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Dr. Kim Van Orden

@kimvo.bsky.social
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Geropsychologist, suicide prevention scientist, I study behavioral interventions to reduce social isolation & loneliness. Also I love cats.

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 26/05/2025
🚨 URGENT RESPONSE CALL 🚨 Trump’s Fool’s Gold Science EO is a dangerous sham. It gives his appointees the power to dismiss entire bodies of research and punish researchers who fail to fall in line with his agenda. We’ve launched an open letter. SIGN & SHARE NOW: actionnetwork.org/petitions/op...
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Sign The Open Letter to Stand Up For Science Now!
Science is under siege. Trump’s latest Executive Order calls for politically appointed science commissars to evaluate research. Join us in adding your name to our open letter condemning Trump’s escala...
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Dr. Kim Van Orden @kimvo.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Amidst global collective stress, I'm grateful to spend time discussing suicide prevention with my fellows. And to share this publication. I told our fellows, with our suicide prevention science, we are doing the work of healing the world. nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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NYAS Publications
This study describes characteristics of suicide risk among community-dwelling older adults with clinically significant loneliness. Two hundred ninety-one adults aged 60 years and older completed asse...
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Rory O’Connor @roryoc.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Please share! 🆕 Fully funded PhD scholarship by Scottish charity Men Matter Scotland Social inequality and male suicide: Risk factors & interventions Supervised by Dr Susie Bennett & myself Closing: 11th June 2025, autumn 2025 start. Open to UK students only. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Dr. Kim Van Orden @kimvo.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Hands off my science.
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Jonah Meyerhoff, PhD @jonahjmeyerhoff.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I don't have the words to even begin to talk about all that is happening in the world & I feel a little weird sharing new work atm. But, we have a brand new paper that I think shares useful insights about designing self-guided digital suicide prevention interventions. This work is a labor of love.
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Automated Digital Safety Planning Interventions for Young Adults: Qualitative Study Using Online Co-design Methods
Background: Young adults in the United States are experiencing accelerating rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors but have the lowest rates of formal mental health care. Digital suicide prevention ...
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Dr. Kim Van Orden @kimvo.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
Sharing this beautiful conversation between two of my amazing colleagues at UR in suicide prevention—Arielle Sheftall and Tony Pisani. safesideprevention.com/podcast/epis...
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When Your Work Finds You: Dr. Arielle Sheftall on Child Suicide…
In this episode of Never the Same, Dr. Tony Pisani speaks with Dr. Arielle Sheftall who didn't initially set out to study this sector but was drawn to the…
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Dr. Kim Van Orden @kimvo.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
It’s not a fun time to be an NIH-funded researcher right now so I’m looking for small motivators. Being about to cite this paper in my promotion materials stating I’m influential in the field is very cool. www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
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Frontiers | Bibliometric and visual analysis of suicide in aged people over the past 20 years
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Dr. Kim Van Orden @kimvo.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Social connection and suicide prevention are more important than ever in this challenging world and time. Check out my colleague Dr. Arielle Sheftall’s presentation at the NIH in Dec. m.youtube.com/watch?v=5gDW...
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Director's Innovation Speaker Series: Youth Suicidal Behaviors: Where Do We Go From Here
YouTube video by National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
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Dr. Kim Van Orden @kimvo.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Great resource for suicide researchers new to Bluesky! Thanks Sean!
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Dr. Kim Van Orden @kimvo.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Today was hard. Sending support to all my fellow scientists out there. We won’t give up. #sciencesaveslives
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