URMC / Psychiatry / Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide / Our Team Meet Our Team Aileen Aldalur, PhD Psychiatry Email Dr. Aldalur Deaf Wellness Center Treatment engagement & mental health promotion for Deaf individuals Lisham Ashrafioun, PhD Psychiatry Email Dr. Ashrafioun Canandaigua Center for Excellence in Suicide Prevention UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence Psychosocial & health service interventions to address chronic pain, substance use disorder & suicide risk Todd M. Bishop, PhD Psychiatry Email Dr. Bishop Canandaigua Center for Excellence in Suicide Prevention Sleep disturbances (insomnia, sleep-related breathing disorders) & suicide risk Peter C. Britton, PhD Psychiatry Email Dr. Britton Canandaigua Center for Excellence in Suicide Prevention Clinical and public health approaches to suicide prevention Eric D. Caine, MD Psychiatry Email Dr. Caine Public health and population-based approaches to suicide prevention policy Ian J. Cero, PhD Psychiatry Email Dr. Cero Quantitative Methods Core (Q-core) Social networks & suicide risk; statistical methods Catherine Cerulli, J.D, Ph.D. Psychiatry Email Dr. Cerulli Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization (LIVV) Mt Hope Family Center The Susan B. Anthony Center Kenneth R. Conner, Psy.D., M.P.H Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine Email Dr. Conner Substance abuse and suicide, high risk approaches, emergency care for suicidal patients Yeates Conwell, M.D. Psychiatry Email Dr. Conwell University of Rochester Aging Institute NEW Brain Aging Center Suicide in later life; Health and aging services and interventions research Wendi Cross, Ph.D. Psychiatry Email Dr. Cross UR Health Lab Ellen-ge Denton, Psy.D. Psychiatry Email Dr. Denton Youth Suicide Research Consortium Global Mental Health Elizabeth Handley, Ph.D. Psychiatry Email Dr. Handley Mt Hope Family Center Exposure to family adversity (e.g., child maltreatment, parent psychopathology) & mental health Yue Li, Ph.D. Public Health Sciences Email Dr. Li Outcomes assessment and quality report cards; nursing home policies and impacts on quality; and the quality of healthcare for persons with mental illness Wilfred Pigeon, Ph.D. Psychiatry Email Dr. Pigeon Sleep and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory Mechanisms, consequences and treatment of sleep disturbance (Canandaigua VA Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention) Anthony R. Pisani, Ph.D. Psychiatry Email Dr. Pisani Clinical assessment and management of at risk groups; training models for suicide prevention; behavioral interventions research Arielle Sheftall, Ph.D. Psychiatry Email Dr. Sheftall Racial disparities in suicidal behavior among youth; Mental health promotion and suicide prevention for Black youth Caroline Silva, Ph.D. Psychiatry Email Dr. Silva Lazos Fuertes Suicide prevention in Hispanic/Latino adults; interpersonal and cultural risk/protective factors for suicide; Interpersonal Theory of Suicide Marc T. Swogger, Ph.D. Psychiatry Email Dr. Swogger Therapeutic and harmful substance use Kimberly Van Orden, Ph.D. Psychiatry Email Dr. Van Orden The Hope Lab Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties & Aging Research Prevention of late life suicide; interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness; Interpersonal Theory of Suicide Peter A. Wyman, Ph.D. Psychiatry Email Dr. Wyman Natural social networks to deliver interventions to prevent suicide, depression, and substance use.