Jamie Zelazny

Jamie Zelazny, PhD, MPH, RN, is an Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing and Department of Psychiatry. With over 35 years of psychiatric nursing experience, her research leverages technology to predict and manage suicidal thoughts and behaviors in youth, focusing on social media analysis, mobile sensing, and suicide risk prediction algorithms.

• Key Research Areas: Youth suicide prevention, bioethics in technology-driven research, clinical implementation of suicide risk tools.
• Grants: Principal Investigator for NIMH R21 and R34 grants, including the GET ActivE behavioral activation app study.
• Service: Vice Chair at the University of Pittsburgh Institutional Review Board; extensive outreach through AFSP and APA partnerships.