Veteran Suicide Prevention: How CDC and the Lab at OPM collaborated to give veterans a voice

In the second episode, our host, Priyanka Vora sat down with experts at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Lab at OPM (The United States Office of Personnel Management) who applied human-centered design to better understand Veterans’ perspectives on how to prevent suicide as they transition out of military service. Here’s who we interviewed in the order they appear on the show: Commander Shannon (‘Kinzie) Lee, Lead for Strategic Partnerships at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control’s Office of Policy and Partnerships. Leah Chan, Public Health Advisor on the Strategic Partnerships Team in the Office of Policy and Partnerships at CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Ben Winter, Service designer and strategist at the Lab at OPM (The United States Office of Personnel Management) If you are having thoughts of suicide, confidential help is available for free. You can find a list of international resources at speakingofsuicide.com/resources ********* Credits: Production, host: Priyanka Vora; Conception: Anne-Laure Fayard; Sound design, music & post-production: Blake Rook ********* Acknowledgment: Thank you to our sponsor, NYU Tandon’s Department of Technology Management and Innovation.