Susanna Every-Palmer

Susanna Every-Palmer is a New Zealand academic and forensic psychiatrist, and is a full professor at the University of Otago, specialising in mental health and achieving better outcomes for people with schizophrenia.

Academic career

Every-Palmer has a master's degree in evidence-based medicine from the University of Oxford. In 2008, she was awarded RANZCP Fellowship and gained an Advanced Certificate in Forensic Psychiatry two years later. Every-Palmer is on the faculty of the University of Otago, and rose to full professor in 2023. As of 2024, Every-Palmer is the Head of the Department of Psychological Medicine at University of Otago.

Every-Palmer has been Deputy Director of Mental Health at the Ministry of Health and Director of the Central Regional Forensic Services. As of 2024 she chairs the New Zealand Committee of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and is a Board Member of both the Council of Medical Colleges and Pacific Rim College of Psychiatry. She has also published on how the mental health of politicians is affected by harassment.

Selected works