Save the Date - CDC Grand Rounds Presents “Preventing Suicide: A Comprehensive Public Health Approach,” on Tuesday, September 15, 2015, at 1 p.m. (EDT).

 Save the Date

 CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds Presents:

“Preventing Suicide: A Comprehensive Public Health Approach”

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., EDT

Global Communications Center (Building 19)

Alexander D. Langmuir Auditorium

Roybal Campus

Presented By:

Alex Crosby, MD, MPH

Branch Chief, Surveillance Branch, Division of Violence Prevention

National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC

“Suicide: An Urgent Public Health Problem” 

Eric D. Caine, MD

Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry

Director, Injury Control Research Center for Suicide Prevention

University of Rochester Medical Center

“Implementing Promising Suicide Prevention Approaches While Enhancing the Evidence Base”

Jarrod Hindman, MS

Violence and Suicide Prevention Section Manager, Prevention Services Division

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

“Using Data to Increase Awareness and Prevention of Suicide: Colorado’s Public Health Approach”

Jerry Reed, PhD, MSW

Director, Suicide Prevention Resource Center

Co-Director, Injury Control Research Center for Suicide

Vice President, Education Development Center

“Progress, Partnerships, and Optimism in Preventing Suicide”

   

Facilitated By:

John Iskander, MD, MPH, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Phoebe Thorpe, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

For CDC staff unable to attend the event:

The session will be available on IPTV and Envision.  To join by Envision, reserve a conference room and make the Envision request or use your local room scheduling process to schedule Envision.

For non-CDC staff interested in viewing the session:

A live external webcast will be available.  For individuals who are unable to view the session during the scheduled time, the archived presentation will be posted 48 hours after each session. 

For non-CDC staff who wish to attend in person:

Due to security measures at CDC’s Roybal campus, non-CDC staff who wish to attend these sessions in person must have prior clearance and a U.S. state-issued photo ID (e.g., driver’s license, US passport).

Names of non-CDC staff (both domestic and international) should be submitted to the Grand Rounds Team. Please note that all information for international visitors must be submitted at least 10 days in advance.

For individuals requiring reasonable accommodations:

It is the policy of CDC to provide reasonable accommodations (RA) for qualified individuals with disabilities to ensure their full inclusion in CDC-sponsored events. Employees are asked to submit RA requests at least 5 business days prior to the event. Please e-mail the request to grandrounds@cdc.gov.

For questions about this Grand Rounds topic: Feel free to e-mail your questions before or during the session.