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CURRICULUM VITAE OF THOMAS NIEDERKROTENTHALERSEPTEMBER 2019
MAIN RESEARCH AREAS AND SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS
suicide prevention research; media & suicide; protective media potentials on suicideand suicidality; Werther and Papageno effects; suicide epidemiology; labour marketmarginalization and suicidal behaviour; migration & suicide; mental health services.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
POSTGRADUATE GENERAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, Executive Academy, Vienna Univer-2015–2016
sity of Economics and Business (accredited by EQUIS, AMBA and FIBAA).HABILITATION (professorial dissertation, teaching qualification) for Public Health, Med-April 2013
ical Univerity of Vienna. Dissertation title: Public Health Perspectives on Suicide RiskFactors and Prevention Strategies.DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PH.D.) Graduation with distinction. Track: Mental Health andSeptember 2009
BehaviouralMedicine (full-time, 4 years). Title of thesis: Suicide Prevention by Collab-oration with the Mass Media. Medical University of Vienna (Austria), Center for PublicHealth, Institute for Medical Psychology. Supervisor: Gernot Sonneck.MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES (M.M.SC.) Graduation with distinction. Track:June 2009
Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention (full-time, 2 years). Title of thesis:Parental Risk Factors of Suicide and Attempted Suicide. Karolinska Institutet (Stock-holm, Sweden), National Center for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP).DOCTOR OF MEDICINE (M.D.) Special qualification: Crisis intervention and suicide pre-September 2005
vention. Medical University of Vienna (Austria).
POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR FOR PUBLIC HEALTH, Medical University of Vienna (Austria), Cen-since September 2013
ter for Public Health, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine.HEAD OF UNIT SUICIDE RESEARCH & MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION, Medical University ofsince January 2014
Vienna, Center for Public Health.EPIDEMIC INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OFFICER (full-time contractor), United States Govern-July 2011–Nov. 2012
ment, Department of Health andHuman Services, Centers for Disease Control and Pre-vention (CDC), National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC), Division forInjury Response & Division for Violence Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.ASSISTENZPROFESSOR MIT QUALIFIZIERUNGSVEREINBARUNG [Assistant Professor withOct. 2010–Aug. 2013
qualification agreement], Medical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health.UNIVERSITÄTSASSISTENT [Post-doc], Medical University of Vienna, Center for PublicJune 2009–Sept. 2010
Health, Department of General Practice and Family Medicine.GUEST RESEARCHER (full-time), Medical University of Vienna, Center for Public Health,June 2006–May 2009
Institute for Medical Psychology.
SELECTED OTHER EXPERIENCES
Treasurer and Executive CommitteeMember, International Association for Suicide Pre-2017–present
vention (IASP).Chair of the Working Group for Research on Suicidal Behaviour, German Association2017–present
for Suicide Prevention (DGS).Co-chair of the Council of National Representatives to the International Association2015-2017
for Suicide Prevention (IASP).Associated Researcher, Karolinska Institutet, Division of Clinical Neuroscience. http:2014–present
//ki.se/en/people/thonieCo-chair, Media & Suicide Task Force, International Association for Suicide Preven-2010–present
tion. Responsible for enhancing international cooperation in the topic area of suicideand media and for the coordination of symposia/workshop proposals to ESSSB and
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IASP conferences. Detailed activity report available at http://iasp.info/suicide_and_the_media.php.Academic service: Conflict counselor for personnel of the Medical University of Vi-2014–present
enna. Responsible for provision of counseling/mediation related to conflict situationsat work. Member of the working group Conflict culture at the Medical University ofVienna.
MOST IMPORTANT PUBLICATIONS
Niederkrotenthaler T, Stack S, Till B, Sinyor M, Pirkis J, Garcia D, Rockett IRH, Tran U.1
Suicides in the United States after the Release of 13 ReasonsWhy: Time series analysis.JAMA Psychiatry (in press). DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2019.0922.
Till B, Tran U, Voracek M, Niederkrotenthaler T. Papageno vs. Werther Effect On-2
line: Randomized Controlled Trial of Beneficial and Harmful Impacts of EducativeSuicide Prevention Websites. British Journal of Psychiatry. 2017;211(2):109-115. .DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152827.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Gould M, Sonneck G, Stack S, Till B. Predictors of psychological3
improvement on non-professional suicide message boards: content analysis. Psycho-logical Medicine. 2016;46(16): 3429–3442. DOI: 10.1017/S003329171600221X.
Till B, Strauss M, Sonneck G, Niederkrotenthaler T. Determining the Effects of Films4
with Suicidal Content: A Laboratory Experiment. British Journal of Psychiatry.2015;207(1): 72–78. DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152827.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Arendt F, Till B. Predicting Intentions to Read Suicide Awareness5
Stories: The Role of Depression and Characteristics of the Suicidal Role Model. Crisis.2015;36(6): 399–406. DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000344.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Reidenberg DJ, Till B, Gould M. Increasing help-seeking and re-6
ferrals for individuals at risk for suicide by decreasing stigma–The role of mass media.American Journal of PreventiveMedicine. 2014;47: S235–43. DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2014.06.010.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Tinghög P, Alexanderson K, Dahlin M, Wang M, Beckman K,7
Gould M, Mittendorfer-Rutz E. Future risk of labour market marginalization in youngsuicide attempters—a population-based prospective cohort study. International Jour-nal of Epidemiology. 2014;43(5): 1520–30. DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu155.
Till B, Niederkrotenthaler T. Surfing for suicide methods and help: Content analysis of8
websites retrieved with search engines in Austria and in the United States. Journal ofClinical Psychiatry. 2014;75: 886–92. DOI: 10.4088/JCP.13m08861.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Voracek M, Herberth A, Till B, Strauss M, Etzersdorfer E, Eisen-9
wort B, Sonneck G. Role of media reports in completed and prevented suicide–Werther v. Papageno effects. British Journal of Psychiatry. 2010;197: 234–243.DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.074633.
Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B, Voracek M, Dervic K, Kapusta ND, Sonneck G. Copycat10
effects after media reports on suicide: A population-based ecologic study. Social Sci-ence & Medicine. 2009;69: 1085–1090. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp034.
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Board Member of the following journals: Crisis, BMC Public Health, PLOSpresent
ONE, Suicidology Online, Neuropsychiatrie, Suizidprophylaxe.
SELECTED RESEARCH SUPPORT
Principal investigator: Media Campaigns to Prevent Suicide: Oregon Media Project.January 2020–December 2021
Vibrant Emotional Health Grant, number FA646A0401; 492,187.–USD.Principal investigator: Effects of It Gets Better Suicide Prevention Videos Target-September 2018–August 2021
ing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Questioning (LGBQ) Adolescents: A RandomizedControlled Trial. Austrian Science Fund, Stand Alone Grant, number P-30918-B27;139,700.–€.Principal investigator: Suicide Prevention Public Service Announcements (PSAs) Tar-May 2018–Agust 2021
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geting Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Austrian Science Fund, ClincalResearch Grant, number KLI627; 141,203.–€.Senior mentor to Dr. Mark Sinyor: Impact of Canadian Media Guidelines on Suicide-Dec. 2016–Sept 2018
related Media Reporting and Suicide Death Rates. American Foundation for SuicidePrevention (AFSP) USD 84,866. https://afsp.org/our-work/research/research-grants/impact-canadian-media-guidelines-suicide-related-media-reporting-suicide-death-rates/Principal investigator: Representations and Impact of Suicide-related Websites. Aus-Dec. 2012–May 2015
trianScienceFund, Einzelprojekt [Stand-aloneproject], grantnumberP23659; 116,511.–€. http://www.meduniwien.ac.at/internet-and-suicidePrincipal investigator: Media Representations of Suicide. Austrian Academy of Sci-June 2006–May 2009
ences (ÖAW). Grant number 70036; 276,000.–€.The aim of this project was to assess prevalent characteristics of suicide portrayals aspublished in traditional Austrian print-media with content analysis based on mediarecommendations for suicide reporting, and to evaluate the impact of the recommen-dations on the quality of reporting and on suicide prevalence.
PRIZES AND AWARDS
Erwin Ringel Award by the Austrian Society for Suicide Prevention (ÖGS) awarded toDec. 2018
the Wiener Werkstätte for Suicide Research for research on the Papageno effect.Hans Rost Prize by the German Association of Suicide Prevention (DGS) for the descrip-Dec. 2012
tion of a suicide-protective Papageno Effect of media reporting (awarded to the WienerWerkstätte for Suicide Research).
SELECTED INVITED TALKS
Niederkrotenthaler T. Invited plenary (scheduled); Suicide-protectivemedia reporting.WorldCongress of the InternationalAssociation for SuicidePrevention (IASP), London-derry, Northern Ireland, September 17-21, 2019Niederkrotenthaler T, Till B. Invited workshop; Sentiment and network analysis oftweets related to Aviccii’s death. Suicide Research Workshop, Waseda University,Tokyo, January 29, 2019Niederkrotenthaler T. Invited plenary; Suicide and the media. From Werther to Pa-pageno Effects. European Symposium on Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour (ESSSB18),Ghent, September 5-8, 2018Niederkrotenthaler T. Invited plenary; Papageno effect: its progress in suicide re-search. 7th Asian-Pacific Regional Conference of the International Association for Sui-cide Prevention and 40th Japanese Association for Suicide Prevention. Tokyo, May18-21, 2016
CONTACT AND PERSONAL INFORMATION
THOMAS NIEDERKROTENTHALER, M.D., PH.D., M.M.SC.
Born: 1978 in Linz, Austria
BUSINESS ADDRESS
Medical University of ViennaCenter for Public HealthDepartment of Social and Preventive MedicineSuicide Research UnitKinderspitalgasse 15, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
PHONE +43 (1) 40160 34611EMAIL [email protected] www.suizidforschung.atORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9550-628X
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