Our research aims to improve the public health impact of evidence-based interventions for behavioral health comorbidities common among trauma-affected populations, such as posttraumatic stress, depression, suicidality, and risky alcohol use.
Our work aligns with the UW Psychiatry Core Values: Diversity, Collaboration, Continuous Learning & Mentorship, Integrity & Accountability
Project WISE is an NIMH-funded project: Technologic innovation to enhance the scalability and sustainability of trauma center provider training in suicide safety planning
The overarching purpose of Project WISE is to adapt and pilot test a technology-enhanced training for hospital nurses in the delivery of a suicide prevention intervention with patients who have been hospitalized for trauma, medical, or surgical reasons.
This project is affiliated with UW’s Center for Suicide Prevention and Recovery and ALACRITY Center.
Principal Investigator: Doyanne Darnell, PhD
Project email: projectWISE@uw.edu
The University of Washington’s Suicide Care Research Center is an NIMH-funded P50 directed by Kate Comtois, PhD, MPH. The Center works to improve the design and delivery of suicide care across the suicide care pathway, from identification of suicide risk through long-term surveillance and follow-up, in outpatient medical settings serving adolescents and young adults. The Center brings a wide array of expertise ranging from clinician-researchers who are on the frontline treating suicidal patients in outpatient medical clinics to informatics researchers and operational experts designing the innovative and cutting-edge technology that allow clinicians to efficiently do their jobs each day. This diverse skillset is due to a rare partnership between UW’s School of Medicine’s Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education. This partnership also bridges many of UW’s resources: The Center for Suicide Prevention and Recovery, the Institute for Translational Health Sciences and its Research Information Technology team, and the AIMS Center. Learn more about SCRC here
Darnell Research Lab Member Role: Doyanne Darnell, PhD (Co-Investigator & Co-Lead for Team Science Core)
The University of Washington ALACRITY Center is an NIMH-funded P50 center supports multidisciplinary teams that leverage human-centered design, education, and implementation science to uncover and overcome obstacles that prevent quality mental health treatments from reaching underserved communities. Principal Investigators: Aaron Lyon, PhD & Sean Munson, PhD. Learn more about UWAC here
Darnell Research Lab Member Role: Doyanne Darnell, PhD (Co-Investigator supporting the R03 pilot grant program)
Tailored response to psychiatric comorbidity to improve HIV Care Engagement in the United States (TRACE) This study aims to improve engagement in HIV care among adult patients in the US by treating common comorbid behavioral health conditions among people living with HIV. This NIMH-funded study will adapt the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA), a transdiagnostic psychotherapy for people living with HIV and pilot-test the adapted intervention to assess acceptability, feasibility, and fidelity. Principal Investigator: Brian Pence, PhD, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Darnell Research Lab Member Roles: Doyanne Darnell, PhD (Co-Investigator)
Read our adaptation paper in JMIR Formative Research!
Safety planning and cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescent suicide prevention in Mozambique: A hybrid effectiveness/implementation cluster randomized trial. This project aims to identify an effective and feasible approach to suicide prevention with youth in schools in Mozambique; 15-25% of high school students in Mozambique are experiencing current suicidal ideation, ~40% of those with ideation have past month suicidal behavior, and 9% have had a lifetime suicide attempt. This study compares the effectiveness and examines implementation outcomes for suicide safety planning with a novel suicide prevention package organized around the Suicide Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) and a Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Intervention for Suicide Prevention (TCBT-S) to be delivered by non-specialists in Mozambican secondary schools. Principal Investigator: Bradley Wagenaar, PhD, MPH Lean more about the project here
Darnell Research Lab Member Roles: Doyanne Darnell, PhD (Co-Investigator)