Meet Our Team

Aileen Aldalur, PhD
Psychiatry

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Deaf Wellness Center

Treatment engagement & mental health promotion for Deaf individuals

Lisham Ashrafioun, PhD
Psychiatry

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Canandaigua Center for Excellence in Suicide Prevention

UR Medicine Recovery Center of Excellence

Psychosocial & health service interventions to address chronic pain, substance use disorder & suicide risk

Todd M. Bishop, PhD
Psychiatry

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Canandaigua Center for Excellence in Suicide Prevention

Sleep disturbances (insomnia, sleep-related breathing disorders) & suicide risk

Peter C. Britton, PhD
Psychiatry

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Canandaigua Center for Excellence in Suicide Prevention

Clinical and public health approaches to suicide prevention

Eric D. Caine, MD
Psychiatry

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Public health and population-based approaches to suicide prevention policy

Ian J. Cero, PhD 
Psychiatry

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Quantitative Methods Core (Q-core)

Social networks & suicide risk; statistical methods

Catherine Cerulli, J.D, Ph.D.
Psychiatry

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​Laboratory of Interpersonal Violence and Victimization (LIVV)

Mt Hope Family Center

The Susan B. Anthony Center

Kenneth R. Conner, Psy.D., M.P.H
Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine

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Substance abuse and suicide, high risk approaches, emergency care for suicidal patients

Yeates Conwell, M.D.
Psychiatry

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University of Rochester Aging Institute

NEW Brain Aging Center

Suicide in later life; Health and aging services and interventions research

Wendi Cross, Ph.D.
Psychiatry

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UR Health Lab

Ellen-ge Denton, Psy.D.
Psychiatry

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Youth Suicide Research Consortium 

Global Mental Health

Elizabeth Handley, Ph.D.
Psychiatry

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Mt Hope Family Center

Exposure to family adversity (e.g., child maltreatment, parent psychopathology) & mental health

Yue Li, Ph.D.
Public Health Sciences

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Outcomes assessment and quality report cards; nursing home policies and impacts on quality; and the quality of healthcare for persons with mental illness

Wilfred Pigeon, Ph.D.
Psychiatry

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Sleep and Neurophysiology Research Laboratory

Mechanisms, consequences and treatment of sleep disturbance (Canandaigua VA Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention)

Anthony R. Pisani, Ph.D.
Psychiatry

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Clinical assessment and management of at risk groups; training models for suicide prevention; behavioral interventions research

Arielle Sheftall, Ph.D.
Psychiatry

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Racial disparities in suicidal behavior among youth; Mental health promotion and suicide prevention for Black youth

Caroline Silva, Ph.D.
Psychiatry

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Lazos Fuertes

Suicide prevention in Hispanic/Latino adults; interpersonal and cultural risk/protective factors for suicide; Interpersonal Theory of Suicide

Marc T. Swogger, Ph.D.
Psychiatry

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Therapeutic and harmful substance use

Kimberly Van Orden, Ph.D.
Psychiatry

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The Hope Lab

Rochester Roybal Center for Social Ties & Aging Research

Prevention of late life suicide; interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness; Interpersonal Theory of Suicide

Peter A. Wyman, Ph.D.
Psychiatry

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Natural social networks to deliver interventions to prevent suicide, depression, and substance use.