Dr Ping Qin is professor at National Center for Suicide Research and Prevention, University of Oslo in Norway, and head of research group for register-based study on suicide and self-harm. She is co-chair of both 2021 and 2023 IASR/AFSP International Summits, past Vice-President of IASP, and founding co-chair of the Special Interest Group on Suicide and Self-harm in Middle-aged Adults. Dr Qin has been dedicated to suicide reseach for more than 25 years and has led a large amount of population studies. Her main focus of research has been quantitative investigation on contextual influence of multifactorial exposures on risk for suicidal behavior and follow-up care for people with deliberate self-harm.