Tyler R. Pritchard

Institution: University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

Supervisory team: Dr. Stephen P. Lewis.

Position: PhD student.

Current research: Needs assessment for individuals in rural regions of Canada; online activity related to self-injury.

Research interests:

• Suicide risk and prevention in rural populations
• Online self-injury activity (e.g., risks and benefits)
• Theoretical models of suicidal ideation and behavior
• Risk assessment
• Suicide grief processes
• Philosophy of science
• Statistics literacy/efficacy in undergraduate programs
• Quantitative Methods

Recent Publications:

• Pritchard, T. R., Lewis, S. P., Marcincinova, I. (2020). Needs of youth posting about non-suicidal self-Injury: A time-trend analysis. Journal of Adolescent Health, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.06.038
• Lewis, S. P., Kenny, T. E., & Pritchard, T. R. (2019). Toward an understanding of online self-injury activity: Review and Recommendations for Researchers and Clinicians. In. J. Washburn (Ed). Nonsuicidal Self-injury: Advances in Research and Practice. New York, NY: Routledge
• Pritchard, T. R., & Buckle, J. L. (2018).  Meaning-making after partner suicide: A narrative exploration using the meaning of loss codebook. Death Studies, 42, 35-44. doi: 10.1080/07481187.2017.1334007

Can help with: I’m always happy to chat about the challenges of navigating grad school–including parenting during your program of study. I can help with translating a research question into a statistical model or help you interpret your results. I can help you with your R script. I can send a photo of my kids, who’s cuteness can make your day better.

What’s essential to your well-being? Spending time with my family. Physical activity. Particularly, competitive sports such as powerlifting and Brazilian jiu jitsu. Black coffee.

Find Tyler elsewhere:

• Twitter
• Website
• Google Scholar
• Email: tyler.pritchard@uoguelph.ca