CAPES Annual Retreat 2025
Date Posted: Tuesday, May 20, 2025May 20 & 21, 2025
The theme for this year's retreat is Harnessing AI for Suicide Prevention: Innovations and Future Directions. Join us for a two-day event filled with presentations relating to suicide prevention research. This year we place an emphasis on the use of AI in suicide prevention and suicide prevention research, showcasing recent advancements in the technology. Speakers include CAPES center director, Edwin Boudreaux, PhD, along with Camille Nebeker, EdD, MS; Feifan Liu, PhD; Katherine Dixon-Gordon, PhD; Martha Zimmermann, PhD; Rachel Davis-Martin, PhD; Adrian Zai, MD, PhD, MPH; Qiming Shi; and Emmanuel Agu, PhD.
Event Details
Day 1
GenAI in Research: Promise, Peril, and Practice in Suicide Prevention
Presenter: Camille Nebeker, EdD, MS
Pilot Project Presentations
Pilot project presentations, including updates on progress, barriers, and solutions. Aims
and ideas for future work (feedback for grant submissions)
Presenters:
- Feifan Liu, PhD
- Katherine Dixon-Gordon, PhD
- Martha Zimmermann, PhD
- Rachel Davis-Martin, PhD
VIEW DR. DIXON-GORDON'S SLIDES
VIEW DR. DAVIS-MARTIN'S SLIDES
Day 2
Executive Summary
Presenter: Edwin Boudreaux, PhD
General Session — Everyday AI: Using ChatGPT and Other LLM Tools to Support
Scientific Writing and Grant Development
Presenter: Adrian Zai, MD, PhD, MPH
Breakout Sessions
- Session 1: Accelerated ML Transfer. Presenters: Edwin Boudreaux, PhD., Feifan Liu, PhD
- Session 2: Refining Your Specific Aims with AI: Co-Creating A GPT Reviewer. Presenter: Adrian Zai, MD, PhD, MPH., and Qiming Shi
- Session 3: Best Machine Learning Practices for Implementing Suicide Risk Prediction Models (SRPMs): A review of the literature. Presenter: Emmanuel Agu, PhD
Breakout Reporting and Retreat Conclusion
Videos coming soon.
