Dorian Lamis

Director of Education Core and Certificate Program

 Dorian Lamis, PhD, ABPP, is a Board Certified Licensed Clinical
Psychologist and an Associate Professor in the Department of
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of Medicine. He provides direct clinical and administrative services in the Grady Memorial Hospital Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic with patients diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) and/or are at-risk for suicide. Dr. Lamis' research focuses on mood disorders, substance use, and suicidal behaviors in a variety of populations, including adolescents and he has published over 150 peer reviewed articles and book chapters on these topics. In addition, Dr. Lamis is the senior editor of two books on suicide entitled Understanding and Preventing College Student Suicide (2011) and Advancing the Science of Suicidal Behavior: Understanding and Intervention (2015). His current H-index is 31 and he regularly publishes papers in top tier journals, while also serving on several editorial boards, including Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, Journal of Family Psychology, and the Journal of Affective Disorders. Dr. Lamis routinely works clinically with patients with SMI and are at-risk for suicide and/or other self-harm behaviors. He provides direct clinical and administrative services at the Grady Memorial Hospital Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic, as well as supervises psychology practicum students, interns, and postdoctoral fellows; medical students; and residents.

Priority projects include examining the roles of biological (genetic, epigenetic) and environmental risk (e.g., adverse childhood experiences) and protective (e.g., spiritual well-being) factors for suicide among African Americans, particularly those who have beendiagnosed with bipolar disorder. He also is the PI on a CDC funded project examining ACEs and suicidal behaviors in African American women. Moreover, Dr. Lamis is co-investigator and evaluator on a grant funded by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Administration that addresses youth suicide through training, outreach, and the implementation of evidence-based practices in three rural counties in Georgia. Overall, the goal of his research is to advance our understanding of the assessment and treatment of suicide, with a focus on underserved populations.

Selected Career Milestones 

• Editor, Understanding and Preventing College Student Suicide (2011)
• Editor, Advancing the Science of Suicidal Behavior: Understanding and
• Intervention (2015).
• Established and direct the Bipolar Clinic and Research Program at the
• Grady Hospital Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic (2016)
• Visiting Professor, Sapienza University in Rome, Italy (2017, 2021)
• Visiting Professor, Shanghai University, China (2019)
• Co-chair of the DBHDD Georgia Suicide Prevention Workgroup to develop
• the 2020-2025 Georgia Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan (2020)
• Fellow, American Psychological Association, Division 12 (2021)
• Albert E. Levy Award for Scientific Research, Emory University (2021)

Education

BS, University of Georgia

MA, East Tennessee State University

PhD, University of South Carolina