Senior Associate Scientist
NIMH
Bethesda, Maryland
Lisa Horowitz is a Pediatric Psychologist and a Senior Associate Scientist at the National Institute of Mental Health at NIH. Dr. Horowitz received her doctorate in clinical psychology from George Washington University, completed a Pediatric Health Service Research Fellowship at Harvard Medical School, and obtained a Masters in Public Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. The major focus of Dr. Horowitz’s research has been in the area of suicide prevention in healthcare settings that involves validating and implementing tools for clinicians, such as the Ask Suicide-Screening Questions (ASQ) tool. She is also one of the coauthors of the Blueprint for Youth Suicide Prevention, released by the American Academy of Pediatrics in March of 2022. Dr. Horowitz is collaborating with hospitals, and outpatient clinics both nationally and globally, assisting with implementation of suicide risk screening and management of patients who screen positive using the ASQ Toolkit and Suicide Risk Clinical Pathways. Dr. Horowitz feels incredibly fortunate to be partnering with the Indian Health Service to help IHS embed suicide prevention in medical settings in a feasible
and patient-centered manner.
B8 - Suicide Risk Screening: A Difficult Conversation With Lifesaving Potential
Monday, April 27, 2026
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM MDT