Dr. Alexander Wilkins, Co-Director of DeafYES, is currently on the path to achieving independence as a clinician-scientist – to our knowledge, the first Deaf person in the nation to serve as a behavioral therapy clinical trials researcher.
A deaf-accessible version of the Question Persuade Refer (QPR) suicide prevention training – was created by the DeafYES team in partnership with the MA Department of Mental Health. This training is designed for Deaf community members and is available at https://deafyes.org/our-training/
Video: “Sign Here: How to Conduct Informed Consent with Deaf Research Participants” - is part of NIH’s “Guidelines on Communicating Informed Consent for Individuals Who are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing and Scientists”
https://www.nih.gov/health-information/nih-clinical-research-trials-you/guidelines-communicating-informed-consent-individuals-who-are-deaf-or-hard-hearing-scientists