Dr. Rhonda C. Boyd is an Associate Professor in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. She is the Associate Director of the CHOP’s Child and Adolescent Mood Program in the outpatient clinic where she practices as a licensed psychologist specializing in the evaluation and treatment of youth with depression and suicide risk.

Amy's research interests fall under the broad category of adolescent and young adult self-harm and risk-taking behaviors. Specifically, she studies risk and protective factors for suicide, as well as non-suicidal self-injury. She is especially interested in the role of the body in self-harm, and how factors such as body image, body protection, and body attitudes are related to an individual’s propensity to inflict harm on oneself.

Cindy Claassen, Ph.D. is the Director of Psychology, Research and Psychology within the Behavioral Health Service, JPS Health Network in Fort Worth.  Her published research has largely been in the areas of the epidemiology of suicidal events and identification and treatment of patients experiencing acute suicidal crises.

Nadia Al-Dajani, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at the University of Louisville. Dr Al-Dajani's research focuses on the identification of near-term risk and protective factors of suicidal thoughts and behaviors to better understand contributors of momentary suicide risk and to develop novel prevention/intervention methods.

Noni's primary research interest has been in the investigation of stress, coping, and psychosocial functioning in African American adolescents. She examines the effects of stressors in multiple contexts on depression and anxiety in urban, ethnic minority youth.

David A. Jobes, Ph.D., ABPP, is a Professor of Psychology, Director of the Suicide Prevention Laboratory, and Associate Director of Clinical Training at The Catholic University of America. He is the author of seven books and numerous peer-reviewed journal articles. Dr. Jobes is a past President of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) and the recipient of various awards for his scientific work.

Thomas Joiner, Ph.D. is The Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at Florida State University (FSU), Tallahassee, Florida. Dr. Joiner’s work is on the psychology, neurobiology, and treatment of suicidal behavior and related conditions.

Dr. Keyne Law completed her doctoral education at the University of Southern Mississippi and her pre-doctoral clinical internship at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC.  Her research primarily focuses on examining the dynamic changes and interplay between ecological, cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and biological systems that facilitate the development of suicidal thoughts and the progression into lethal suicidal behavior.