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and Moving to Scale
Invited lecture · Holly Wilcox
Dr. Holly Wilcox is a Professor in the Johns Hopkins Schools of Public Health, Me-
dicine and Education. Her areas of expertise are in population-based prospecti-
ve studies of suicidal behaviors; studies of the effectiveness of community-based
programs and policies embedded into service sectors; data linkage and harmo-
nization; and intergenerational studies. More recently, she has become focused
on translating research results into practice and scaling up and sustaining best
practices. Dr. Wilcox is the president elect of the International Academy of Suici-
de Research. She has served as an advisor to several national and international
organizations to make the case for a more public health-oriented suicide pre-
vention agenda including the National Institutes of Health, National Academi-
es of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, World Health Organization/UNICEF,
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), National Collegiate Athletic Associ-
ation (NCAA), and the National Network of Depression Centers. She also holds an
Affiliate Investigator affiliation with the Centre for Research Excellence in Suicide
Prevention (CRSEP) of the Black Dog Institute in Australia.
Abstract. Over the COVID 19 pandemic, the Adolescent Behaviors and Experi-
ences Survey (ABES) in the United States showed that over 1 in 3 high school
students reported poor mental health, and nearly half reported emotional
distress. The pandemic has exacerbated health disparities in historically mar-
ginalized populations with more than 25 of LGBTQ+ students, reporting
attempting suicide during the past year compared to 5 in cisgender stu-
dents. There are several examples of approaches that reduce suicidal tho-
ughts/behaviors in youth at the universal level by targeting aggressive dis-
ruptive behaviors in primary schools (e.g., Seattle Social Development Pro-
ject, Good Behavior Game, Family Check Up, Fast Track) as well as by directly
addressing suicide risk in teenagers in school (e.g., Signs of Suicide, Youth
Aware of Mental Health). Several evidence-based programs aim to reduce
suicide in higher risk populations including youth with depression (e.g., an-
tidepressant medications + CBT), youth with exposure to trauma and post-
traumatic stress disorder (e.g., Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Adolescents,
Project Chrysalis), youth in the child welfare system (e.g., Multidimensional
Treatment Foster Care), Hispanic middle school students (e.g., Familias Uni-
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and Moving to Scale
Invited lecture · Holly Wilcox
Dr. Holly Wilcox is a Professor in the Johns Hopkins Schools of Public Health, Me-
dicine and Education. Her areas of expertise are in population-based prospecti-
ve studies of suicidal behaviors; studies of the effectiveness of community-based
programs and policies embedded into service sectors; data linkage and harmo-
nization; and intergenerational studies. More recently, she has become focused
on translating research results into practice and scaling up and sustaining best
practices. Dr. Wilcox is the president elect of the International Academy of Suici-
de Research. She has served as an advisor to several national and international
organizations to make the case for a more public health-oriented suicide pre-
vention agenda including the National Institutes of Health, National Academi-
es of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, World Health Organization/UNICEF,
Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), National Collegiate Athletic Associ-
ation (NCAA), and the National Network of Depression Centers. She also holds an
Affiliate Investigator affiliation with the Centre for Research Excellence in Suicide
Prevention (CRSEP) of the Black Dog Institute in Australia.
Abstract. Over the COVID 19 pandemic, the Adolescent Behaviors and Experi-
ences Survey (ABES) in the United States showed that over 1 in 3 high school
students reported poor mental health, and nearly half reported emotional
distress. The pandemic has exacerbated health disparities in historically mar-
ginalized populations with more than 25 of LGBTQ+ students, reporting
attempting suicide during the past year compared to 5 in cisgender stu-
dents. There are several examples of approaches that reduce suicidal tho-
ughts/behaviors in youth at the universal level by targeting aggressive dis-
ruptive behaviors in primary schools (e.g., Seattle Social Development Pro-
ject, Good Behavior Game, Family Check Up, Fast Track) as well as by directly
addressing suicide risk in teenagers in school (e.g., Signs of Suicide, Youth
Aware of Mental Health). Several evidence-based programs aim to reduce
suicide in higher risk populations including youth with depression (e.g., an-
tidepressant medications + CBT), youth with exposure to trauma and post-
traumatic stress disorder (e.g., Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Adolescents,
Project Chrysalis), youth in the child welfare system (e.g., Multidimensional
Treatment Foster Care), Hispanic middle school students (e.g., Familias Uni-
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