Faculty Directory

Carolina Vélez-Grau

Assistant Professor

Selected Publications

Vélez-Grau, C., & Lindsey, M. A. (2022). Do connectedness and self-esteem play a role in the transition to future suicide attempts among Latina and Latino youth with suicide ideation? Children and Youth Services Review.Ìý

Vélez-Grau, C. Romanelli, M., Lindsey, M.A. (2022). Adolescent suicide attempts in the United States: When suicidal thoughts and suicide capability interact. Suicide & Life-Threatening Behaviors.Ìý

Selected Grants

2020-2022: Principal Investigator. Understanding interpersonal factors, mechanisms of engagement in treatment and suicidal ideation among Black and Latinx youth with and without depression. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Diversity supplement. (Co-PIs: Lindsey, Mufson; $91,532)

2019-2022: Postdoctoral Fellow. Engaging Black Youth in Depression and Suicide Prevention Treatment within Urban Schools: A Preliminary Study. (PI: Lindsey, Co-I: Mufson; $695,526

2020-2021: Principal Investigator. Exploring the meaning that Latinx and Black adolescents ascribe to social connectedness and burdensomeness: A qualitative Study. Dean’s Upstream Seed Funds, NYU Silver School of Social Work. ($15,000)