May 21

Katherine Johnson

Professor Katherine Johnson – Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

Professor Katherine Johnson received an Innovation Research Grant for her project titled ‘Improving support for LGBTIQ suicidal behaviour: insight from lived experience’.

Researcher Statement

Receiving this grant is really important because LGBTQI people have an elevated risk of suicidal behaviours but little is known about these experiences in Australia. This grant will enable us to work towards closing this knowledge gap by researching lived experiences of suicidal distress and behaviours in culturally diverse LGBTIQ communities, including Indigenous LGBTIQ groups. Through an innovative research partnership and a co-design methodology the grant will support the translation of this knowledge into recommendations for suicide prevention policy, training and support in LGBTIQ communities.

About The Author

Suicide Prevention Australia remembers those we have lost to suicide and acknowledges the suffering suicide brings when it touches our lives. We are brought together by experience and unified by hope.
At Suicide Prevention Australia, we acknowledge and respect the Traditional Custodians and cultural knowledge holders of the lands upon which we live and work.
Imagine a world without suicide.
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