Dr Becky Mars
BSc, PhD
Expertise
Current positions
Associate Professor in Epidemiology
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
Contact
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Research interests
I am a Research Fellow in Epidemiology and am based in the dept of Population Health Sciences in the University of Bristol Medical School. My research interests focus on the epidemiology and course of self-harm and suicidal behaviours, including transitions between suicidal thoughts/non-suicidal self-harm and suicide attempts. I currently have a fellowship from the Medical Research Foundation which is using data science methods to identify predictors and patterns of self-harm thoughts and behaviours.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Religious belief, health and disease: a family perspective. II. The follow up and analyses.
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/01/2021
PATHWAYS TO SELF-HARM: BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS AND GENETIC CONTRIBUTION
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (PHS)Dates
01/10/2017 to 31/05/2020
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
04/03/2026Investigating the Impact of Lived Experience Stories on Self-Harm, Mood, and Help-Seeking Intentions
JMIR Human Factors
The Bristol Self Harm Register (BSHR) dataset
Wellcome Open Research
Formal and informal mental health support in young adults with recurrently depressed parents
BJPsych Open
The association between longitudinal patterns of adverse childhood experiences, and self-harm and depression in adolescence and early adulthood
European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Cyberbullying Perpetration and Victimization as Risk Factors for Self-Harm
Journal of Adolescent Health
Related people
Emeritus Professor David Gunnell
Emeritus Professor
Bristol Medical School
Professor Jon Heron
Professor of Medical Statistics
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
Professor Judi Kidger
Professor of Public Mental Health
Applied Health Research
Professor Paul Moran
Professor of Psychiatry
Epidemiology and Health Data Science
Dr Lizzy Winstone
Senior Research Associate
Applied Health Research