Hello :)

I am Dr Simon H. Walker, a researcher at the University of Glasgow working across occupational health, suicide prevention, workplace mental health, and evidence synthesis.

My work focuses on how workplaces, institutions, and communities can better recognise and respond to distress before crisis point. I am particularly interested in suicide prevention beyond traditional clinical settings, including occupational health, nursing, military and veteran communities, and public-facing organisations.

ContactWork email: simon.walker@glasgow.ac.uk

Telephone: 07780 002920

Linkedin- https:www.linkedin.com/simonhwalker

Website: http://www.simonhwalker.com

https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/staff/simonwalker/

ORCID – https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2554-8537

Current Research Interests-

Occupational health and suicide prevention-

Workplace suicide recognition and response-

Nurse suicide and occupational health-

Veteran and military mental health-

Psychosocial risk, work, and distress-

Evidence synthesis and applied public health research-

Lived experience, PPIE, and ethical involvement in research

Key Projects

SOLVE – Developing and feasibility-testing a response framework for suicidal distress disclosures in Scottish workplaces and communities.

RESUME Real-time monitoring and predictive modelling for workplace suicide prevention, with a focus on occupational health and psychosocial risk.

Project site http://www.resumeuk.org

POWER / RETAIN Research on older workers, job retention, work disengagement, and health-related employment support.

Project site: https://power-research.org

Nurse Suicide and Occupational Health Work exploring suicide risk, prevention opportunities, and occupational health responses in nursing and healthcare workforces.

Veteran Mental Health Evidence ReviewEvidence synthesis examining modifiable factors linked to mental health and wellbeing across the veteran life-course.

Selected Publications and Public Engagement-

Walker SH (2025) Breaking the silence: addressing nurse suicide through occupational health. Mental Health Practice. doi: 10.7748/mhp.2025.e1753h

Brown, Judith , Walker, Simon Harold , McQuaid, Ronald W., Katikireddi, Srinivasa Vittal , Leyland, Alastair H. , Frank, John, Mackay, Daniel and MacDonald, Ewan (2024) Investigating sustainability in work after participating in a welfare-to-work initiative using a 2-year cohort study of Work Programme participants in Scotland. BMJ Open, 14(7), e072943. (doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072943)

Walker, Simon (2023) Toughening up: bullying in the British Army during the First World War. Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health, 31(1), pp. 19-31.

Walker, Simon Harold (2020) British suicide in context. Viewpoint: Magazine of the British Society for the History of Science, 122,

Walker, Simon Harold (2019) If we want to address the crisis of veteran suicide, we must acknowledge its history. Time,

We need to talk about suicide in the military–

My grandfather was ‘Mr Health and Safety’-

Collaboration

I am interested in collaborations with researchers, occupational health professionals, employers, unions, charities, lived experience groups, and public-facing organisations working in suicide prevention, workplace health, and mental health support.

For research enquiries, speaking requests, collaboration, or media contact, please email:simon.walker@glasgow.ac.uk