VA Findings to the Frontline: VA Suicide Prevention Research Dissemination CyberSeminar Series

VA Findings to the Frontline circulates recent research findings, emerging practices, and future directions in suicide prevention research and clinical practice. This series informs future suicide prevention research and fosters collaborations between researchers and clinicians (both in and outside VA) to advance evidence-based knowledge for Veteran suicide prevention. It also aims to promote clinical practice and policy decisions to improve outcomes for Veterans at risk for suicidal self-directed violence.

Recent

4/30/26 - Suicide Prevention Learning Community FY2025 Review: Trajectories of Innovation and Translation (VA network access required)
Presenter(s): Steve Dobscha, MD; Mark Reger, PhD; Susan Strickland, PhD, LCSW; Lauren Denneson, PhD; Maya O'Neil, PhD; Fatemeh Haghighi, PhD; Jennifer Funderburk, PhD; Marianne Goodman, MD; Brian Marx, PhD; Alex Interian, PhD, Ron Kessler, PhD; Panos Roussos, MD, PhD; Nate Kimbrel, PhD; Monica Matthieu, PhD, LCSW; Mary Bollinger, PhD; Bryann DeBeer, PhD; Natalie Riblet, MD, MPH

3/9/26 - Center for Advancing Community-Engaged Research and Evaluation in Suicide Prevention (ACRE-SP): Partnering and Co-Creating with the Community
Presenter(s): Monica Matthieu, PhD, LCSW; Karen Besterman-Dahan, PhD, RD; Marianne Goodman, MD; Angie Waliski, PhD, LPC, NCC

2/9/26 - The Use of Motivational Interviewing to Facilitate Secure Firearm Storage: Development of an AI-based Clinician Training Tool
Presenter(s): Frances M. Aunon, PhD

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