Healthcare Advisory Group

The Healthcare Advisory Group launched in 2025 to develop consensus definitions for best practices in suicide care (including Zero Suicide) to support ongoing research, clinical training, policy, and evaluation efforts; contribute to the development of core metrics and progress indicators; and support a payor sub-group to improve financing. 

Leads:

Private Sector: Karen Johnson, MS, Senior Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer, Behavioral Health Division, Universal Health Services, Inc.

Public Sector: Tamara Campbell, MD, PsyD, DFAPA, Executive Director, VHA Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention 

Members:

• Adam Chu, MPH, Assistant Director, Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)
• Mark Friedlander, MD, MBA, CMO, BH Division, Universal Health Services, Inc.
• Heather Gaylord, MS, LCMHC, CCISM, Director Health Care Initiatives, Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)