BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:globalhealth.duke.edu BEGIN:VEVENT UID:792b208783a88d797300ce5c9d5c5581 DTSTART;TZID=US/Eastern:20260304T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND;TZID=US/Eastern:20260304T130000 URL:https://globalhealth.duke.edu/events/community-engaged-approaches-globa l-suicide-prevention LOCATION:040 Trent Hall\, plus Zoom webinar SUMMARY:Community-Engaged Approaches to Global Suicide Prevention CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE EVENT\n\nMore than 700\,000 people die by suicide eac h year globally and more\nthan 75% of these deaths occur in low- and middl e-income countries\nwhere mental health resources are scarce. This panel w ill present\ntheir diverse perspectives and practical experiences of foste ring\nmeaningful community engagement in suicide prevention research\nspec ific to intervention selection\, development\, adaptation\, and\nimplement ation. We will then engage the audience in a thoughtful\ndiscussion on how to best conduct community-partnered research in\nsuicide prevention and o ther research areas that are highly sensitive\nin nature. While the panel will center on mental health\, the lessons\ndiscussed will be broadly appl icable to other global health research\nmethods\, making this discussion h ighly relevant for DGHI and the wider\nglobal health community.\n\nSPEAKER S\n\nBRANDON KNETTEL\, PHD (MODERATOR) is an Associate Professor of Nursin g\nand Global Health and Associate Director of the Duke Center for Global\ nMental Health. He is a licensed psychologist specializing in mental\nheal th intervention development and capacity strengthening\, with focus\nareas that include health behavior\, care engagement\, stigma reduction\,\nsuic ide prevention\, nurse-led models of care\, and mental health\nsupport for people living with HIV. Dr. Knettel’s international\nprojects are prima rily located in Moshi\, Tanzania\, where he completed\na NIMH Career Devel opment Award to develop IDEAS for Hope\, a brief\ntelehealth counseling in tervention to prevent suicide and improve care\nengagement among people li ving with HIV.\n\nALI GIUSTO\, PHD is a clinical psychologist and Assistan t Professor at\nFlorida International University's Department of Psycholog y\, where she\ndesigns and evaluates scalable\, community-embedded family and\ncaregiver mental health interventions\, with a focus on fathers\, to\ npromote youth well-being. Her work spans Kenya and South Florida\,\ncente ring implementation and intervention science and community\npartnerships t o advance quality care and access.\n\nDR. KIM MADUNDO is a Psychiatrist\, Lecturer\, and Head of Department of\nPsychiatry and Mental Health at Kili manjaro Christian Medical Centre.\nHe is one of only four psychiatrists pr actising in Northern Tanzania\nand has an interest in psychological trauma \, depression and suicide\nprevention\, and developing interventions targe ting these mental health\nchallenges among young adults. He has served as an investigator on\nmultiple local and cross-country research studies to i nvestigate\nsuicidality and depression\, and harmful alcohol use. He is no w a\nFogarty fellow\, co-mentored by researchers at Muhimbili\, Boston and \nDuke universities\, where he aims to use a transdiagnostic approach to\n investigate post-traumatic stress and co-morbid mental disorders among\nad ults with HIV. Throughout his career\, he has mentored PhD level\nnurses\, medical students\, and junior nurses.\n\nMARISA MARRACCINI\, PHD is an As sociate Professor of School Psychology\nin the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at\nChapel Hill. She specializes in promoting student mental health and\npreventing youth suicide. After completing her PhD in school\npsychology at the University of Rhode Island\, she sought out advanced\ntraining in suicide assessment research through a postdoctor al\nfellowship at the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior in the\n Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. With funding from\nthe A FSP\, National Institute of Mental Health\, and MQ Mental Health\nFoundati on\, Dr. Marraccini has been leading research focused on\ndeveloping and t esting novel approaches to youth suicide prevention\,\nprioritizing perspe ctives of individuals with lived experience\nthroughout each phase of rese arch.\n\nEMMA MEW\, PHD is a psychiatric epidemiologist and Postdoctoral\ nAssociate at the DGHI Center for Global Mental Health. Her research\nfocu ses on the development and evaluation of community-based\ninterventions to prevent adolescent suicide in resource-constrained\nenvironments\, with e xperience partnering with communities in the\nPacific Islands and East Afr ica. Dr. Mew earned her PhD in\nEpidemiology from Yale University and hold s an MPH in Epidemiology\nfrom the University of Toronto.\n\n_This is a hy brid event with both in-person and remote attendance\noptions. Attendance in person is encouraged. Lunch will be\navailable. _\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

ABOUT THE EVENT

More than 700\,000 people die by suicide each year globally and more than 75% of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries where mental health resources a re scarce. This panel will present their diverse perspectives and practica l experiences of fostering meaningful community engagement in suicide prev ention research specific to intervention selection\, development\, adaptat ion\, and implementation. We will then engage the audience in a thoughtful discussion on how to best conduct community-partnered research in suicide prevention and other research areas that are highly sensitive in nature. While the panel will center on mental health\, the lessons discussed will be broadly applicable to other global health research methods\, making thi s discussion highly relevant for DGHI and the wider global health communit y.

SPEAKERS

Brandon Knettel\, PhD (moderator) is an Associate Professor of Nursing and Global Health and Associ ate Director of the Duke Center for Global Mental Health. He is a licensed psychologist specializing in mental health intervention development and c apacity strengthening\, with focus areas that include health behavior\, ca re engagement\, stigma reduction\, suicide prevention\, nurse-led models o f care\, and mental health support for people living with HIV. Dr. Knettel ’s international projects are primarily located in Moshi\, Tanzania\, wh ere he completed a NIMH Career Development Award to develop IDEAS for Hope \, a brief telehealth counseling intervention to prevent suicide and impro ve care engagement among people living with HIV.

Ali Giusto\, PhD is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Profe ssor at Florida International University's Department of Psychology\, wher e she designs and evaluates scalable\, community-embedded family and careg iver mental health interventions\, with a focus on fathers\, to promote yo uth well-being. Her work spans Kenya and South Florida\, centering impleme ntation and intervention science and community partnerships to advance qua lity care and access.

Dr. Kim Madundo is a P sychiatrist\, Lecturer\, and Head of Department of Psychiatry and Mental H ealth at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre. He is one of only four psyc hiatrists practising in Northern Tanzania and has an interest in psycholog ical trauma\, depression and suicide prevention\, and developing intervent ions targeting these mental health challenges among young adults. He has s erved as an investigator on multiple local and cross-country research stud ies to investigate suicidality and depression\, and harmful alcohol use. H e is now a Fogarty fellow\, co-mentored by researchers at Muhimbili\, Bost on and Duke universities\, where he aims to use a transdiagnostic approach to investigate post-traumatic stress and co-morbid mental disorders among adults with HIV. Throughout his career\, he has mentored PhD level nurses \, medical students\, and junior nurses.

Marisa Marraccini\, PhD is an Associate Professor of School Psychology in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She spec ializes in promoting student mental health and preventing youth suicide. A fter completing her PhD in school psychology at the University of Rhode Is land\, she sought out advanced training in suicide assessment research thr ough a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Psychiatry and Human B ehavior in the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University. With fund ing from the AFSP\, National Institute of Mental Health\, and MQ Mental He alth Foundation\, Dr. Marraccini has been leading research focused on deve loping and testing novel approaches to youth suicide prevention\, prioriti zing perspectives of individuals with lived experience throughout each pha se of research.

Emma Mew\, PhD \;is a psy chiatric epidemiologist and Postdoctoral Associate at the DGHI Center for Global Mental Health. Her research focuses on the development and evaluati on of community-based interventions to prevent adolescent suicide in resou rce-constrained environments\, with experience partnering with communities in the Pacific Islands and East Africa. Dr. Mew earned her PhD in Epidemi ology from Yale University and holds an MPH in Epidemiology from the Unive rsity of Toronto.

This is a hybrid event with both in-person and remote attendance options. Attendance in person is encourage d. Lunch will be available. \;

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