Join us for a Veteran’s Research Seminar on PTSD, TBI and Suicide

Kathleen Molitor

Kathy Molitor is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has served as a Suicide Prevention Coordinator (SPC) at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center for the last 6 years. She and two co-workers coordinate and facilitate the implementation of suicide prevention strategies through education, consultation, monitoring, and outreach activities. Suicide Prevention Coordinators function as advisors to facility leadership, program managers, and staff concerning suicide prevention strategies for individual patients, for the facility and veteran community as a whole.

Examples of clinical and administrative duties include:

• Respond to consults from the Veterans Crisis Line
• Assist veterans in connecting with VA and community resources based on their individual needs
• Review Suicide Behavior Reports and ensure appropriate follow-up care
• Monitor and discuss care of veterans determined to be at high risk for suicidal behavior with clinical providers
• Provide training to clinical and non-clinical staff
• Maintain national and local data bases
• Attend community outreach activities

Kathy has worked as a social worker at the VA for 18 years. Prior to her suicide prevention role, she worked as a medical social worker with a passion for work with HIV patients, and veterans and families facing terminal illnesses.

Dr. Harvey Levin

Dr. Levin is Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine. He is also a Research Scientist at the Michael E. De Bakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston. Dr. Levin is a partnering principal investigator (PI) with Dr. Randy Scheibel on a VA Merit Review grant concerning functional MRI in Veterans who sustained mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) which is frequently complicated by posttraumatic stress disorder. Dr. Levin is also a partnering PI with Dr. Summer Ott and Dr. Pramod Dash on an NIH grant concerning biomarkers and brain imaging in high school athletes who have been cleared to return to play following a concussion. Other relevant experience includes his DoD funded research on the chronic effects of neurotrauma mild TBI. Dr. Levin is the recipient of a Distinguished Career Award by the International Neuropsychological Society.