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.
Upcoming
Session 5: Advances in the Assessment and Treatment of Youth Suicide Risk
September 24th, 2024 @3-5 PM
Simches 185 Cambridge St, Boston MA, 02114
Floor 3, Room 3.110
- Taylor Burke, PhD: Characterizing Parents’ Reactions to Digital Suicide Risk Alerts & Implications for Developing Digital Interventions
- Richard Liu, PhD: Measures of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in children and adolescents: A systematic review and recommendations for use in clinical and research settings
- Christian Webb, PhD: Harnessing Smartphones for the Detection of and Scalable Interventions for Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents
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