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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
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🌟 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
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🧠 CAPES Director Dr. Edwin Boudreaux discusses suicide risk among older men in Science for Living.

“We have effective treatments and prevention strategies… There’s hope.”

📰 Read: bit.ly/3YOjhZb

📬 More CAPES news: umassmed.edu/capes/news/

#CAPES #SuicidePrevention #MensHealth
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Bruce Barton!

Learn more about Dr. Barton: profiles.umassmed.edu/display/130143

#MeetTheFaculty #Biostatistics #ClinicalResearch #ImplementationScience #DataScience #CAPES #SuicidePrevention #UMassChan
November 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Soussan Djamasbi!

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

#MeetTheFaculty #HumanCenteredDesign #EyeTracking #HealthTech #CAPES
November 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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📰 The latest CAPES Quarterly Newsletter is out! Catch up on events, faculty highlights, and innovations in suicide prevention.

📬 Subscribe: lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/1fDUcne/s...

✨ Read more: umassmed.edu/capes/news/

#CAPES #SuicidePrevention #ResearchInnovation
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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🎉 Congrats to Dr. Kathryn Sabella, CAPES Emerging Scholar and iSPARC researcher on her new NIAAA R03 grant studying the narrowing gender gap in alcohol use and its social causes.

📰 Read more:
UMass Chan ➡️ bit.ly/3CgFOVt

iSPARC ➡️ bit.ly/3NskJkG

#HealthEquity #AlcoholResearch #WomenInScience #CAPES
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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📰 The latest CAPES Quarterly Newsletter is out! Catch up on events, faculty highlights, and innovations in suicide prevention.

📬 Subscribe: lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/1fDUcne/s...

✨ Read more: umassmed.edu/capes/news/

#CAPES #SuicidePrevention #ResearchInnovation
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Daniel Coppersmith!

Learn more about Dr. Coppersmith: www.umass.edu/psychologica...

#MeetTheFaculty #SuicidePrevention #ClinicalPsychology #DigitalMentalHealth #CAPES
October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Nancy Byatt!

Learn more about Dr. Byatt: profiles.umassmed.edu/display/133369

#MeetTheFaculty #PerinatalMentalHealth #ImplementationScience #MaternalHealth #CAPES
October 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Daniel Mullin!

Learn more about Dr. Mullin: profiles.umassmed.edu/display/129980

#MeetTheFaculty #IntegratedCare #BehavioralHealth #MotivationalInterviewing #CAPES
October 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Hong Yu!

Learn more about Dr. Yu: www.uml.edu/research/cho...

#MeetTheFaculty #BiomedicalInformatics #NaturalLanguageProcessing #AIResearch #CAPES
October 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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📢 Just 1 week away! Join us Oct 28 at WPI in Worcester, MA for the 7th Annual #UXSYM2025 — exploring the intersection of AI & human-centered design: what’s working, what’s not, and what’s next.

🔗 Register: uxsym.org

#AIInnovation #CAPES
October 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Karen Clements!

Learn more about Dr. Clements: profiles.umassmed.edu/display/1166...

#MeetTheFaculty #Epidemiology #HealthServicesResearch #SuicidePrevention #CAPES
Graphic titled “Meet the Faculty” featuring Dr. Karen Clements, MPH, ScD (she/her), smiling in a blue shirt. Text describes her role as Lead of the Economic Evaluation Unit and her research in epidemiology, health services, and suicide prevention. CAPES logo at the bottom.
October 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Adrian Zai!

Learn more about Dr. Zai: profiles.umassmed.edu/display/2650...

#MeetTheFaculty #ImplementationScience #HealthInformatics #DataScience #CAPES
October 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Serena Rajabiun!

Serena Rajabiun, Associate Professor, UMass Lowell, has over twenty years of international and domestic public health experience.

Learn more about Dr. Rajabiun: buff.ly/HYWw9ub
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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🎥 Recordings from the CAPES Innovation Summit are now available!

Organized with support from EDC, the Summit explored how the Zero Suicide Framework advances CAPES technologies and evidence-based suicide care, featuring talks by Dr. Boudreaux, Dr. Angerhofer, Dr. Michael & T’Leah McQuade.
October 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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🌟 Research Opportunity 🌟

Young adults (18–30) with mental health conditions from marginalized backgrounds — share your story in a 90-min Zoom interview.

Survey buff.ly/Iv0YS8N

Co-led by Kathryn Sabella, PhD (CAPES Emerging Scholar)

#MentalHealthResearch #CAPES
October 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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📢 Registration is open for the 7th Annual #UXSYM2025 – Oct 28 at WPI in Worcester, MA! Explore the future of AI + human-centered design.

🔗 Schedule & register: uxsym.org

🔗 More CAPES events: umassmed.edu/capes/events/

#Innovation #HumanCenteredDesign
September 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Having a #SafetyPlan 📃✅ in place provides a sense of control and of hope. Knowing when to contact 988 or 911 is an essential part of the plan. For help with safety planning, see samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/988-safety-plan.pdf.
September 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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We're looking forward to walking as a team at the Massachusetts American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Walk - TODAY!

When: Saturday 9/27/25 9AM registration, 10:30AM walk time

Where: Polar Park

www.umassmed.edu/capes/events/
September 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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September is #SuicidePrevention Month 💜 Honest conversations build trust & belonging - and save lives.

Find a program: samhsa.gov/find-support/health-care-or-support/support-group-or-local-program
Support someone else: umassmed.edu/capes/looking-for-help/how-to-get-help-for-someone-else/
September 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Join CAPES at this year’s Massachusetts American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of the Darkness Walk. We've raised over $1,800 thus far!
When: Saturday 9/27/25 9AM registration, 10:30AM walk time
Where: Polar Park
How: Register here: buff.ly/srymYzA
September 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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💜 Happy $20 Tuesday! Help CAPES reach our $5,000 goal for the 2025 Out of the Darkness Walk by donating $20 toward suicide prevention. Every gift counts! 🙌

👉 Donate and/or sign up to walk with us: buff.ly/MH0VWaF

#CAPES #AFSP #OOTDW #SuicidePrevention
September 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🌟 Today’s the day! 🌟 The CAPES Innovation Summit kicks off at 2 PM EDT. After an intro from Dr. Edwin Boudreaux, hear from invited speakers discuss implementing the Zero Suicide Framework with CAPES technologies. 📍 Virtual via Zoom.

#SuicidePrevention #CAPES #ZeroSuicide
September 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Having a #SafetyPlan 📃✅ provides a sense of control + hope. Know when to call 988 or 911. Create a safety plan here: samhsa.gov/sites/defaul...

For many more resources for clinicians on screening, assessment, and safety planning here: umassmed.edu/capes/clinic...

#SuicidePreventionMonth
September 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM