Michael Wilson

Michael Wilson (he/him) is a researcher focused on men’s mental health and suicide prevention, based with Orygen at the University of Melbourne. Since 2018 he has worked across a number of projects focused on adolescent masculinity, improving training for mental health practitioners around engaging and responding to help-seeking men, and understanding risk and protective factors associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviours in men. He has published 28 peer-reviewed research articles across these topics, and presented on men’s mental health and suicide prevention at a range of national conferences and forums. His current PhD research focuses on understanding men’s risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviours following relationship breakdown. He is passionate about amplifying the stories surrounding men’s experiences of help-seeking and recovery from suicidality, alongside ensuring better representation of diverse groups of men in suicide prevention research.

First Author Publications

Title Authors Journal Publication date
Profiling 22,151 male presentations to emergency department Wilson, M., Byrne, S., Fisher, K., Seidler, Z. E., Kavalidou, K.  PsyArXiv Preprints
Exploring teacher and parent perspectives on school-based masculinities in relation to mental health promotion Wilson, M. J., Gwyther, K., Simmons, M., Swann, R., Oliffe, J. L., Casey, K., Rice, S. M. Frontiers in Psychology
“Appreciate the little things”: A qualitative survey of men’s coping strategies and mental health impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic Wilson, M. J., Seidler, Z. E., Oliffe, J. L., Toogood, N., Kealy, D., Ogrodniczuk, J. S., Walther, A., Rice, S. M.  American Journal of Men's Health
A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Gender-Sensitive Rite of Passage Program for Adolescent Males Wilson, M., Gwyther, K., Swann, R., Casey, K., Keele, S., Rubinstein, A., Rice, S.  International Journal of Men's Social and Community Health
Operationalizing positive masculinity: A theoretical synthesis and school-based framework to engage boys and young men Wilson, M., Gwyther, K., Swann, R., Casey, K., Featherston, R., Oliffe, J.L., Englar-Carlson, M. & Rice, S.M. Health Promotion International

First Nations land acknowledegement

UBC VPRI acknowledges that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm.

Reducing Male Suicide Research Excellence Cluster

Vancouver, BC Canada

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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