COST Action CA1821 - Susan Ayers - PhD CPsychol/Professor of Maternal and Child Health
Name, title and letters: Susan Ayers PhD CPsychol/Professor of Maternal and Child Health
Who I am and current role:
I am a psychologist and professor at City University London in the Centre for Maternal and Child Health Research. My research focuses on women’s perinatal mental health, particularly birth trauma, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as high-risk groups such as parents who have preterm or stillborn babies. I am a co-founder of the International Network for Perinatal PTSD, Chair of the Society of Reproductive & Infant Psychology, co-author of Psychology for Medicine, and editor of the Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine.
University location: City, University of London
Email: Susan.Ayers@city.ac.uk
Phone: +0044 207 0405834
Research keywords: health psychology: postpartum, pregnancy, birth, trauma, ptsd, stress, anxiety