The mission of SPRINT is to serve as a national resource that accelerates VA suicide prevention research to improve care and prevent Veteran suicide. SPRINT supports VA as a Learning Health System by collecting and disseminating up-to-date information about active projects, state of the evidence, sources of data, and partner priorities to facilitate synergies and reduce duplications of effort; supports a collaborative network of researchers and partners dedicated to advancing high-quality, high-impact suicide prevention research; works with VA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) including the Suicide Prevention Actively Managed Portfolio (SP AMP) and other partners and stakeholders to promote a focused suicide prevention research agenda; collaborates with ORD and partners to facilitate innovative research that addresses high priority areas; and seeks to develop common data infrastructure and leverage shared knowledge to facilitate translation and implementation of suicide prevention research findings into policy and practice.

For VA Internal Users

Visit the SPRINT SharePoint by pasting this link into your browser (VA network access required): https://dvagov.sharepoint.com/:u:/r/sites/vhaord/VA-SPRINT/

Veteran Engagement Council (VEC)

The VEC was informs VA suicide prevention research efforts, and many VEC members have lived experience related to suicide. Veterans in this group represent multiple branches of the military and are diverse in terms of military rank and the state in which they live.

To connect with VEC, please reach out danielle.orobitg@va.gov. 

Suicide Prevention Trials Database (SPTD)

The SPTD is a publicly available database of study-level data from published suicide prevention trials in adults.

Contact SPRINT

SuicidePreventionRes@va.gov