Assistant Professor, A&S Social Sciences, University of Louisville

Researches experiences of Arab Americans as they witness the genocide in Gaza, black youth risk and protective factors that predict suicidal experiences and are related to mental health outcomes, including familial factors, barriers to disclosing suicidal experiences in mental health settings.

Associate Professor at The Ohio State University College of Social Work

Research focuses on suicidality, mental health, and HIV prevention among Black youth and young men, particularly young Black sexual minority men. Principal Investigator on an NIH R21 grant titled “The Influence of Developmental Assets on Intersectional Stigma and HIV Prevention Behaviors in Black MSM.”

Licensed clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.

Currently identifying which patients are at risk for suicide, and when that risk is most heightened, using intensive longitudinal assessment strategies and advanced computational approaches.

University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine

Dr. Bryan has held faculty appointments at the University of Texas Health San Antonio, the University of Utah, The Ohio State University, and the University of Vermont, and has managed numerous federally funded projects in excess of $50 million focused on testing treatments for reducing suicidal behaviors, developing innovative methods to identify and detect high-risk individuals, and facilitating recovery after trauma.

University of California, Berkeley

Dr. Brooks Stephens’ research program examines the social and contextual risk and protective factors that shape the mental health trajectories of Black youth and emerging adults, with a focus on suicide vulnerability and racial trauma.

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Health, and Society, Vanderbilt

Directing Project SPEAK (Suicide Perceptions, Expectations, Attitudes, and Knowledge). This vignette-based experimental study examines theories of “suicide scripts” as they relate to LGBTQ+ youth. Also collaborates with colleagues at Harvard, the University of Colorado, and NYU on research using the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS). This work focuses on improving the classification of sexual orientation and gender identity in suicide mortality records through human-in-the-loop machine learning methods, as well as examining sexual orientation and gender identity differences in precursors to suicide mortality using NVDRS data.

Associate Professor, Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, University of Rochester Medical Center

Population mental health science: Guiding principles and initial agenda, American Psychologist. The Global Prevalence of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Among Adolescents, JAMA Network Open. Preteen Suicide Risk Screening in the Pediatric Outpatient Setting: A Clinical Pathway, Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry. Associations between hallucinatory experiences and suicide risk among vulnerable Guyanese youth, World Psychiatry. The role of social connections on suicide attempts after heroin detoxification treatment in South Africa: A prospective study, International Journal of Social Psychiatry.

Associate Professor, The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work

Trained as a medical anthropologist, her research integrates anthropology and social work to examine suicide risk and prevention, particularly among marginalized populations. She employs qualitative and mixed-methods approaches to study the structural and systemic factors contributing to mental health disparities, with a focus on resilience-based interventions and community-level risk factors.

Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Boston University, School of Social Work

Research on epidemiology of suicidal behaviors and suicide prevention, the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on your adults health, economic value of social workers in the U.S, and AI use among students in higher education.  

Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Project MARS
Leverage mobiles technology with both caregivers and teens to evaluate real-time interpersonal family dynamics in relation to suicidal thoughts and behaviors in the month after discharge from inpatient care.

Professor of Applied Psychology, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Morris-Perez’s newest research, borne from the loss of her 17-year-old daughter Frankie, addresses adolescent suicide from a developmentally-informed, population-health perspective as part of ARCADIA (A Research Center for ADolescent Interconnected Approaches) for Suicide Prevention. Our focus is to strengthen bridges, integrating prevention and intervention, within and across health and education systems, drawing from the “Swiss cheese model” for industrial accidents.

Professor, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Health Psychology, Hunter University

Laboratory for the Study of Youth Cognition and Suicide
Seeks to understand why young people think about and attempt suicide in a way that can inform assessment, treatment, and prevention of suicide risk.

Luther Dana Waterman Professor, Indiana University

Mueller’s research agenda examines how social relationships and social contexts shape adolescent health and wellbeing over the transition to adulthood, with a focus on understanding adolescent suicide and suicide clusters. She is a leading expert on youth suicide and suicide prevention in schools and is passionate about helping communities heal after suicide losses.

Assistant Professor | School-Clinical Child Psychology Program, Yeshiva University

Content of suicidal ideation and warning signs in children

Intergenerational transmission of suicide risk

Family dynamics and bidirectional influences

Assistant Professor, NYU Steinhardt

Dr. Polanco-Roman's teaching and research interests are in the intersecting areas of cultural psychology, quantitative research methods, mental health, and youth development. Her research aims to investigate the sociocultural context of the development of mental health problems, particularly suicide risk, as well as in the promotion of mental well-being among racially/ethnically minoritized and immigrant adolescents and young adults.

Associate Research Scientist | Kinsey Institute, Indiana University Bloomington

Surveyed K-12 educators about their experiences, interest, and ability to make their classrooms LGBTQ

Associate Professor of Psychology, Director, Youth Mental Health Services Lab, Montclair State University

Research examining the use of a generative AI mental wellness coach (Wayhaven) to increase engagement with mental health treatment among college students at risk for suicide, as well as examining the impact of social media use on depression, anxiety, and suicidality among youth.

Director, Prevention and Research in Suicide Mechanisms (PRISM) Lab, Texas State University

FESTA Program
Program of research broadly aims to understand, improve the assessment of, and intervene upon processes that confer risk for suicidal ideation, intent, and behavior.

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Her research has focused on examining the socio-emotional factors that increase risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors among adolescents and emerging adults within family systems. She is also interested in cultural and linguistic adaptations of evidence-based interventions for Latinx youth and their caregivers that address emotion dysregulation and suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

Professor at Loyola University Chicago's School of Social Work, Past-President of the American Association of Suicidology

Dr. Singer is interested in the interpersonal mechanisms that protect against or contribute to youth suicidal risk within families; how and why parents access services for their suicidal children; how to improve school responsiveness to youth suicide crises; and how technologies such as podcasts and social media sites can be used to disseminate information about prevention and intervention of youth suicidal behaviors, cyberbullying, and social work education and training.

University of Michigan

Dr. Wexler’s participatory research has partnered with Indigenous people to identify cultural and community-level protective factors to prevent suicide. Her community and school-based interventions strengthen social care and connection. Instead of orienting toward professional solutions as many suicide prevention programs do, her work creates hopeful opportunities for all people to contribute to social and mental health, reduce suicide risk, and prevent crises through everyday actions.

Pennsylvania College of Technology

Dr. Woods is the Managing Partner and co-founder of DOT Service LLC, a leadership development firm. His clients include Southeastern University, Every Nation’s 10-Days missions group, University of Alabama - Birmingham, Controlled Contamination Services, Polk County Schools, Grays Harbor College, Hope Squad, and Grays Harbor County Schools to name a few.