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We are the NIMH-funded Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide (CAPES), led by Director Dr. Ed Boudreaux) and based at UMass Chan Medical School
📣 Just 2 weeks away!
Join CAPES for a virtual webinar on Suicide Prevention Implementation Across Diverse Healthcare Settings Using the ECHO Model, featuring lessons from @afspnational & @AmerAcadPeds.

🗓 Feb 18 | 2–3 PM ET | Zoom
🔗 Register: arcsapps.umassmed.edu/redcap/surve...
February 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
CAPES Q1 2026 Newsletter is out!
Read the latest updates on new events, leadership transitions, and research highlights.

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#CAPES #SuicidePrevention #ImplementationScience
February 3, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Meet the CAPES Lived Experience Advisory Board!

Today, we’re highlighting Erin Goodman (she/her), a member of the CAPES Lived Experience Advisory Board.

🔗 Learn more about the CAPES Lived Experience Advisory Board:
www.umassmed.edu/capes/about/...
February 2, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Meet the CAPES Lived Experience Advisory Board

Today, we’re highlighting T’Leah Summers (she/her), a member of the CAPES Lived Experience Advisory Board.

🔗 Learn more about the CAPES Lived Experience Advisory Board:
www.umassmed.edu/capes/about/...
January 31, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Meet the CAPES Lived Experience Advisory Board

Today, we’re highlighting Rick Strait (he/him), co-facilitator of the CAPES Lived Experience Advisory Board.

🔗 Learn more about the CAPES Lived Experience Advisory Board:
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January 29, 2026 at 3:03 PM
📣 Just 3 weeks away!

CAPES Event Alert! Hosted by the Dissemination & Community Engagement and Education & Scientific Development Units

Suicide Prevention Implementation Across Diverse Healthcare Settings Using the ECHO Model
Lessons from the AFSP and AAP
January 28, 2026 at 3:31 PM
On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Rosemarie Martin!

Learn more about Dr. Martin: profiles.umassmed.edu/display/5335...

#MeetTheFaculty #AddictionScience #ImplementationScience #PublicHealth #CriminalJusticeHealth #HealthEquity #CAPES
January 27, 2026 at 3:15 PM
On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Anthony Pisani!

Learn more about Dr. Pisani: www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/11235...

#MeetTheFaculty #SuicidePrevention #MentalHealthResearch #ImplementationScience #Wellbeing #CAPES
January 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
🆕 New CAPES tip sheet: Guidance for Researchers & Developers of Suicide Prevention Technology Tools.

Clear dos & don’ts grounded in transparency, choice, and patient autonomy—shaped by lived experience and research.

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January 23, 2026 at 3:30 PM
On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Sharina Person!

Learn more about Dr. Person: profiles.umassmed.edu/display/130431

#MeetTheFaculty #Biostatistics #ClinicalResearch #PopulationHealth #ResearchLeadership #Mentorship #CAPES #UMassChan
January 22, 2026 at 11:59 AM
📣 1 month away!

Join CAPES for a virtual webinar on Suicide Prevention Implementation Across Diverse Healthcare Settings using the ECHO Model, featuring lessons from AFSP and AAP.

🗓 Feb 18 | 2–3 PM ET | Zoom
🔗 Register: arcsapps.umassmed.edu/redcap/surve...
January 21, 2026 at 4:01 PM
January 20, 2026 at 3:33 PM
On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Jung Ae Lee!

Learn more about Dr. Lee: profiles.umassmed.edu/display/2726...

#MeetTheFaculty #Biostatistics #ImplementationScience #HealthData #ClinicalResearch #CAPES #UMassChan
January 14, 2026 at 2:58 PM
January 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM
On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Sharon A. Johnson!

Learn more about Dr. Johnson: www.wpi.edu/people/facul...

#MeetTheFaculty #ImplementationScience #HealthSystemsEngineering #EmergencyMedicine #ClinicalDecisionSupport #CAPES #WPI
January 9, 2026 at 5:29 PM
CAPES Event Alert! Hosted by the DanCE and EDU Units

Suicide Prevention Implementation Across Diverse Healthcare Settings Using the ECHO Model: Lessons from the American Foundation on Suicide Prevention and American Academy of Pediatrics

Register: arcsapps.umassmed.edu/redcap/surve...
December 30, 2025 at 6:29 PM
AI chatbots & wellness apps are increasingly used for mental health—but they’re not a substitute for evidence-based care.

The American Psychological Association released a new Health Advisory outlining risks, limits & safeguards clinicians and consumers should know.

🔗 www.apa.org/topics/artif...
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
As we reflect on this year and holiday season, we'd like to express our gratitude for all who have connected with CAPES on social media. Thank you for all you do for patients and families, for the field of suicide care research, and for our CAPES community!

www.umassmed.edu/capes/lookin...
December 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
CAPES Event Alert! Hosted by the DanCE and EDU Units

Suicide Prevention Implementation Across Diverse Healthcare Settings Using the ECHO Model: Lessons from the American Foundation on Suicide Prevention and American Academy of Pediatrics

Register: arcsapps.umassmed.edu/redcap/surve...
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
At CAPES, people with lived experience help guide our research, design, and implementation—keeping our work grounded in what truly matters. This holiday season, we’re honored to begin sharing the voices of CLEAB members in the weeks ahead.

Learn more: www.umassmed.edu/capes/about/...
December 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
🌟 Marlborough ED is now live on the Jaspr study!

“I love this app — this is genius.”

We’re excited to expand access to digital, evidence-based suicide care.
Thanks to @JasprHealth + our Marlborough partners for making this possible.

#CAPES #Jaspr #SuicidePrevention
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
New resource for clinicians: Effective Suicide Care — a clear, research-based guide on what works to reduce suicide risk.

Reviewed by CAPES faculty Lourah Kelly, Ed Boudreaux & Rachel Davis-Martin.

🔗 Brief: online.fliphtml5.com/ucxxu/xxkh/#...

🔗 More resources: www.umassmed.edu/capes/clinic...
December 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Dr. Ed Boudreaux, CAPES Director, presented new Jaspr implementation findings at IASR/AFSP—showing what supports successful digital suicide care in EDs. Poster here ⬇️
December 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Dr. Ekaterina Pivovarova is leading a new NIH-funded study to strengthen collaboration between drug courts and treatment providers using the COLAAB model — aiming to improve treatment access and reduce incarceration.
🔗 Full story: tinyurl.com/yc5zwxyz
December 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
🌟 CAPES faculty Dr. Martha Zimmermann is partnering with Candlelit Care to test a mobile app supporting Black mothers at risk for perinatal mood & anxiety disorders.

📰 Read more: www.umassmed.edu/news/news-ar...

#FacultySpotlight #PerinatalMentalHealth #HealthEquity #DigitalHealth #CAPES
November 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM