The International Academy of Suicide Research works globally to promote the highest quality suicide research
The International Academy for Suicide Research is an organization that promotes high standards of research and scholarship in the field of suicidal behaviour by fostering communication and co-operation among scholars engaged in such research.
The Academy’s official publication is the Archives of Suicide Research. This is a peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis.
The Academy holds annual scientific and business meetings. These have been held in conjunction with conferences such as the International Association for Suicide Prevention, the European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour, and the American Association of Suicidology.
New qualified members are welcome. Please go to our membership page for more information on joining the IASR.
IASR Board Members
President: Prof. Holly Wilcox
Dr. Holly Wilcox is a Professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She holds joint appointments in the Department of Health Policy and Management, as well as the Johns Hopkins Schools of Medicine and Education. Holly’s research centers on advancing public health approaches to suicide prevention, encompassing policies, early intervention, and chain of care approaches. Holly is the President of the International Academy of Suicide Research (IASR), a member of the Scientific Council and Board of Directors of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), …. read more
President Elect: Diana E. Clarke, Ph.D.
Dr. Clarke is a psychiatric epidemiologist and research statistician as well as the Director of Research at the American Psychiatric Association and an adjunct faculty in the Department of Mental Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She is the president-elect of the International Academy of Suicide Research, a certified mental health counselor and a founding member of the Friends of NIMH, an advocacy group for ongoing research funding for NIMH, including research on diversity, disparities, and suicide. Dr. Clarke brings her clinical, research, public health and advocacy background to the area of suicide prevention and research…. read more
Past-past-President: Prof. Gil Zalsman
Prof. Zalsman graduated from the Hebrew University and Hadassah Medical School in Jerusalem, Israel. He completed his psychiatry residency at the Geha MHC and Tel Aviv University and the Child Psychiatry residency at Geha and then at Yale Child Study Center in Yale University, USA. He completed a two-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship with Prof. J John Mann, in the Division of Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, USA, where he holds an ongoing position as an Adjunct Research Scientist… read more
Secretary: Prof. Anat Brunstein Klomek
Dr. Anat Brunstein Klomek a licensed clinical psychologist and supervisor in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT). she has been involved in the field of suicidality since 1999, when she started working on her PhD at Bar Ilan University in Israel focused on the relationships between adolescents at risk and each one of their parents. She then completed a post-doctoral fellowship and was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) in New York. At CUMC she was part of TASA-Treatment Adolescent Suicide Attempters study and was certified as an IPT-A expert… read more
Treasurer: Vladimir Carli, M.D., PhD
Dr. Vladimir Carli is a psychiatrist by background, and since the time of his residency, he has worked extensively in suicide prevention. Currently, he holds the position of Head of one of the Research Units at the National Centre of Suicide Prevention (NASP) at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. At NASP, Dr. Carli is dedicated to the development and evaluation of public health methods for suicide prevention. In addition, he provides comprehensive training in suicide prevention for various stakeholders, including first responders, healthcare personnel, medical students, media professionals, and the general public. Dr. Carli also oversees multiple research projects in the fields of e-health and mental health promotion… read more
Member-at-large: Prof. Olivia Kirtley
Professor Kirtley completed her BSc in Psychology at the University of Stirling in 2011, and graduated with her PhD in Psychological Medicine from the Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory at the University of Glasgow in 2016. She went on to hold postdoctoral positions at the University of Glasgow, University of Ghent, and KU Leuven, before being appointed as a tenure-track Assistant Research Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Contextual Psychiatry at KU Leuven in Belgium in 2023. Professor Kirtley is Associate Editor of Archives of Suicide Research, an Open Science Advisor and Consulting Editor at Clinical Psychological Science, and an editorial board member for Crisis, and Infant and Child Development. Her current research … read more
Archives of Suicide Research Co-Editor: Prof. Rory O’Connor
Professor Rory O’Connor leads the Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory at Glasgow, the leading suicide and self-harm research group in Scotland. The overarching aim of the research conducted within the group is to apply theoretical models derived from different areas of psychology (i.e., health, clinical, cognitive and social) as well as from the social and biomedical sciences more broadly to enhance our understanding of the aetiology and course of wellbeing and distress. Professor O’Connor is also particularly interested in the application of self-regulatory models across a range of physical (e.g., cardiac disease, multiple sclerosis) and mental health problems.
Professor O’Connor is Head of Mental Health and Wellbeing Research Group.
Visit the group website to learn more: http://www.suicideresearch.info/
Past Presidents of IASR
- Dr. Barbara Stanley
- Dr. Gil Zalsman
- Dr. Lars Mehlum
- Dr. Maria Oquendo
- Dr. Rory O’Connor
- Dr. Gustavo Turecki
- Dr. David Shaffer
- Dr. Jouko Lonnqvist
- Dr. Danuta Wasserman
- Dr. John Mann
- Dr. Bob Goldney
- Dr. Armin Schmidtke
- Dr. Diego De Leo
- Dr. René FW Diekstra
IASR constitution
View the IASR Constitution (PDF)