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Zilber College of Public Health Seminar – How a Public Health Partnership to Support Wisconsin Veterans Paved the Way for Veteran Suicide Prevention Research

October 8 @ 9:00 am - 9:50 am
Free
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Presented by:
Lindsay Emer, PhD, Research Scientist
Division of Public Health, Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Veterans in Wisconsin die by suicide at a much higher rate than non-veterans. In response, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) and the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) have partnered to bring a public health approach to veteran suicide prevention initiatives at WDVA. During this seminar, Dr. Emer will discuss these initiatives and detail how data from the Wisconsin Violent Death Reporting System is driving suicide prevention efforts at WDVA and related veteran suicide prevention research at the DHS.

About the presenter:

Lindsay Emer, PhD, is a Research Scientist in the Division of Public Health at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS), where she oversees the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) and State Unintentional Drug Overdose Reporting System (SUDORS). She collaborates with Vital Records, Coroners/Medical Examiners, and Law Enforcement to collect data for the CDC on homicides, suicides, legal interventions, all firearm deaths, and drug overdose deaths statewide. Lindsay holds a PhD in Public Health and has research experience in HIV/AIDS, substance use disorders, sexual assault, sex trafficking, childhood lead exposure, and firearm violence. Her prior work includes consulting drug courts on program evaluation for the National Center for State Courts, providing training and technical assistance to overdose fatality and sexual assault review teams across Wisconsin, and facilitating the Milwaukee Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Reviews in partnership with the Milwaukee Homicide Review Commission. Before graduate school, she spent six years in community-based roles at the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin and Meta House, a substance use disorder treatment center for women.

The seminar can also be attended virtually on Teams.

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