Tom Delaney, PhD
Associate Professor
UVM Larner College of Medicine
Bio:
Tom Delaney is based in the Vermont Child Health Improvement Program in the Department of Pediatrics at the UVM Larner College of Medicine.
He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Denver, where he did research on adolescent development and the brain. He has been involved with research and program evaluation in the area of suicide prevention since 2009 and teaches in the areas of statistics, mental health, and public health at UVM.
Programs:
Pre-Symposium Webinar • Promoting Resilience and Fighting Loneliness: Building Men’s Sheds in Vermont
Facilitator Tom Delaney, PhD Associate Professor UVM Larner College of Medicine Description “Promoting Resilience and Fighting Loneliness: Building Men’s Sheds in Vermont.” Older people who identify as male are at higher risk for adverse health and mental health outcomes. In Vermont, these risks are mainly related to social isolation experienced
Pre-Symposium- Suicide Deaths in Vermont, The Intersection of Mental Health Challenges, Lethal Means, and Biological Sex
This presentation will focus on the interaction of key factors seen in people who died by suicide, including the person’s history of mental health challenges, the lethal means used for suicide, and their biological sex.
Intentional self-poisoning in young people- Prevention, identification, treatment and referral in primary care and other settings
Presented by: Tom Delaney, PhD, Logan Hegg, PsyD, and Rachael Comeau, Ed.D Rates of intentional self-poisoning, a common form of self-harm in young people, have increased substantially in recent years in Vermont and nationally. In Vermont, between late 2020 and early 2021 the incidence of intentional self-poisoning has increased even more rapidly,