Team

The project team for the Preventing Suicide Network (PSN) is made up of professionals and consumers from a variety of backgrounds. Each member, however, holds sacred the commitment to use the power of technology to prevent suicide.

Clinical and Project Management Team

The Clinical and Project Management Teams are comprised of the following Principals and Associates of iTelehealth, Inc.:

• Loretta Schlachta-Fairchild Ph.D: Project Manager & Principal Investigator for the PSN & President & CEO, iTelehealth, Inc.
• Victoria L. Elfrink RNBC, Ph.D: Co- Principal Investigator & Clinical Lead Developer & Senior Associate, iTelehealth, Inc.
• Elizabeth L. Young Weeden, M.A., P.C.: Senior Content Developer
• Mitra A. Rocca, M.Sc: Technical Team Lead & Webmaster

To view the individual profiles of the clinical and project management teams, visit iTelehealth, Inc. at:

http://www.itelehealthinc.com/management.asp

Writing & Review Team

The Writing & Review Team developed and reviewed all of the content available within the Preventing Suicide Network Web site and is comprised of the following iTeleHealth, Inc. associates and consultants:

• Victoria L. Elfrink RNBC, Ph.D
  • Writer & Editor
  • Registered Nurse
  • Certified in Informatics (American Nurses Credentialing Center)
  • Doctor of Philosophy of Education

• Elizabeth L. Young Weeden, M.A., P.C.
  • Writer & Editor
  • Licensed Professional Counselor

• Thomas E. Ellis, Ph.D: Marshall University
  • Editor
  • Professor of Psychology with research focus in suicidology

• Mark J. Goldblatt, M.D.: Harvard University
  • Editor
  • Medical Doctor of Psychiatry with research focus in suicidology
  • Clinical instructor in Psychiatry

• Paul F. Granello, Ph.D, L.P.C.C.: The Ohio State University
  • Writer & Editor
  • Assistant Professor in Counseling Education
  • Survivor of Suicide
  • Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

• Mary Sprague, MS, Health Sciences Librarian: The Ohio State University
  • Editor

• Denise Pazur
  • Writer
  • Parent Volunteer & Marketing Consultant
  • Survivor of suicide

Technical Team

The technical team is comprised of the following principals and associates of Consortium Research Management Incorporated (CRMI):

• Guisseppi Forgionne, PhD- Senior Technical Developer
• Fen Wang, PhD (c): Technical Developer
• Diana Wang, PhD (c): Technical Developer
• Gloria Wren, PhD: Technical Developer
• Paul Bachman, PhD: President, CRMI

To view the individual profiles of the technical team, visit iTelehealth, Inc at:

http://www.itelehealthinc.com/management.asp

Advisory Consultants

American Association of Suicidology Consultants

Founded in 1968, the goal of the American Association of Suicidology (AAS) is to understand and prevent suicide. AAS’s members include individuals such as: mental health and public health professionals, researchers, crisis center volunteers, survivors of suicide and a variety of lay persons who have an interest in suicide prevention. The AAS has collaborated with the development of the Preventing Suicide Network through the use of AAS member experts who have served as consultants to the project. AAS Project consultants include:

• Mark J. Goldblatt, MD: Harvard University
• Thomas E. Ellis, PhD: Marshall University
• Paul F. Granello, PhD: TheOhio State University
• Diane Ryerson-Peake, MSW: Greeley Colorado
• Kim Obbink: Burns Telecommunication Center, Montana State University
• Denise Pazur: Parent Volunteer & Marketing Consultant, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
• Alan Berman, PhD: Executive Director of American Association of Suicidology

Other consultants

Other consultants contributing to the development of the Preventing Suicide Network are:

• Marion Ball, Ed.D: Informatics Expert Consultant
• Rudy Spraycar, PhD: Unified Modeling Language Expert-Annapolis Junction, Maryland
• Mary Sprague, MS: Health Sciences Librarian, The Ohio State University
• Ed McCoy: The Business Clinic- Marketing and Commercialization Strategy