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Address: New York State Psychiatric Institute 1051 Riverside Drive, Office 2728 New York, NY 10032
Bio: Dr. Kloosterman serves as an Implementation Specialist for the Suicide Prevention – Training, Implementation, and Evaluation program at the New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI). As a qualitative and program evaluation expert, Dr. Kloosterman designs comprehensive process and product evaluations for mental health initiatives led by NYSPI and the Suicide Prevention Center of New York State (SPCNY). She creates, plans, and implements main evaluation components, including conceptual frameworks, logics models, and evaluation tools, as well as data collection and analysis, and formative and summative evaluation reports. Throughout her career, Dr. Kloosterman has been deeply involved in the field of education and health promotion, through which she has directly assisted children and families, educators, and health practitioners in diverse communities, especially those underrepresented and underserved. She has also written and published in English and Spanish, presented nationally and internationally, trained researchers and practitioners, and actively served in professional and community-based organizations. Dr. Kloosterman’s holistic and constructivist approach continues to enrich and reaffirm her commitment to serving others.
Valentina I. Kloosterman, Ph.D
SP-TIE Suicide Prevention Implementation Specialist, Center for Practice Innovations, Division of Behavioral Health Services and Policy Research