CAPES News
The Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide (CAPES) is based at UMass Chan Medical School and is co-directed by Dr. Edwin Boudreaux and D. Catarina Kiefe. CAPES is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health as one of its Practice-Based Suicide Prevention Research Centers (P50MH129701). Our mission is to save lives by accelerating the uptake of evidence-based suicide care. Our multi-disciplinary faculty members draw on the fields implementation science, person-centered design, hybrid clinical trial design, economics, business development, and ethics to maximize the scientific and public health impact of our Center. Read more about the center on NIH RePORTER.
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CAPES in the News
UMass Chan News: "New center will evaluate, accelerate technology to reduce suicide"
- Worcester Business Journal: "UMass Chan to lead new center studying suicide prevention technology"
- Voices of UMass Chan Podcast with Director Dr. Boudreaux and Collaborator Dr. Larkin: "New center focused on accelerating suicide prevention"
- UMass Chan News: "Tech-based tools for suicide prevention in emergency department offer promise, pilot study finds"
- New England Psychologist: "New center uses technology to identify, mitigate suicide risk"
- New York Times Magazine: "The unthinkable mental health crisis that shook a New England college"
- UMass Chan News featuring CAPES DanCE Unit Lead and Emerging Scholar Dr. Kelly: "Mobile health intervention study for binge drinking, suicide risk among young adults to start at UMass Chan"
- American Hospital Association: "4 high-tech approaches that could mitigate suicide risks"
- Voices of UMass Chan Podcast featuring CAPES DanCE Unit Lead and Emerging Scholar Dr. Kelly: "Research explores avatar therapy for alcohol use problems, suicide risk"
- WPI Podcast featuring CAPES Emerging Scholar Dr. Lopez: "Human Connection in the Age of AI"
- Templeton Foundation News Article featuring CAPES Emerging Scholar Dr. Lopez: "A Meaningful Life in the Age of AI"
- Director Dr. Boudreaux and Collaborator Dr. Miller: "ED-SAFE featured as a Patient Safety Network Innovation by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality"
- Director Dr. Boudreaux quoted in article: "Stigma Toward Mental Illness Poses Safety Risks for ED Patients"
- Director Dr. Boudreaux and Lived Experience Advisory Board Member Erin Goodman Featured in Pew Charitable Trusts Video: "Suicide Screening and Care Help Lead to Recovery"
- Machine Learning Unit and Methods Co-Lead Dr. Agu and CAPES Established Scholar Dr. Nephew new grant featured in WPI Podcast: "A New Prescription for Pain: AI & Mindfulness"
- Person Centered Design Unit Co-Lead Dr. Gerber work on All of Us Workbench featured in: "All of Us Research Program Provides Growing Source for Population Health Research"
