Cathryn has worked in mental health and suicide prevention research at the Centre for Mental Health and Safety for over fifteen years. She completed her PhD in 2023, a study examining suicide in children and young people. Cathryn is currently working as Programme Manager at the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH), assisting the Project Director with the day-to-day management of the NCISH - a UK-wide research programme of suicide prevention in clinical services. Cathryn is the principal investigator for the national review of higher education student suicides and also for a study examining the effects of patient suicide on clinicians. She has also led UK-wide research projects examining suicide by former personnel of the UK Armed Forces, suicide by children and young people and suicide by middle-aged men. Cathryn has written over 30 peer-reviewed publications (including as senior author), most recently on suicide in veterans of the UK Armed Forces and in children and young people, and co-authored 13 commissioned reports (4 as lead contributing author). Her research interests include suicide in young people, homicide, serious violence and mental health.

• 2023 - PhD Mental Health, University of Manchester
• 2007 - MA Applied Social Research (Distinction), University of Manchester
• 1999 - BA (Hons) Combined Studies: Psychology, Sociology and Archaeology (2:1), University of Leicester