Dr Jacinta Hawgood, BSSc, BPsy(Hons), MClinPsy, PhD, MAPS, MICDA.
Jacinta Hawgood is Associate Professor and Program Director of Suicidology at the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP), Griffith University, where she has worked since 2000. She is a recognised national and international expert in suicide prevention and education, and her clinical work in suicidology and clinical psychology spans 27 years, operating a casual practice inclusive of client work, supervision and consultancy since 1999.
Jacinta is the lead author of Systematic Tailored Assessment for Responding to Suicidality protocol (STARS-p) (Hawgood & De Leo, 2015; 2018; 2024), and associated STARS-p training. Her primary research expertise is focused on psychosocial needs-based assessment and application, which developed over time including through her clinical work in suicide prevention, and her PhD where she tested and evaluated the feasibility and application of STARS protocol and related training concerning workforce and lived experience perceptions of these two related elements. Jacinta is also a non-executive board director of MATES in Construction (Qld/NT) and National MATES Inc. and national academic reference group member of National MATES, advisory expert member for Queensland Mental Health Commission Stigma Project Advisory Group, Queensland Centre for Mental Health Learning Suicide Assessment Training, to mention a few. She is also past board director of Suicide Prevention Australia (2015-2021). Jacinta has a reviewing role for peer-reviewed journals in this domain, is and has been guest editor for several mental health and suicide prevention journals, and has presented research findings at a range of state, national and international conferences, has co-authored and edited a book, book chapters, and published numerous peer-reviewed articles and government reports in the field.