# Training Program in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Suicide Prevention

> **NIH NIH T32** · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · 2022 · $313,093

## Abstract

Project Summary
This application is being submitted for a new Training Program in Comparative Effectiveness Research for
Suicide Prevention that will be offered by the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of
Public Health with predocs also coming from the Department of Psychology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences
(FAS) at Harvard University and postdocs from the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School
(HMS). The principal objectives of the Training Program will be to educate a new generation of promising
interdisciplinary pre- and post-doctoral trainees in the use of cutting-edge methodology for comparative
effectiveness research (CER) focused on clinical and policy interventions aimed at reducing suicides and
suicide-related behaviors (SRBs; ideation, plans, attempts, other self-injurious behaviors). The application
builds on the combined strengths of the epidemiologic methods program in the Epidemiology Department and
the strong collaborative research program on suicide prevention across several Departments at Harvard. We
aim to train subject matter specialists (clinical psychologists, psychiatric epidemiologists, psychiatrists) in
cutting-edge CER methods and to provide trainees who are going to become CER methodologists with the
intensive subject matter exposure in suicide prevention research needed to encourage their continued focus on
suicides and SRBs in their future studies. All trainees will complete a rigorous core set of courses in modern
CER methods as well as receive in-depth training in current theories and empirical CER studies aimed at
preventing suicides and SRBs. An extensive network of collaboration exists among training faculty members
with each other and with external collaborating in numerous high-profile CER studies focused on interventions
to reduce suicides and SRBs. These projects will provide trainees with a rich array of mentored research
training opportunities. We are requesting support for a total of six trainees: three predoctoral and three
postdoctoral. Training will be a combination of coursework, training seminars led by core faculty, practica, and
mentored research training in which CER methods are applied to important projects involving the prevention of
suicides and SRBs. Diversity and health disparities will be major foci.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10403745
- **Project number:** 1T32MH125815-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
- **Principal Investigator:** MIGUEL HERNAN
- **Activity code:** T32 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2022
- **Award amount:** $313,093
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2022-07-01 → 2027-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10403745

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10403745, Training Program in Comparative Effectiveness Research for Suicide Prevention (1T32MH125815-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-23 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10403745. Licensed CC0.

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