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Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention
Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention
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Researchers and Staff
Name - (Click to email) | Functional Title | Telephone Number |
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Kenneth Conner, Psy. D, MPH | Acting Executive Director | 585.393.7548 |
Robert Bossarte, PhD | Acting Associate Director | 585.393.7948 |
Janet Kemp, RN, PhD | Co-Chief of Education, Training and Dissemination Core | 585.393.7939 |
Deborah King, PhD | Co-Chief of Education, Training and Dissemination Core | 585.393.7950 |
Wilfred Pigeon, PhD | Acting Chief of Clinical Interventions Research Core | 585.393.7918 |
Eric Caine, MD | Senior Research Advisor, University of Rochester | |
Peter Britton, PhD | Researcher | 585.393.7926 |
Claire Hoffmire, PhD | Researcher | 585.393.7593 |
Elizabeth Karras, PhD | Researcher | 585.393.7236 |
Kerry L. Knox, MS, PhD | Researcher | 585.393.7690 |
Marek Kopacz, MD, PhD | Researcher | 585.393.7671 |
Janet McCarten, PhD | Researcher | 585.393.7639 |
Alisa O'Riley, PhD | Researcher | 585.393.7663 |
John Altieri | Health Science Specialist | 585.393.7567 |
George Barzac III | Health Technician | |
Stephen Capozzi | Health Technician | 585.393.7722 |
Connie Cass | Health Science Specialist | 585.393.7724 |
Liam Cerveny | Research Assistant | 585.393.7662 |
Melanie Chelenza, LMHC | Clinical Study Coordinator | 585.393.7549 |
Annie Correa | Lead Health Technician | 585.393.7565 |
Jason Goldwasser | Health Science Specialist | 585.393.7937 |
Donald (Gordy) Gordon | Program Analyst | 585.393.7917 |
Heather Hammond | Research Assistant | 585.393.7565 |
Ram Jain | Health Science Specialist | 585.393.7524 |
Melissa Juhl | Health Technician | |
Hessdell (Stella) Joiner | Health Technician | |
JoAnn Lewis, MLS | Education Program Specialist/ New Media Coordinator | 585.393.7946 |
Lisa Lochner | Research and Fiscal Administrator | 585.393.7663 |
Eileen Loh-Fontier | Research Assistant | 585.393.7720 |
Kathy Main | Program Assistant to the Director | 585.393.7944 |
Jessica Marino | Health Technician | |
Rebecca Piegari, MS | Statistician | 585.393.7713 |
Elizabeth Schifano, MSW | Clinical Study Coordinator | 585.393.7968 |
Allison Scott | Health Technician | |
Heather Shaw | Project Coordinator of State Mortality Data & Suicide Repository | 585.393.7815 |
Eric Silver, MA | Program Analyst | 585.393.7117 |
Brady Stephens, MS | Statistician | 585.393.7546 |
Ann Van Patten | Heath Technician | 585.393.3268 |
Kathleen Vishneski | Secretary to the Clinical Core Chief and Co-Chief of Education, Training and Dissemination Core | 585.393.7945 |
Jane Wood, RN,MSN | Clinical Trainer/ Education Development | 585.393.7665 |
Affiliated Researchers
- John Blosnich, PhD
- Yeates Conwell, MD
- Xin Tu, PhD
- Hua He, PhD
- Naiji Lu, PhD
- Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD
- Wendi Cross, PhD
- Steve Barnett, MD
- Tracy Stecker, PhD
- Arthur Watts, BS
- Yinglin Xia, PhD
- Jyoti Arora, MS
- Glenn Currier, MD
Questions: COEsuicideprevention@va.gov
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