Galit Geulayov

I am a mental health epidemiologist researching self-harm and suicide.

Research Interests:

• Childhood-onset self-harm  
• Parental self-harm and offspring outcomes
• Loneliness and suicidal risk
• Self-harm measurement and case ascertainment

My research focuses on understanding the intergenerational transmission of mental health difficulties, particularly how parental self-harm may influence the mental health of their offspring.

I am also studying self-harm and suicidal risk in children aged 12 and under. This work involves examining risk and protective factors for self-harm and suicidal behaviour in this age group, as well as the support needs of their families, with the aim of improving community-based responses to self-harm in children.

I lead the self-harm theme within the OxWell Student Survey, with a key focus on understanding self-harm among primary school-aged children and exposure to self-harm-related content online across adolescence.

Additionally, I am developing a machine learning-based tool to identify instances of self-harm within Electronic Health Records.

Previously, I was the data curator and analyst for the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England. This study collects information on individuals who present to hospitals following self-harm. My work involved analysing trends in self-harm over time and examining the relationships between socio-economic and clinical characteristics with clinical care and mortality.