The Scientific Advisory Council of Stop Soldier Suicide is a group of nationally-renowned experts in suicidology and suicide prevention, formed to help SSS advance its mission of reducing military suicide by 40% in the next ten years.
The SAC provides expertise and recommendations regarding best practices, innovative strategies, emergent research, cutting-edge technology and high-risk client acquisition, among other topics.
Among the fields of expertise collectively represented in the current SAC are early intervention, treatment and postvention, active duty and veterans issues, and research, data and analytics.
Dr. Trena Anastasia
Former Executive Vice President
Design, Development and Evaluation, LivingWorks Education
Founder
See Another Sunrise podcast
Dr. Craig Bryan
Executive Director
National Center for Veterans Studies
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Utah
General Peter Chiarelli, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Former Commander
Multi-National Corps-Iraq
Former Vice Chief of Staff
U.S. Army
Melanie Gideon
Former Director
UCLA Health Operation Mend
Independent Consultant
Dr. Terresa Humphries-Wadsworth
Associate Project Director
National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention
Associate Project Director
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Dr. David Jobes
Director
Suicide Prevention Laboratory, Catholic University of America
Professor of Psychology
Catholic University of America
Past President
American Association of Suicidology
Dr. Anthony Pisani
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide, University of Rochester
Founder
SafeSide Prevention
Dr. Jerry Reed
Former Senior Vice President
Practice Leadership at Education Development
Center, Inc., (EDC)
Former Committee Co-Leader
U.S. National Strategy for Suicide Prevention
Dr. Shawn Shea
Founder and Director
Training Institute for Suicide Assessment & Clinical Interviewing
Creator
Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (CASE)