Prof Roger WebbBA Hons, MA Econ, MSc, PhD

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Overview

Professor in Mental Health Epidemiology

Senior Postgraduate Research Tutor - Division of Psychology & Mental Health

Biography

Roger is based in the Centre for Mental Health & Safety. He is also the Senior Postgraduate Resarch Tutor for the Division of Psychology & Mental Health. 

He first moved to The University of Manchester in 1998, working as a research associate in the School of Primary Care and then at the Arthritis Research Campaign Epidemiology Unit.

During 1991-1998 Roger worked in the National Health Service, conducting perinatal epidemiological studies at the Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths & Deaths in Infancy.

Qualifications

  • PhD in Medicine (Psychiatric Epidemiology): University of Manchester (2007)
  • MSc in Epidemiology & Biostatistics: University of Manchester (2002)
  • MA in Applied Social Research: University of Manchester (1995)
  • BA in History & Politics: University of Nottingham (1990)

Biology, Medicine and Health (BMH) Domains

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Publications

Reducing risk following self-harm: the need for careful prescribing

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Correction to: Antipsychotic Prescribing to Patients Diagnosed with Dementia Without a Diagnosis of Psychosis in the Context of National Guidance and Drug Safety Warnings: Longitudinal Study in UK General Practice

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Risk of dying unnaturally among people aged 15-35 years who have harmed themselves and inflicted violence on others: a national nested case-control study

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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Projects

NIHR Gtr Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (NIHR PSTRC).

Project: Research

Mapping Opportunities for Earlier Detection of Bipolar Disorder - Linking Big Data to Improve Partient Outcomes.

Project: Research

Self-Harm in Primary Care Patients: A Nationally Representative Cohort Study Examining Patterns of Attendance, Treatment and Referral, and Risk of Self-Harm Repetition, Suicide and Other Causes of Premature Death.

Project: Research

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Media coverage and contribution

THE GUARDIAN: Parents' social mobility cuts likelihood of children turning to violent crime

Press/Media: Research

THE GUARDIAN: Newly discharged mental health patients at much higher risk of death

Press/Media: Research

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Datasets

Prevalence and appropriateness of psychotropic medication prescribing in a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of male and female prisoners in England

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Student Theses

Examining multiple vulnerabilities and risks in a national cohort of Danish people recently discharged from psychiatric inpatient care

UoM administered thesis: Phd

Risks of self-harm, suicide and other unnatural death in people with epilepsy

UoM administered thesis: Phd

PERCEIVED COERCION, ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT AND PERSONALITY TRAITS; AN OBSERVATIONAL CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

UoM administered thesis: Master of Philosophy

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