Dr Lay San (Tiffany) Too
BA (Hons psych), PhD
Primary Research Focus:
Suicide Prevention
Works with:
Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global health, the University of Melbourne
Dr Lay San (Tiffany) Too is a Research Fellow in the Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, the University of Melbourne. Tiffany has nearly nine-years of research experience in the field of suicide epidemiology and prevention. She is recognised for her knowledge in the field and for her strong quantitative statistical skill set. In 2017, Tiffany was ranked as the top Australian early career researcher in mental health and awarded the Early Career Scholar Award by Australia’s Society for Mental Health Research. In 2018, she was awarded a highly competitive NHMRC Fellowship. Dr Too has been engaging closely with community organisations to influence policy and practice to prevent suicide.
Research areas:
- Suicidal behaviour(suicidal ideation, suicidal risk, suicide attempt)
- Mental health, mental ill health
- Interventions
Available for:
- Innovative approaches to suicide prevention
- Connecting with post-graduate candidates
- Collaboration with Australian suicide prevention services, programs and resources
- Support for discussions about suicide
Notable Research
Clusters of suicidal events among young people: Do clusters from one time period predict later clusters?
Too LS, Pirkis J, Milner A, Robinson J, Spittal MJ.
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 2018 doi: 10.1111/sltb.12460
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Widening socioeconomic inequalities in Australian suicide, despite recent declines in suicide rates.
Too LS, Law PCF, Spittal MJ, Page A, Milner A.
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2018 53, 969−976.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Railway suicide clusters: how common are they and what predicts them?
Too LS, Pirkis J, Milner A, Bugeja L, Spittal MJ
Injury Prevention. 2017 23, 328−333
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Clusters of suicides and suicide attempts: detection, proximity and correlates.
Too LS, Pirkis J, Milner A, Spittal MJ
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences. 2017 26, 491−500.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Interventions to reduce suicides at suicide hotspots: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Pirkis J, Too LS, Spittal MJ, Krysinska K, Robinson J, Cheung YTD
The Lancet Psychiatry. 2015 (Editor's choice) 2, 994−1001.
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Please note: this is not a complete list of papers this researcher has contributed to. If the research you are interested in is not listed above, please contact the researcher for more information.
Dr Lay San (Tiffany) Too
Primary Research Focus:
Suicide Prevention
Works with:
Centre for Mental Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global health, the University of Melbourne