Implementing Universal Suicide Risk Screening in Medical Settings: Translating Research into Feasible Practice

Sponsored by the Hans Lowenbach, MD Memorial Endowment Fund Dr. Lisa Horowitz is a Clinical Psychologist and a Senior Associate Scientist at the National Institute of Mental Health at NIH. Dr. Horowitz received her doctorate in clinical psychology from George Washington University, completed a Pediatric Health Service Research Fellowship at Harvard Medical School, and obtained a Masters in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. The major focus of Dr. Horowitz's research has been in the area of suicide prevention in healthcare settings that involves validating and implementing tools for clinicians, such as the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) tool. She is also one of the co-authors of the Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention, released by the American Academy of Pediatrics in March of 2022. Dr. Horowitz is collaborating with hospitals, and outpatient clinics both nationally and globally, assisting with implementation of suicide risk screening and management of both adult and pediatric patients who screen positive using the ASQ Toolkit and Suicide Risk Clinical Pathways.