Dr Victoria Ross is a senior research fellow at the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP). Her key research areas are workplace mental health and suicide prevention, suicide bereavement support, and suicide prevention program evaluation. Her research has an applied focus and she has worked collaboratively on a range of projects with government and industry/sector groups, including the Lifeline Foundation, Gold Coast University Hospital, Mates in Construction, Richmond Fellowship Queensland, TrackSAFE Foundation, and Energy Queensland. She is the chief investigator on the National Health and Medical Research Council funded project, Mental Health Promotion and Intervention in Occupational Settings in the Australian Context, part of an international collaboration which will trial a workplace mental health intervention across eight countries.

Recently completed research:

• ‘Report for MATES in Construction: A Qualitative Study of Experiences of Queensland Construction Apprentices: Post Completion of the MATES Apprentice Resilience Program’, 2024
• ‘Evaluation Report: MATES in Construction Apprentices’ Training Intervention Program Phase 2’, 2024
• ‘Assessment of a workplace training intervention targeting bullying and mental health for construction industry apprentices: a three-pillar approach’, 2025
• ‘Understanding Suicide Stigma in Fly-in Fly-out Workers: A Thematic Analysis of Attitudes Towards Suicide, Help-Seeking and Help-Offering’, 2025
• ‘Strategies and evaluation underpinning the implementation of suicide prevention training: a systematic review’. 2025

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