Almas Khan

Almas Khan is an HRB and SPHeRE PhD candidate in the Collaborative Doctoral Project in Early Identification of Suicide and Self-harm Risk and Comorbid Mental and Physical Disorders (MHAINTAIN research training network), and an affiliate PhD scholar of the HRB-TMRN. She is also a Researcher at the National Suicide Research Foundation, WHO Collaborating Centre for Surveillance and Research in Suicide Prevention in Ireland.

Almas is the lead researcher on a pragmatic randomised controlled trial for people living with physical and mental health conditions who are at risk of suicidal behaviours in Ireland. Her PhD examines the methodology and implementation of pragmatic RCTs in populations with complex health needs in the Irish context. Based at University College Cork, she is supervised by Prof Ella Arensman, Prof Olivia O’Leary, Dr Paul Corcoran, Dr Muhammad Fahmi Ismail and Prof Eric Kelleher. She has also contributed to a range of EU and Ireland-based intervention studies in the area of mental health and suicidal behaviours.

Almas holds a BSc (Hons) in Nursing and worked as a critical care nurse before completing an MBA in Health and Hospital Management. She graduated with first-class honours in the Master of Public Health (MPH) at University College Cork, Ireland.