Daniel O’Callaghan is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Suicide Research Foundation, with a research focus on service evaluation.
Daniel completed his PhD in the School of Applied Psychology in 2024, exploring the impact of drug-related deaths for families, communities, and services. Throughout his professional career, additional roles have included collaborative projects embedded within community organisations spanning homelessness, suicide prevention, and addiction.
Daniel’s research interests revolve around the psychosocial and health implications of stigma, with a focus on people bereaved by drug-related deaths, death by suicide, and the implications for service design and delivery from a prevention and postvention perspective. He is a published author in the area of drug-related death, and lectures on research methods modules including skills-based workshops on service design and evaluation. Daniel is dedicated to producing high-impact research that promotes social inclusion and recognises the importance of strategic multi-agency and cross-disciplinary approaches to suicide prevention.