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Karyn  Ayre

Dr Karyn Ayre

NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow

Biography

Karyn is an NIHR (National Institute of Health Research) Doctoral Research Fellow in the Section of Women's Mental Health. Her research interests are maternal and infant mental health. She studied Medicine at the University of Oxford. She subsequently trained on the Academic Foundation Programme and completed an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship. After gaining membership to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, she became a Higher Trainee in General Adult Psychiatry, working in South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Her PhD Fellowship is supervised by Professor Louise Howard. 

Research Interests

  • Maternal mental health 
  • Infant mental health 
  • Self-harm 
  • Suicide 

Teaching

Karyn is a marker for the Women’s Mental Health module of the MBBS intercalated BSc.

Expertise and Public Engagement

Karyn enjoys entering essay competitions and recently won second prize in the Duncan Macmillan competition run by the Institute of Mental Health Nottingham. 

    Features

    Words don't come easy: the challenge of identifying perinatal self-harm in healthcare records

    Dr Karyn Ayre discusses a new study investigating the value of a novel way to research self-harm in an extremely vulnerable group – pregnant women and new...

    mother and child hands

    Mental disorders are common for new parents – you don't have to go through it alone

    Many new mothers experience mental disorders, and this can be an extremely distressing and stigmatising experience.

    Woman looking distressed holding a small baby

      Features

      Words don't come easy: the challenge of identifying perinatal self-harm in healthcare records

      Dr Karyn Ayre discusses a new study investigating the value of a novel way to research self-harm in an extremely vulnerable group – pregnant women and new...

      mother and child hands

      Mental disorders are common for new parents – you don't have to go through it alone

      Many new mothers experience mental disorders, and this can be an extremely distressing and stigmatising experience.

      Woman looking distressed holding a small baby