Harvard-MGB Suicide Research Colloquium
Occurs every last Tuesday of the month, 3:00-5:00PM. Locations rotate on a monthly basis.
A series of seminars designed to connect and support the work of suicide researchers and trainees from Boston/Cambridge focused on suicide understanding, prediction, and prevention. The purpose of the talks will be several-fold: (a) provide a forum for trainees and early-career researchers (ECRs) to share their current research and get feedback from a broad range of experts in the field; (b) share information about ongoing and planned projects to encourage collaboration and leveraging of resources; (c) learn from speakers outside the Harvard-MGB community regarding new research, initiatives, and opportunities.
See below to register for upcoming seminars! Reception with light refreshments to follow. Please note that there will be no seminars during the summer months (June – August).
Upcoming
Session 5
September 24th, 2024 @ 3 – 5 PM
Simches 185 Cambridge St, Boston MA, 02114
Floor 3, Room 3.130
- Speakers TBA
Past Sessions
Session 4: Suicide Prevention Interventions
April 30th, 2024 @ 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Kresge Building G2 (Ground floor)
677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115
- Philip Wang, MD, DrPH & Rajendra Aldis, MD: Why do we need to study dynamic treatment regimes to prevent suicide?
- Ronald Kessler, PhD: The Department of Defense SAFEGUARD (Suicide Avoidance Focused Enhanced Group Using Algorithm Risk Detection) Initiative
Session 3: Real-Time Observation, Prediction, and Prevention of Suicidal Thoughts & Behaviors
March 26th, 2024 @ 3:00 – 5:00 PM
William James Hall, Room 105
33 Kirkland St, Cambridge, MA, 02138
- Matt Nock, PhD: Real-time monitoring of suicidal thinking
- Daniel Coppersmith, MA: Mapping the timescale of suicidal thinking
- Shirley Wang, MA: Mathematical models of suicidal thinking
- Rebecca Fortgang, PhD: Impulsiveness and suicide risk
- Kelly Zuromsky, PhD: Sleep, daytime activity, and suicide
Session 2: Advancing Practice-Focused Suicide Prevention
February 27th, 2024 @ 3:00 – 5:00 PM
Simches 185 Cambridge St, Boston MA, 02114
Floor 3, Room 3.130
- Jordan Smoller, MD, ScD: Improving the prediction of suicidal behavior via machine learning on electronic health records
- Ronald Kessler, PhD: Estimating the effectiveness of hospitalization for suicidal patients
- Chris Kennedy, PhD: Enhancing MGB decision-making for suicidality care via commercial SDoH predictors
- Kate Bentley, PhD: Implementing new suicide risk prediction tools in clinical settings
- Suzanne Bird, MD & Abigail Donovan, MD: [Panel Discussion] Opportunities, challenges, and considerations in building and providing new suicide-focused tools for front line clinicians
Session 1: Causal inference & suicide prevention
January 23rd, 2024 @ 3:00 – 5:00 PM
HSPH, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115
FXB Atrium (reception) and FXB G-12 (Talk Series)
- Miguel Hernan: Causal inference using observational data: Opportunities for suicide research
- T32 trainee flash talks: Presentation about their proposed projects. This will recur every few months