The International Association for Correctional and Forensic Psychology (IACFP) wrote a feature on Dr. Cramer and colleagues’ 2022 article on self-directed violence in correctional settings in Psychological Services. Their article presents a public health solution to SDV in correctional settings, namely the Core Competency Model for Corrections (CCM for Corrections), an educational program for correctional mental health providers. Click here to read the IACFP article.

Dr. Alexander was invited to the 2023 National Sexual Assault Conference by ValorUS. She delivered a session entitled Culturally Responsive Care as Social Justice Practice and delivered one of the closing plenaries. Here is an article highlighting conference takeaways, including Dr. Alexander’s plenary. Check out her plenary here.

Dr. Cramer served as a visiting scholar for the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention at Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia). He provided two colloquia (Griffith University and University of Melbourne) focused on suicide prevention training for mental health providers and military suicide prevention. This visit will kick off a multi-country collaboration focused on developing suicide prevention competency-based measures and training.

The UNC Charlotte Division of Research announced bold new investments in 14 centers and pilot centers from proposals to the Ignite Centers call. The UNC Charlotte Violence Prevention Center (VPC) was one of the 14 selected to receive funding and institutional support.