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Corbin J. Standley, PhD, is a community psychologist and researcher. His work focuses on equitable community- and systems-level approaches to suicide prevention. Dr. Standley is the Director of Impact Communication and Continuous Improvement at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Learn more at DrCorbinStandley.com.

Jess Hackney is a pharmacist who is currently working towards a PhD at the University of Manchester, funded by the Patient Safety Research Collaboration and the School for Primary Care Research. (jessica.hackney@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk)

James Glass has a 30-year career background as a veterinary surgeon. He has an MSc in neuroscience and psychology from KCL and is currently a PGR in the Suicidal Behaviour Research Lab, within the School of Health and Wellbeing, at the University of Glasgow. His current PhD work focuses on suicide risk within the veterinary professions, with a particular emphasis on using the IMV model of suicidal behaviour to explore transitions from suicidal thinking to suicidal behaviour. j.glass.1@research.gla.ac.uk

Kristel Jenniskens is a PhD candidate in the fields of implementation science and suicide prevention working at GGZ Oost Brabant, the Netherlands, and 113 Suicide Prevention, the Netherlands.

Poornima Nair is a PhD researcher at the University of East London specialising in Posttraumatic Growth and Suicide Bereavement.

Alix Helfer is a PhD student in cultural policy and sociology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. She is a Researcher at the Finnish Youth Research Network, located in Helsinki.

Gustave Maffre Maviel is a PhD student in epidemiology at Sorbonne University, in the Research Team in Social Epidemiology. His work focuses on the association between cannabis consumption and suicidal behaviours.

Beth Martin (@BethJMartin_) is a PhD student at the University of Strathclyde, focusing on ado-lescent self-harm and sleep. Email: bethany.martin@strath.ac.uk

Kurt Piron has a Cert III in Carpentry and Bachelor’s Degree (with Honours) in Psychology and is currently a doctoral research candidate, tutor/teacher, and research assistant within the School of Applied Psychology at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.

Marie Docx Op de Beeck is a researcher and PhD student within the research field of Perinatal Mental Health in the Mind-Body Research Group (Research Group Psychiatry, Department of Neurosciences, Biomedical Sciences Group) of KU Leuven, Belgium. I started my curriculum at the research group in February this year (2023).

Aruni is a PhD Candidate, postgraduate academic and psychologist (clinical psychology registrar). Aruni has significant experience working with children, adolescents and families in various clinical settings. Aruni started teaching undergraduate psychology classes at La Trobe in 2019. She has since moved into teaching Master of Clinical Psychology and Master of Professional Psychology students.

Daniela Zammit is a Specialist Registrar working with the Mental Health Services in Malta. She graduated from the University of Malta in 2015 and obtained her membership in the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2020. In 2022, she spent a year working with Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health Trust in a General Adult Community Clinic. Her interests lie in Acute/Emergency Psychiatry, Liaison Psychiatry and Suicide Prevention, focusing on training professionals and service development. She is a licenced trainer with Zero Suicide Institute, delivering training courses in “Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk” (AMSR) to all healthcare professionals and frontliners. As part of her interests in service development, she is part of a local working group in developing Malta’s first national suicide prevention strategy.

Nuri TÜRK, is a research assistant in the field of Psychological Counseling and Guidance at Siirt University in Turkey. At the same time, he is doing a PhD at Hacettepe University.

Emma is a doctoral researcher at Ulster University, focusing on suicide prevention and mental health among LGBTQ+ young people in Northern Ireland. Her research interests include mixed methods research focused on suicide prevention, mental health, risk and protective factors, queer theory, the intersection of trauma and identity, help seeking, and self-concept. Her professional background includes several years of frontline health and social care work, including working with people with acquired brain injury, physical disability and with young people in mental health residential settings.

Bella Magner-Parsons is a PhD student at the University of Exeter (iam205@exeter.ac.uk). Her thesis assesses risk and protective pathways into non-suicidal self-injury.

Pauline Rivart (@PaulineRivart_) has a MSc in Forensic Psychology and Mental Health and is a Research Assistant at the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Safety in Mental Health (NCISH), University of Manchester

Emma O’Brien (@obrien_emj) has a BA in psychology and French and is Lead Research Project Coordinator for the Longitudinal Research Program in Late-Life Suicide at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (obrienej@upmc.edu). She is applying to clinical psychology PhD programs to begin Fall 2024.

Wenna Xi has a PhD in Biostatistics and is Instructor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Weill Cornell Medicine (wex4002@med.cornell.edu).