Read and download the full tipsheet here: repository.escholarship.umassmed.edu/entities/pub...

Calling All Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Early Career Faculty Presenting Alcohol Research at the annual American Psychological Association convention in Washington DC

#APA #APA2026 #niaaa #research #travelawards #addictionposters2026

📲 How can digital health tools be incorporated into suicide prevention in ways that center transparency, trust, and autonomy?

Our latest CAPES tip sheet outlines key “Dos” for researchers & developers.

Read more: hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038...

What not to do when using digital tools in suicide prevention care.

Our latest CAPES tip sheet outlines key “Don’ts” — from failing to explain a tool to labeling patients as non-compliant for declining it.

Transparency and choice matter.

Read more: hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038...

Digital suicide prevention tools only work when implemented ethically and transparently. Before introducing any tool, be ready to answer these questions.

Read the full guidance:
hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038...

Effective suicide prevention is structured, collaborative, and intentional.

Join us on March 3, 2026 (12–3 PM EDT) for a virtual workshop on the Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) with Dr. Rachel Davis-Martin (UMass Chan Medical School).

Register: web.cvent.com/event/a30470...

Congratulations to CAPES faculty member Dr. Emmanuel Agu on being named a 2026 Boston Business Journal Innovator in Healthcare (Research).

His work uses AI and smartphone sensing to help detect and monitor depression and suicide risk.

#DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare #CAPES

CAPES will be sharing insights from our new tip sheet:
“The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Support.”

Follow along as we highlight key questions, risks, and safeguards for AI in mental health.

#SuicidePrevention #AIinHealthcare #CAPES

Recordings now available for “Suicide Prevention Implementation Across Diverse Healthcare Settings Using the ECHO Model”. Watch and learn key insights from a 3-year collaboration between AFSP and AAP.

Access the recordings here:
www.umassmed.edu/capes/events...

‼️WE ARE STILL HIRING‼️The Center for Suicide Research and Prevention is looking for a Clinical Research Coordinator.

If you are interested in research and eager to make an impact, join our team today!

🔗 Learn more @ csrp.mgh.harvard.edu/jobs/
📋Apply @ bit.ly/CSRPcrc26

@umasschan.bsky.social @isparc-umasschan.bsky.social

We will fund 20 travel awards, pending award of Year 3 of our grant award. The Early Career Investigators Poster Session is a superb opportunity to connect with peers and leading scientists in addiction science. We would love to have you be part of he 2026 Early Career Investigator Poster Session!

For questions, email Lourah Kelly (Lourah.kelly@umassmed.edu) and/or Nancy Hu (Nancy.hu@umassmed.edu).

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To be eligible, proposals must include alcohol. Applicants must be:
-First author on poster or speaker in a symposium at APA
-Presenting in person at APA
-Grad student, postdoc or early-stage faculty member (within 10 years of degree; if faculty, NOT receiving NIH support for travel)
-US resident

That means that you will present your work 2x at APA: during your regularly scheduled time, and at our early career investigator poster session on Friday 8/7/2026 from 5:30-7:30 PM (subject to change until time slot is confirmed).

If you are selected, your presentation will be showcased at an Early Career Investigators Poster Session sponsored by the @apadivision50.bsky.social Div 28 (Psychopharmacology and Substance Abuse), and NIAAA.

To apply, complete the online application–which requires you upload your acceptance to APA–by 4/30/2026. We will notify applicants by 5/31/2026.
arcsapps.umassmed.edu/redcap/surve...

If you are presenting at APA 2026, we are thrilled to offer travel awards ($750) to students, postdocs and early career faculty presenting alcohol-related research (R13AA031624; PI: Kelly).

Calling All Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Early Career Faculty Presenting Alcohol Research at the annual American Psychological Association convention in Washington DC

#APA #APA2026 #niaaa #research #travelawards #addictionposters2026

@afspnational.bsky.social @umasschan.bsky.social @kcs-umasslowell.bsky.social @crispatbrown.bsky.social @csrp.bsky.social

Congrats to Liz, UConn medical student and CHEARR trainee, on winning the Certificate of Excellence at the Connecticut Academy of Family Physicians Scientific Symposium for her research on patient-centered perspectives on treatment success for people who take medications for opioid use disorder 🌟

CHEARR post-doctoral fellow, Bridget, presents her project 'Functional Impairment in Daily Living during Long-Term Remission from Substance Use Disorders' at UConn Health's post-doc research day!

CHEARR and JEAP Investigators are guest editing a special issue of Emerging Adulthood on recovery from substance use disorders. Submit your manuscripts by 3/1/26. Details: https://tinyurl.com/msx3r5rv

📆 Mark your calendars!
The JEAP Initiative and the Collaborative Hub for Emerging Adult Recovery Research (CHEARR) are co-sponsoring a free 90-minute interactive virtual forum on February 18th focused on recovery capital.
Learn more and register: www.jeapinitiative.org/ea-recovery-...

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

On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Feifan Liu!

Learn more about Dr. Liu: profiles.umassmed.edu/display/1550...

#MeetTheFaculty #DataScience #ArtificialIntelligence #MachineLearning #HealthInformatics #ClinicalDecisionSupport #SuicidePrevention #CAPES

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

On today's CAPES Meet the Faculty, we introduce Dr. Martin Reznek!

Learn more about Dr. Reznek: profiles.umassmed.edu/display/130147

#MeetTheFaculty #EmergencyMedicine #MedicalEducation #ImplementationScience #QualityImprovement #ClinicalLeadership #CAPES #UMassChan

📣 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...