Research Interests
The Advancing Suicide Prevention and Intervention through Research and Engagement (ASPIRE) laboratory at Florida State University aims to investigate processes involved in the development of suicidal ideation and the transition to suicidal behaviors, with the goal of making meaningful, positive changes in the lives of those at risk of suicide.

We use an experimental therapeutics approach focused on three primary objectives: 1) improve our understanding and theoretical models of suicide; 2) identify modifiable mechanisms (neurophysiological, affective, cognitive, behavioral) for suicide ideation and suicidal behaviors, and 3) develop targeted interventions that can be implemented at critical points to prevent suicidal behavior among high-risk individuals.

We are also interested in exploring the connection between social pain and suicide risk, investigating suicide risk in high-risk and understudied populations, enhancing methods for measuring, assessing, and predicting short-term suicide risk, and understanding the temporal and individual dynamics of suicide risk.