Rob Bossarte
Dr. Bossarte holds concurrent appointments as Chief for Epidemiology and Health Services Research at the Center of Excellence (CoE) at the Veteran’s Administration Medical Center at Canandaigua (Suicide Prevention) and Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide (CSPS) at the University of Rochester. He received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame and completed post-doctoral training as an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta; where he worked with the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. His current work aims to broaden our understanding of the etiology of violent and suicidal behaviors with an emphasis on the identification of new and emerging social and behavioral correlates and community indicators of risk. Dr. Bossarte has published extensively in the areas of suicide, violence, and overlap the between mental and physical health. His recent and currently active research is focused on developmental trajectories of violent and suicidal behaviors, substance abuse, the assessment of innovative prevention strategies.