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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.

Read More

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.

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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.
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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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Mark A. Ilgen

Professor, Psychiatry, University of Michigan

Ewa K. Czyz

Research Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, U-M Medical School

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Frederic C. Blow

Professor, Psychiatry, U-M Medical School

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Steven Stack

Professor, Criminal Justice, Wayne State University

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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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Courtney Bagge

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

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Shervin Assari

Research Assistant Professor, Psychiatry, U-M Medical School

Lisa Wexler

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

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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

Members with Interest/Expertise in Suicide Prevention

  • Aaron Morandini, MA
    Birmingham Public Schools
  • Abdellahi El Moustapha
    MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, MAURITANIA.
  • Adam Horwitz, PhD
    University of Michigan Medical School
  • Alexandra Yolanda Bravo Schroth, BS
    University of Piura
  • Alexis Costley, BS
    The Legacy Center for Community Success
  • Allyson Berthiaume
    MHA
  • Amelia Mueller-Williams, MPH, MSW
    University of California Los Angeles
  • Andrea Chilcote, MS
    Wayne State University
  • Anna Reeve, MSW
    Metro Health Hospital
  • Annise Wassman, EdS
    Mesa Public Schools
  • Ashley Rapp
    School of Public Health
  • Ashley Seabolt, LPC
    network180
  • Autumn Rae Florimbio, PhD
    University of Michigan
  • Belinda Roman-Aviles, PhD
    University of Puerto Rico Cayey
  • Benita Arokiaraj, MPH
    Emory University Rollins School of Public Health
  • Bertrand Berger, PhD
    VA Medical Center
  • Brandon Bond, BA
    University of Michigan
  • Breann Edwards, BS
    University of Michigan
  • Caitlin Brauer, MSW
    FairSky Foundation
  • Carla Knighton, AA
    KEEPING IT SANE SUPPORT CIRCLE (k.i.s.s.c.)
  • Carmen Butcher-Houston, MSW
    Legacy/Sums Guidance & Therapy
  • Carrie Morken, BA
    Health Connect America
  • Carrie Musolf
    University of Michigan
  • Cecil Edward Byrnes
    Marlette & Sanilac Ambulance Services / Marlette Fire Department
  • Chad Chaney, MS
    Florida Virtual School (FLVS)
  • Charlotte Burnett
    University of Michigan
  • Chastity Flint, BSN, RN
    Driscoll Health Plan
  • Chelsea Booth, PhD
    Zero Suicide Institute at EDC
  • Chelsea Moore, MSN
    University of Michigan
  • Christian Lumaj
    University of Michigan