Description
Suicide is a complex issue with multiple contributing causes so prevention measures must also be multifaceted. The public health approach aims to reduce the factors that increase the likelihood of suicide and uplift those that protect against it. This session will outline a broad vision for advancing policies and programs that reduce self-inflicted violence.
Contributors
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Jerry Reed, PhD, MSW - Senior Vice President for Practice Leadership Portfolio, Education Development Center
MODERATOR
Dr. Reed serves as Senior Vice President for Practice Leadership at Education Development Center, Inc., (EDC). His interests include suicide, injury and violence prevention, public policy, geriatrics, and health.
Dr. Reed received a Ph.D. in Health Related Sciences with an emphasis in Gerontology from the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond in 2007 and his MSW degree from University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1982 with an emphasis in Aging Administration. He served in the United States Navy during the period 1974-1978.
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Lisa M Carlson, MPH, MCHES - APHA President-elect and Executive Administrator, Research Programs and Operations, Emory School of Medicine
INTRODUCTION
Carlson is executive administrator, research programs and operations, at Emory University School of Medicine, directing research initiatives across the School’s core missions. She has served 17 years at Emory, including launching the operations of Emory’s largest-ever sponsored award (CHAMPS) and facilitating the Transplant Center teams that grew academic program funding by >350% in 6 years. Carlson is president-elect of APHA, and is a past president and honorary lifetime member of the Georgia Public Health Association.
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Alex Crosby, MD, MPH - Chief Medical Officer, Division of Injury Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Alexander E. Crosby, MD, MPH, works as a medical epidemiologist in the Division of Injury Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He completed medical training in Family Medicine and General Preventive Medicine and Public Health and epidemiology training in the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service. His work focuses on prevention of suicidal behavior, child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, interpersonal violence among adolescents, and assault injuries among minorities.
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Jennifer Kertains, MPH - President Elect, NACCHO and Director of Health, Farmington Valley Health District
Jennifer Kertanis is the Director of Health for the Farmington Valley Health District serving a population of approximately 110,000 in ten towns, west of Hartford, Connecticut. Ms. Kertanis has 30 years of public health experience serving in multiple capacities in non-profit, state and local public health agencies. She was appointed Director of the Farmington Valley Health District in September, 2012.
Prior to joining the Health District, Ms. Kertanis served for ten years as the Executive Director of the Connecticut Association of Directors of Health (CADH), a SACCHO affiliate of NACCHO. During her tenure at CADH she co-established the CT practice-based research network and was a contributing architect of the Health Equity Index, a tool that measures the relationship between social conditions and health outcomes. Prior to her position at CADH, Jennifer worked for eleven years with the CT Department of Health in environmental epidemiology working with communities to assess the health implications of hazardous waste sites. During this time she wrote several peer reviewed health assessments and advanced a number of health outcome studies.
Jennifer is the President of the National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), and currently serves on the Board of the Connecticut Association of Directors of Health.
Ms. Kertanis received her Masters in Public Health degree from the University of Connecticut. She received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 2015 and received the CEA Winslow award in 2017. Ms. Kertanis is also a 2013 graduate of NACCHO’s Survive and Thrive leadership program for new health officials.
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Tia Dole - Chief Clinical Operations Officer, The Trevor Project
Tia Dole, Ph.D., is the Chief Clinical Operations Officer at The Trevor Project, the world's largest organization for suicide prevention for LGBTQ youth. Dr. Dole oversees all of The Trevor Project's crisis services programs as well as our volunteer community on TrevorLifeline, TrevorText and TrevorChat.
She is a licensed clinical psychologist and a long-time advocate for LGBTQ rights. She received her Master’s degree in Developmental Psychopathology from Columbia University (Teacher’s College), and she received a Fulbright Fellowship to study Forensic Psychology in Switzerland. She then completed her doctorate in clinical psychology at Fordham University. During the course of her studies, Dr. Dole focused on LGBTQ people of color and early psychosis. One of her passions is normalizing mental health conditions within communities of color and helping people get access to services.
Prior to coming to The Trevor Project, she was formerly the Director of Psychological Services and Training at North Central Bronx Hospital and the Director of Training at Jacobi Medical Center. Dr. Dole sits on several committees including The National Lifeline’s Lifeline Standards, Training & Practices Committee and The Suicide Prevention Resource Center’s (SPRC) Steering Committee. She is based in New York.