Valarie Burke (Graduate College) and Annie Weisman (Medicine) recently presented at the 2022 NASPA Annual Conference.  

In the interactive session — titled Best Practices in Crisis/Suicide Prevention: Perspectives from Graduate, Law, Medical, and Post-Graduate Programs — presenters introduced Early Alert, a theoretically grounded, data-driven approach to crisis/suicide prevention, which includes weekly check-ins with every student and a real-time wellness dashboard highlighting emerging student concerns. Participants discussed case studies of Early Alert implementation in graduate, law, medical, and post-graduate programs, serving 6,000 students across five institutions. 

Other presenters included:

Allison Harlow, Creighton University School of Medicine

Chalak Richards, Pepperdine University Caruso School of Law

Eran Magen, Circles of Support