A new center led by UMass Chan Medical School aims to prevent suicide through evidence-based use of technology.
The nearly $17 million National Institute of Mental Health-funded Center for Accelerating Practices to End Suicide through Technology Translation (CAPES) includes a network of organizations working with UMass Chan, including UMass Memorial Health, UMass Lowell, UMass Amherst, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Zero Suicide Institute and more than 100 other collaborating institutions.
The five-year grant is designed to jump-start broader work by the center. “The NIMH grant is really focused primarily on figuring out how to accelerate best practices into clinical care across a range of health care settings, including emergency departments, inpatient units and outpatient settings,” said psychologist Edwin Boudreaux, PhD, professor of emergency medicine. Dr. Boudreaux co-directs CAPES with Catarina Kiefe, MD, PhD, the Melvin S. and Sandra L. Cutler Chair in Biomedical Research and professor of population & quantitative health sciences.
