Michael Carver
Clinical Lead for the Violence Reduction Academy & Trauma Research Fellow – Centre for Trauma Sciences, QMUL
Michael is the Clinical Lead for the NHS London Violence Reduction Academy. The Academy is undertaking research to enable a better understanding of the role of the healthcare system in reducing violence through a life-course lens and are collating evidence to provide learning and development opportunities for the NHS workforce, as well as allied professionals and agencies. Their first evaluation report of health-based violence reduction is due for publication in early spring. Before taking on this role Michael was a nurse in the Royal London Hospital Emergency Department, and is currently completing his doctorate on psychosocial risk factors for adolescents at risk of violent injury.