behavior risk factors and outcomes. She advises the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health on stigma faced by individuals with personality disorder labels.

Her research includes primary care and social care needs of self-harm patients, clinical management strategies, and pandemic impacts on mental healthcare. She has contributed to NIHR grants for suicide prevention and an ERC-funded project analyzing Danish adolescent self-harm data. She supervises postdoctoral, PhD, and Master's students and teaches in the Master of Public Health program.

Key projects include studying self-harm rates during the pandemic and clinical management improvements. Her work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and well-being. She has authored over 70 publications, including studies on healthcare gaps post-self-harm and pandemic mental health trends.