Jill Harkavy-Friedman, PhD

Jill M. Harkavy Friedman, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, in Psychiatry at Columbia University. She is a co-principal investigator on a project of the Conte Neuroscience Center for the Study of the Neurobiology of Suicidal behavior and an investigator for the Clinical Evaluation Core of that Center. She is the Director for Diagnosis and Assessment for the Lieber Center for Research in Schizophrenia.

Dr. Harkavy Friedman is a past grant recipient from the National Institute of Mental Health and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention for the study of suicidal behavior in schizophrenia. Dr. Harkavy Friedman was involved in the development of the Diagnostic Interview for Genetic Studies, the current primary diagnostic interview for psychiatric genetic studies. Dr. Harkavy Friedman's primary focus has been on suicidal behavior among adolescents and adults as well as psychiatric diagnosis and assessment and research methodology.

Dr. Harkavy Friedman graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania and received her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Florida. She completed her clinical internship at Yale University-Yale New Haven Hospital in 1984. Dr. Harkavy Friedman is on the Scientific Advisory Council for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. She is an investigator on several NIMH funded research grants studying suicidal behavior as well as those studying schizophrenia. She has authored or co-authored over 90 articles, reviews and chapters and is a reviewer for several psychiatric journals. She is Director of Curriculum for the Columbia University Department of Psychiatry Research Fellowships and teaches the Research Methodology Course for the Psychiatric Fellowships at Columbia University. In 2003 Dr. Harkavy Friedman received the Alexander Gralnick award from the American Association for Suicidology. She is a member if the American Psychological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Psychopathological Association.