Comité Ejecutivo (2007 -2009)
Professor Brian Mishara
Presidente
Brian Mishara es Catedrático del Departamento de Psicología y Director del Centro para la Investigación e Intervención sobre Suicidio y Eutanasia (CRISE, en sus siglas en inglés) de la Universidad de Quebec en Montreal. Sus numerosas publicaciones en inglés y francés en las areas de suicidiología y gereontología incluyen investigaciones sobre la eficacia de los programas de prevención del suicidio, estudios sobre el desarrollo la comprensión del suicidio en la infancia, teorías sobre el desarrollo de la suicidalidad, cuestiones sobre eutanasia y "suicidio asistido" y evaluaciones sobre la eficacia de las líneas telefónicas de ayuda. Además de sus actividades universitarias, el profesor Mishara fue fundador de "Suicide Action" de Montreal, centro regional de prevención del suicidio de Montreal y de la Asociación de Suicidiología de Quebec. Fue presidente de la Asociación Canadiense para la Prevención del Suicidio y en 1994-1995 obtuvo la "Bora Laskin Canadian National Fellowship" sobre Investigación en Derechos Humanos por su trabajo sobre aspectos de los derechos humanos relativos a la implicación de médicos y familiares en el suicidio asistido y la eutanasia.
Associate Professor Heidi Hjelmeland
Vice Presidenta
Heidi Hjelmeland is a Professor of Health Science at the Department of Social Work and Health Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, as well as a Senior Researcher at the Department of Suicide Research and Prevention at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health in Oslo, Norway. She has been involved in research on suicidal behaviour since 1992 and was also the Head of one of Norway's regional resource centres for suicide research and prevention for 6 years (1997-2003). Her current research interests are on the intentional/communicative aspects of suicidal behaviour, attitudes towards suicide, gender and culture issues, as well as on theoretical and methodological developments within the field of suicidology. At present she participates in several European multicentre studies and also conducts research in some African countries (Ghana, Uganda and South Africa) as well as in India in collaboration with local researchers.
Professor Kees van Heeringen
Vice Presidente
Kees van Heeringen realizó su formación en medicina y psiquiatría en la Universidad de Gent, en Bélgica. Actualment es jefe del Departamento de Psiquiatría del Hospital Universitario de Gent, ocupa la cátedra de la División de Psiquiatría y Psicología Médica de la Universidad de Gent y es el director de la Unidad de Investigación sobre Suicidio en la misma universidad. Ha publicado numerosos artículos científicos y ha editado seis libros sobre conducta suicida. Es miembro del comité editorial y comité consultor de varias revistas científicas. Kees van Heeringen es miembro de la Academia Internaciona para la Inverstigación sobre Suicidio y actúa como representante nacional para la Organización Mundial de la Salud.
Dr Thomas Bronisch
Tesorero
Thomas Bronisch realizó su formación como psiquiatra en el Hospital Psiquiátrico Harr de Múnich y en la clícnica neurológica del mismo hospital. Cuenta así mismo con una formación en terapia comportamental y en psicoanálisis y fue también psiquiatra en formación en el Instituto Max-Planck de Múnich. Brosnisch ha sido también becario en la Fundación Max-Kade de Nueva York, en la Universidad de Cornell y en la división Westchester del Hospital de Nueva York. Ha sido además director de la clínica externa del departamento de psiquiatría dels Instituto Max-Planck de Múnich y profesor asociado de psiquiatría en la Universidad Ludwig-Maximilians, también en Múnich. Actualmente ocupa el cargo de director de la unidad abierta de psiquiatría del Instituto Max-Planck de Múnich. Sus principales campos de investigación son : suicidio, transtorno de la personalidad y transtorno afectivo, epidemiología, psicopatología, tratamiento y seguimiento, terapia y neurobiología. Ha publicado más de 220 artículos científicos y 8 libros.
Assoc. Professor Annette Beautrais
Secretario General
Annette Beautrais is Principal Investigator with the Canterbury Suicide Project at the Christchurch School of Medicine & Health Sciences. In this role she has conducted research on various aspects of suicidal behaviour since 1991. She has written a number of research papers and reviews about suicide, and has contributed to the development of a range of guidelines for professional groups about identifying, treating and managing people with suicidal behaviour. She works collaboratively with a number of international suicide research and prevention centres, is a member of the editorial boards of suicide journals and reviewer for a number of other journals. She is Co-Editor-In-Chief of CRISIS, the journal of the International Association for Suicide Prevention.
Dr. Murad Khan
Director, Consejo de Representantes Nacionales
Murad Khan is Professor & Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. He completed his medical training from University of Karachi and higher psychiatric training in General Adult & Old Age Psychiatry at Maudsley and Kings College Hospital, London, UK. He has over 25 years of experience in teaching, research and clinical psychiatry. He is the Principal investigator of Karachi Suicide Study, a collaborative study with the Institute of Psychiatry, London. He is a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR), Chair of Council of National Representatives and Board Member of the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP). He has published extensively on suicide and attempted suicide in Pakistan and is on the editorial board of a number of national and international journals. His research interests include mental health of women and elderly, psychosomatic medicine and bioethics.
Dr. Jerry Reed
Presidente, Consejo de Representantes de organización
Jerry Reed, PhD, MSW serves as Executive Director of the Suicide Prevention Action Network USA (SPAN USA). Prior to assuming this position on July 1, 2003, Jerry served as an independent consultant working on health care, mental health, geriatric and suicide prevention issues. He most recently worked on a variety of initiatives in support of the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Strategy and also served as project liaison with the three-year national Hotline Linkage and Evaluation Project (HELP) and the national Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC). He received a Master of Social Work degree with an emphasis in Aging Administration from the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1982. He spent 15 years as a career civil servant working in both Europe and the United States as a civilian with the Department of the Army developing, implementing and managing a variety of quality of life programs including substance abuse prevention and treatment, family advocacy, child and youth development programs, social services and the range of morale, welfare and recreation programs. Selected as a Congressional Fellow in 1996, he worked in the Office of Senator Harry Reid (Nevada) serving as senior advisor on health care, mental health, suicide prevention and aging issues. Upon completion of the fellowship he accepted a full time position with the U.S. Senate and completed his assignment in 1999 as Deputy Chief of Staff for Senator Reid. Jerry received his Ph.D. in Health Related Sciences with an emphasis in Gerontology at the Virginia Commonwealth University in December 2007. His research interests are crude suicide rate variation and suicide and mental health issues on behalf of older adults.
