Schedule-at-a-glance

Day 1

11am (EST): Welcome remarks

11:15am-12:30pm: Suicidal Behaviors among Black Youth: What We Know and What Research Needs to Happen  

(video password: YSRC_Conference_2020)

— Panelists: Rhonda Boyd, Ph.D., Alfiee Breland- Noble, Ph.D., Anna Ortega-Willians, Ph.D., Arielle Sheftall, Ph.D.

12:30pm-12:40pm: Break

12:40pm-1:40pm: Concurrent Sessions

(video password: YSRC_Conference_2020)

—Session 1: Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

—Session 2: Emerging Adults and College Students

—Session 3: Family, Community, and Treatment Considerations

—Session 4: Innovative Research Methods

1:40pm-2:55pm: Collaborative Teams Approach to Youth Suicide Prevention

(video password: YSRC_Conference_2020)

— Talk 1: It’s All in the Community: Suicide Prevention Using a Collaborative Teams Approach. Ellen-ge Denton, Psy.D., and Kiara Alvarez, Ph.D.

— Talk 2: Qungasvik (Tools for Life): An Indigenous, Strengths-Based Model to Reduce Risk for Suicide and Alcohol Misuse in Yup’ik Alaska Native Youth. Billy Charles, Georgianna Ningeulook, Stacy Rasmus

2:55pm-3:00pm: Break

3:00pm-4:15pm: Applied Research Methods to Understand Minority Youth Suicide

(video password: YSRC_Conference_2020)

— Panelists: Randy Auerbach, Ph.D., Christine Cha, Ph.D., Richard Liu, Ph.D., Anna Mueller, Ph.D., Lisa Wexler, Ph.D.

4:15-5:00pm: YSRC Networking

Day 2

11am (EST): Welcome remarks

11:10am-12:25pm: Suicidal Behaviors among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth

(video password: YSRC_Conference_2020)

— Panelists: Amy Green, Ph.D., Jama Shelton, Ph.D., Lindsay Taliaferro, Ph.D.

12:25pm-12:35pm: Break

12:35pm-1:40pm: Culturally-informed Suicide Prevention in Schools

(video password: YSRC_Conference_2020)

— Talk 1: School as a Critical Context for Suicide Prevention in Indigenous Adolescents. Teresa LaFromboise, Ph.D.

— Talk 2: Collaborations to Prevent LGBTQ Youth Suicide by Implementing Evidence-Based Strategies in School Settings. Amy Green, Ph.D., and Cathleen Willging, Ph.D.

1:40pm-2:55pm: Suicidal Behaviors among Latinx Youth: What We Know and What We Need to Do to Reduce their Prevalence

(video password: YSRC_Conference_2020)

— Panelists: Kiara Alvarez, Ph.D., Yovanska Duarte-Velez, Ph.D., Carolina Hausmann-Stabile, Ph.D., Lillian Polanco-Roman, Ph.D.

2:55pm-3:00pm: Break

3:00pm-4:15pm: Leveraging Technologies to Study Suicide-Related Disparities among Diverse Youth

(video password: YSRC_Conference_2020)

— Panelists: Michelle Carlson, MPH, Tracy Dennis, Ph.D., Catherine Glenn, Ph.D., Madelyn Gould, Ph.D., Emily Moser, MAT, MPA, Eric Murphy, Ph.D., Jazmin Reyes-Portillo, Ph.D., Hannah Szlyk, Ph.D.

4:15-5:00pm: YSRC Members Meeting