Suicide prevention is topic of UAB community talk

The biological perspective of suicide will be the focus of the latest UAB Science, Communication and Innovation talks.

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The University of Alabama at Birmingham Research Civitan Club will host a lecture on the biological perspective of suicide, as part of its ongoing Science, Communication and Innovation talks. Yogesh Dwivedi, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Psychiatry, will give the lecture at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 24.

Dwivedi, who is also the director of translational research in the UAB Mood Disorder Program, will discuss applying basic science research to diagnosis and treatment of those with suicidal thoughts. The lecture is co-sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

The talk, which is free and open to the public, will be at the Civitan International Research Center at the corner of Sixth Avenue and 18th Street. Parking is available at the Spain Rehabilitation Center on Sixth Avenue.