Jennifer brings rich experience in education, learning management and research to her roles as Director of Training at DASH Neuroscience and co-Founder of Harm Research. Over the last 10 years, she has collaborated with Dr. Sheehan to create a series of dynamic and engaging virtual courses to train raters on the use Dr. Sheehan’s diagnostic interviews (the MINI and MINI-Kid) and rating scales. She manages the implementation and growth of this training platform to ensure its smooth operation, security and continuous improvement in multiple languages. She has a pivotal role working with pharmaceutical sponsors, clinical research organizations (CROs) and investigators at research sites to create parameters to track engagement and monitor training compliance to avoid regulated studies being put at risk.

Jennifer has co-authored 37 abstracts, 8 peer-reviewed publications, and 2 books, and has over 150 citations all on the topic of suicidality.  A review of her first book, Suicidality: A Roadmap for Assessment and Treatment, predicted it would “revitalize the field of suicidology”.  She is co-author with D.V. Sheehan of the Phenotypic Suicidality Disorders Classification and Criteria and the related Suicidality Disorders Module (Module Z) of the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI).  She consulted on the development all versions of the Sheehan – Suicidality Tracking Scale (S-STS) and the Sheehan – Homicidality Tracking Scale (S-HTS).  She is co-author and co-copyright holder with D.V. Sheehan of the Suicidality Modifiers Scale (SMS) and the Suicidal Impulse Attack Scale (SIAS); and co-author and co-copyright holder with D.V. Sheehan and I.S. Sheehan of the Homicidality Modifiers Scale (HMS) and the Homicidal Impulse Attack Scale (HIAS).  Jennifer is also co-author and copyright holder with D.V. Sheehan of the Suicide Plan Tracking Scale (SPTS) and the Homicide Plan Tracking Scale (HPTS). Together with Dr. Sheehan, she co-founded the Tampa Center for Research on Suicidality and the Harm Research Institute to promote knowledge about suicidality and resources for the public.

Prior to her work at Harm Research/ DASH Neuroscience, Jennifer gained classroom and educational technology experience as a teacher. More recently she has worked to educate the field through presentations on suicidality at professional meetings such as the American Psychiatric Association (APA), the American Society for Clinical Psychopharmacology (ASCP), the International Society for CNS Clinical Trials and Methodology (ISCTM), the Western States Conference on Suicide (WSCOS), the Nevada Suicide Prevention Conference  and an FDA hosted webinar on Clinical Trials and Assessment of Suicidal Ideation and Behavior. Jennifer has a BA from the University of South Florida and has done graduate work in public health and health statistics.

Jennifer was the editor of the Science of Suicidality (SOS).

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