Jill Harkavy Friedman

Biography:

Jill Harkavy-Friedman, PhD is SVP of Research and leads the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s research program. She has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles and has trained clinicians around the nation. Dr. Harkavy-Friedman earned her B.A. in Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD. in Clinical Psychology at the University of Florida. She interned at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She joined Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, establishing the Adolescent Depression and Suicide Program. In 1989, she moved to Columbia University where she’s an associate professor in the department of psychiatry. She joined the staff AFSP in 2011.