Meet Our Team
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
Canandaigua Center for Excellence in Suicide Prevention
Sleep disturbances (insomnia, sleep-related breathing disorders) & suicide risk
Peter C. Britton, PhD
Psychiatry
Canandaigua Center for Excellence in Suicide Prevention
Clinical and public health approaches to suicide prevention
Eric D. Caine, MD
Psychiatry
Public health and population-based approaches to suicide prevention policy
Ian J. Cero, PhD
Psychiatry
Quantitative Methods Core (Q-core)
Social networks & suicide risk; statistical methods
Kenneth R. Conner, Psy.D., M.P.H
Psychiatry, Emergency Medicine
Substance abuse and suicide, high risk approaches, emergency care for suicidal patients
Yeates Conwell, M.D.
Psychiatry
University of Rochester Aging Institute
Suicide in later life; Health and aging services and interventions research
Exposure to family adversity (e.g., child maltreatment, parent psychopathology) & mental health
Yue Li, Ph.D.
Public Health Sciences
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
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
Clinical assessment and management of at risk groups; training models for suicide prevention; behavioral interventions research
Racial disparities in suicidal behavior among youth; Mental health promotion and suicide prevention for Black youth
Caroline Silva, Ph.D.
Psychiatry
Suicide prevention in Hispanic/Latino adults; interpersonal and cultural risk/protective factors for suicide; Interpersonal Theory of Suicide
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
Natural social networks to deliver interventions to prevent suicide, depression, and substance use.