Seattle, Washington, United States
My program of research utilizes clinical trial, qualitative, and observational methods to reducing suicide risk for youth. I have the specific expertise, experience, and training in developmental psychology, clinical psychology, and assessment and intervention for youth at risk for suicide that are necessary to provide input on methods for understanding the development of SITB during adolescent, intervention principles in the context of best practices for SITB. My recent projects focused on evaluating clinical response to CAMS treatment for adolescents, increasing adolescent engagement in treatment for self-injury, an efficacy trial of Dialectical Behavior Therapy for adolescents at high risk for suicide, evaluating mechanisms for change for treatment of suicidal youth, and passive social media data collection to inform risk identification for suicidal adolescents. I currently direct the Methods Core of the Suicide Care Research Center at the University of Washington, and we are focused on the integration of patient reported and electronic medical record data to identify pragmatic, sensitive, and specific indicators of suicide risk and recovery. I have led several clinical trials with youth translating findings from risk and resiliency into intervention development and evaluation (R01MH123442; P50 MH129708; PCORI H37862 6005686). Treatment development trials, together with data from longitudinal cohort-based datasets and cross-sectional survey data, have highlighted that that current approaches to identify youth at risk do not have predictive indicators with clinical utility.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM East Coast USA Time