David Gunnell

{{short description|English epidemiologist}}

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| education = University of Bristol

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| thesis_title = Food, death and income - a follow-up study based on a survey of family diet and health in pre-war Britain (1937-9).

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| thesis_year = 1996

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| known_for = Research on suicide prevention

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| awards = Research Award from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (2015)

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David J. Gunnell is an English epidemiologist and suicidologist who is Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Bristol. He was elected a fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2014{{Cite web |url=https://acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows/professor-david-gunnell |title=Professor David Gunnell |website=The Academy of Medical Sciences |access-date=2019-08-08}} and received the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's Research Award in 2015.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bristol.ac.uk/psychiatry/news/2015/professor-david-gunnell.html |title=Professor David Gunnell receives research award |date=2015-06-05 |website=University of Bristol |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-08-09}} He is also an ISI Highly Cited Researcher.{{Cite press release |title=November: Bristol academics named among the most highly cited in global list |date=2018-11-27 |url=http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2018/november/highly-cited-researchers.html |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-08-08 |website=University of Bristol}}