Rosie Allister

Rosie Allister BSc(Hons) BVSc MSc PhD MRCVS 

Rosie has received the British Veterinary Association Chiron Award and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Impact Award for work on veterinary mental health. Rosie is the Consultant Manager for Vetlife Helpline, the 24-hour support service for everyone in the UK veterinary community. She also coordinates Vetlife’s suicide postvention response for veterinary workplaces. Her research, based at the University of Edinburgh, looks at veterinary professionals’ mental health, wellbeing in transitions, and suicide prevention and postvention. She is a member of the Academic Advisory Group for Scottish Government for suicide prevention and for self-harm. She advises a number of national organisations on mental health and suicide prevention. Rosie has volunteered as a listening volunteer with Samaritans for 21 years and is a trustee of Samaritans in the UK and Ireland.