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MSRC's Pre-Conference Research Training Day to take place at AAS 2014

The Military Suicide Research Consortium (MSRC) co-Directors, Drs. Gutierrez and Joiner, are pleased to announce the partcipants of the second MSRC pre-conference research training day. The training day is to be held Wednesday April 9 prior to the 2014 American Association of Suicidology (AAS) conference, in Los Angeles, CA.

Places were available for students or research fellows across levels of training (graduate to post-doctoral). The purpose of the training day is to provide those with an interest in developing their skills as military/Veteran suicide researchers with intensive training to move a specific relevant project forward.

A top-notch faculty will provide the didactic sessions and serve as individual mentors. In addition to Drs. Gutierrez and Joiner, faculty will include Dr. Jon Maner (Florida State University), Dr. Marjan Holloway (Uniform Services University of the Health Sciences), Dr. Sean Joe (University of Michigan), Dr. Michael Allen (University of Colorado School of Medicine), Dr. Kelly Cukrowicz (Texas Tech University), and Dr. Michael Anestis (University of Southern Mississippi).

28 researchers will be attending the training day, selected from institutions across the country and covering a diverse range of specific interests.

David Banthin
James J Peters VA Medical Center & VA VISN 3 MIRECC

Jennifer Buchman
Florida State University

Bruno Chiurliza
Florida State University

Carol Chu
Florida State University

Tracy Clemans
University of Utah - National Center for Veterans Studies

Ashley Cole
Oklahoma State University

Kevin Crowley
The Catholic University of America and the Denver VAMC

Chris Hagan
Florida State University

Ryan Hill
Florida International University

David Hollingsworth
Oklahoma State University

Kendra Quincy
Knauf University of Massachusetts Boston

April Krowel
Ball State University

Keyne Law
University of Southern Mississippi

Rene Lento
Catholic University

Jaimie Lusk
VISN 19 MIRECC, University of Denver

Matthew Michaels
Florida State University

Victoria O’Keefe
Oklahoma State University

Kyna Pak
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Stephanie Pennings
The University of Southern Mississippi

Mercedes Perez- Rodriguez
Department of Psychiatry Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Erin Poindexter
Texas Tech university

Kathy Rasmussen
Department of Veterans Affairs

Boaz Saffer
The University of British Columbia

Caroline Silva
Florida State University

Raymond Tucker
Oklahoma State University

Marcus VanSickle
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Christian Williams
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Hon Lam (Kyle) Wong
Mississippi State University