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Areas of Focus

Suicide

The U-M Injury Prevention Center has unique expertise in the field of suicide prevention. From funded exploratory studies to educational training events, we are working to find ways to prevent suicide across populations.

Below you’ll find links to more information about our work in this area, as well as a listing of members doing work or interested in this area. We invite you to explore and join us as we move forward to advance research and prevention.

Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed this technical package for states and communities on suicide prevention to provide a collection of strategies that represent the best available evidence to prevent and reduce this public health concern.

Resources

Courses and Toolkits

Course

The Science of Suicide Prevention: New Strategies for Understanding and Intervening

Watch Session Recordings

Course

Massive Open Online Course–Suicide Prevention Section

See Online Course

Suicide Prevention Information and Tools

Prevention Resources

Video with Resources for Mental Health during COVID-19
The U-M IPC is sharing evidence-based resources through video that includes ways to identify increased stress and anxiety, recommendations for reducing it, and numbers to call/text in a crisis. These crisis resources are available for discussing not just suicide, but any distress or crisis you are coping with. You can also call or text these lines to get information about how to help others.

Summary of an Evidence-Based Youth Suicide Prevention Program-Screening in Health Care Settings
This handout explains the problem of youth suicide in the United States, and describes an evidence-based solution for screening in health care settings, with evidence for the program’s effectiveness.

Cost of Fatal Injuries in Michigan
This document describes the cost of fatal injuries in Michigan and the implications for public health practice.

Funded Research Projects Focused on Suicide Prevention

The U-M Injury Prevention Center has funded current and past injury research projects focusing on the prevention of Suicide.

Core Faculty and Practitioners with Expertise in Suicide Prevention

Please click on a faculty/practitioner’s name to access their full profile with research interests and funded projects.

Cheryl King, PhD
Suicide Content Lead

 

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Lisa Fedina

Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, University of Michigan

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Frederic C. Blow

Professor, Psychiatry, U-M Medical School

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Shervin Assari

Research Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, U-M Medical School

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Steven Stack

Professor, Criminal Justice, Wayne State University

Lisa Wexler

Research Professor, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

Ewa K. Czyz

Research Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, U-M Medical School

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Mark A. Ilgen

Professor, Psychiatry, University of Michigan

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Cheryl King

Suicide Content Lead, Research Core, University of Michigan Injury Prevention Center

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Kipling (Kip) Bohnert

Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University

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Jennifer Johnson

Professor and C. S. Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Flint, MI

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Courtney Bagge

Research Investigator, Veterans Affairs Center for Clinical Management Research, Ann Arbor, MI

Members with Interest/Expertise in Suicide Prevention

  • Joseph Keen, BSN, OSH
    St. Joseph Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor
  • Joseph Maimone, BA
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Joseph Nisha, BS
    UCLA
  • Joshua Tucker
    University of Michigan School of Public Health
  • Joyce Davis, MS
    Crisis Text Line
  • Juan Luis Marquez, MD, MPH
    Washtenaw County Health Department, Livingston County Health Department
  • Julia Mogren, MPH, CHES
    Virginia Department of Health
  • Julie Hantman, RN, BSN, MPH, CPPS
    Trinity Health
  • Julie Hart, MSA
    MidMichigan HEalth
  • Justin Wallace, MPH
    Virginia Department of Health
  • Kamara Gardner, MPH
    University of Michigan
  • Karen Bednarek, MSW
    Social Justice Commission
  • Kassie Hsu, BS
    Harris County Public Health
  • Kathleen Bloom, MA
    Network 180
  • Kathleen Howe, MPH
    University of Michigan
  • Kathryn Bergeron, MSW
    Hope Community Services
  • Katie Spalding, BS
    District Health Department No. 2
  • Keara Sullivan
    University of Michigan
  • Kellie Phelps
    Sanilac County Community Mental Health
  • Kelly Bourland, BSN
    Kootenai Health
  • Kenan Zamore, MPH
    Kenan J Zamore
  • Kevin Ryan, Msc
    Trinity College Dublin
  • Khuong Le, BA
    National Yang-Ming Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan
  • LaTonya Shephard, MA
    You Can Soar Counseling Services, LLC
  • Laura Wagner, BS
    Alcona Health Centers- Community Health Center of Northern Michigan
  • Laura Walker, BSN
    Covenant Healthcare
  • Lauren Weinstock, PhD
    BROWN UNIVERSITY
  • Lauren Yerkes, MPH
    Virginia Department of Health
  • Laurie Steffee, BS
    VAMC
  • Leah Simpson, BS
    Macomb family services