sneha suicide update

🎉 Celebrating 40 Years of SNEHA

SNEHA Suicide Update 2026

SNEHA Suicide Update 2026

Faculty

Prof. John Mann

Paul Janssen Professor of Translational Neuroscience in Psychiatry and Radiology Director, Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, Dept. of Psychiatry Co-Director, Columbia Center for Prevention and Treatment of Depression Columbia University / New York State Psychiatric Institute

Prof. Maria Oquendo

Chair, Department of Psychiatry Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Prof. Vikram Patel

Paul Farmer Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health and Social Medicine Harvard Medical School Co-Founder, Sangath

Prof. Jo Robinson

Head, Suicide Prevention Research, Orygen Centre for Youth Mental Health Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne

Prof. Gustavo Turecki

Chair, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University Scientific Director, Douglas Institute Psychiatrist-in-Chief, CIUSSS ODIM

Prof. Annette Erlangsen

Head of Program, Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention Associate Professor

Prof. Merete Nordentoft

Chief Psychiatrist, Psychiatric Center Copenhagen Professor, University of Copenhagen

Prof. Helen Herrman

Professor Emerita of Psychiatry Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne

Prof. Vanda Scott OBE

Special Invitee, International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)

Prof. Paul Yip

Director, HKJC Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention Chair Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration
Associate Dean (Knowledge Exchange & Development), Faculty of Social Sciences The University of Hong Kong

Prof. Yogesh Dwivedi

Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry Elesabeth Ridgely Shook Endowed Chair for Psychiatric Research Vice-Chair, Faculty Development / Faculty Affairs Co-Director, UAB Depression and Suicide Center Director, Alabama Brain Collection Director, Translational Research, UAB Mood Disorders Program Co-Director, NIMH T32 Program University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)

Prof. Greg Armstrong

Head, Global & Cultural Mental Health Unit Dame Kate Campbell Fellow & NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellow Centre for Mental Health & Community Wellbeing Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Prof. Dinesh Bhugra

Professor of Mental Health & Cultural Diversity Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London

Prof. Jane Pirkis

Director and Professor, Centre for Mental Health Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Prof. Gil Zalsman

Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Tel Aviv University Director, Geha Mental Health Center Chair, National Council for Suicide Prevention, Israel Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University

Prof. Thomas Niederkrotenthaler

Professor, Public Mental Health Unit University of Vienna Editor-in-Chief, Crisis

Prof. Chan Lai Fong

Professor and Senior Consultant Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz
National University of Malaysia (UKM)
Fellow in Mood & Anxiety Disorders (University of Toronto)

Wendy Orchard

Chief Executive Officer
International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP)

Prof. Diego De Leo

President, Italian Psychogeriatric Association Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Griffith University Director, Slovene Centre for Suicide Research Professor of Biopsychology, Primorska University, Slovenia
President, De Leo Fund

Prof. Keith Hawton

Emeritus Director and Professor of Psychiatry Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford

Prof. Morton Silverman

Senior Advisor, Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) Senior Medical Advisor, The Jed Foundation

Prof. Brian Mishara

Director and Founder, Centre for Research and Intervention on Suicide, Ethical Issues and End-of-Life Practices (CRISE) Professor of Psychology, University of Quebec à Montréal

Prof. Rory O’Connor

Professor of Health Psychology Director, Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory School of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow

Prof. Ann John

Swansea University Medical School National Centre for Suicide Prevention and Self-Harm Research