<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2019/alvin-tran-suicide-prevention.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>12/05/2019</pubDate><title>Health Administration and Policy Professor Endeavors to Start Statewide Conversation about Suicide Prevention</title><description>Moved by the devastating impact that suicide had on the life of one of his students, Alvin Tran, Ph.D. is urging public health officials and lawmakers to address what he calls a “preventable public health problem,” as suicide rates among young people continue to increase across the country.</description><hide-description/><author>Alvin Tran, Ph.D., assistant professor of health administration and policy</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>December 5, 2019</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/health-sciences/news/2019/alvin-tran-ma.jpg" alt="Image of Alvin Tran, Ph.D."/></image><image-caption>Alvin Tran, Ph.D. (right) recently met with lawmakers at the Massachusetts State House to discuss the need for mental health-related legislation. He plans to organize similar efforts in Connecticut.</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>year-2019</tag></tags></item>