Lindsay A. Bornheimer

Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School

Dr. Lindsay Bornheimer's research program focuses on understanding and preventing suicide death among adults experiencing serious mental illness, with a specific focus on schizophrenia spectrum disorders and bipolar disorder. Her work aims to examine suicide risk and protective factors, advance theories of suicide, develop and test behavioral interventions, and increase the utility and scalability of evidence-informed interventions in mental health care. As an intervention and implementation science researcher by training, she is particularly focused on the adaptation and implementation of cognitive-behavioral approaches.

Research Interests

Risk factors for suicidal ideation and attempt among adults diagnosed with schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders; serious mental illness; depression; suicide prevention; intervention development, implementation, and evaluation; cognitive-behavioral therapy; evidence-based practice; structural equation modeling and longitudinal data analysis

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

  • [email protected]

  • (734) 615-2915

  • 3792 SSWB
    University of Michigan
    School of Social Work
    1080 S. University Ave.
    Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Education

  • 2016 PhD Social Work
    New York University, New York, NY
  • 2009 MSW Social Work
    Columbia University, New York, NY
  • 2007 BA Psychology
    Drew University, Madison, NJ

News

Activities

Publications

Bornheimer, L. A., Lapidos, A., Simmonite, M., Suzuki, T., Tso, I. F., & Taylor, S. F. (in press). Stress sensitivity, negative affect, and functioning in psychotic disorders. Schizophrenia Research.
Bornheimer, L. A., Brdar, N. M., Campbell, M., Jacobson, M., Pasiak, S., Tigadi, N., Hoener, K., Hittinger, C., & Florence, T. (2025). An academic and community partnerships in suicide prevention: Disseminating research findings with community members. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 19(10), 63-70.
Im, D., Lyden, A., Stchur, L., Raghaundian, C., Brelje, A., & Bornheimer, L. A. (2025). Clinical confidence, certification, and connectedness: Impact of a journal club for inpatient psychiatry faculty. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 12.
Wastler, H., Manges, M., Thompson, E., & Bornheimer, L. A. (2025). Reasons for thinking about suicide among individuals with first-episode psychosis: An ecological momentary assessment study. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 19(3).
Bornheimer, L. A., Brdar, N. M., Lapidos, A., Kelter, A. N., Miner, C. A., & Grogan-Kaylor, A. (2025). A latent profile analysis of psychosis symptoms to examine distress and depression as pathways to suicide ideation among individuals in an early phase of psychosis illness. Early Intervention in Psychiatry 19:e70013.
Holzworth, J., Brdar, N., & Bornheimer, L. A. (2024). Relationships between psychosis symptoms, psychosocial factors, and depression among individuals in an early phase of psychosis illness. Mental Health Science, e80.
Smith, M. J., Merle, J. L., Baker-Ericzen, M., Bherwood, K., Bornheimer, L. A., Ross, B., Harrington, M., Sharma, A., Brown, C., Gordon, T., Telfer, D., Reese, J., Hirst, J., Oulvey, E. A., Dignadice, V., Williams, E., Magana, S., Hume, K., Sung, C., Burke-Miller, J. K., & Smith, J. D. (2024). A type 1 hybrid multi-site randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual interview training among autistic transition-age youth. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 42, 101384.
Bornheimer, L. A., Bagge, C., Overholser, J., Brdar, N., Matta, N., Kitchen, M., McGovern, C., Beale, E., & Stockmeier, C. (2024). Demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals with psychosis symptoms who died by suicide: Findings of a psychological autopsy study. Psychiatry Research.
Smith, M. J., Merle, J. L., Baker-Ericzen, M., Bherwood, K., Bornheimer, L. A., Ross, B., Harrington, M., Sharma, A., Brown, C., Gordon, T., Telfer, D., Reese, J., Hirst, J., Oulvey, E. A., Dignadice, V., Williams, E., Magana, S.,Hume, K., Sung, C., Burke-Miller, J. K., & Smith, J. D. (2024). A type 1 hybrid multi-site randomized controlled trial protocol for evaluating virtual interview training among autistic transition-age youth. Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications, 42, 101384.
Holzworth, J., Brdar, N., & Bornheimer, L. A. (2024). Relationships between psychosis symptoms, psychosocial factors, and depression among individuals in an early phase of psychosis illness. Mental Health Science, 18, 1.

Honors and Awards

Year Description
2024 Innovation in Research and Teaching Award, UM-SSW
2023 Outstanding Research Mentor Award, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2017 Robert Moore Dissertation Award for Excellence in Scholarship
New York University, Silver School of Social Work, New York, NY
2015 President's Service Award
New York University, NY
2014-2016 Publication Recognition Award
New York University, Silver School of Social Work, New York, NY

Presentations

Year Description
2025 Brdar, N. M., Kelter, A. N., & Bornheimer, L. A. (2025, April). Suicide attempts in emerging adulthood differ clinically and demographically from adolescent and young adult attempts. 2025 Suicide Research Symposium.
2025 Brdar, N. M., Kelter, A. N., Cohen, S. M., Palaniappan, G. S., & Bornheimer, L. A. (2025, April). Youth and young adult suicide attempt characteristics: A latent class analysis. Oral Presentation at the 2025 Suicide Research Symposium
2025 Bornheimer, L. A., Brdar, N., Campbell, M., Jacobson, M., Hittinger, C., Hoener, K., & Florence, T. (2025, April). Disseminating Research Findings of an Academic and Community Partnership in Suicide Prevention. Poster presentation at the 2025 Suicide Research Symposium.
2025 Bornheimer, L. A., Brdar, N. B., Florence, T., King, C. A., Taylor, S., & Himle, J. (2025, April). A cognitive behavioral suicide prevention treatment among adults with psychosis in community mental health. Annual Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society, Chicago, IL.
2025 Bornheimer, L. A., Bagge, C., Overholser, J., Brdar, N. B., Matta, N., & Stockmeier, C. (2025, April). Apsychological autopsy study of participants with psychosis who died by suicide. Annual Congress of theSchizophrenia International Research Society, Chicago, IL.

Courses

Current & Future Courses

Title Instructor Term Course Section Meeting Start Meeting End
Suicide Assessment and Prevention Bornheimer, Lindsay A. Spring / Summer 2026 801 09:00 am 02:30 pm View Course
Suicide Assessment and Prevention Bornheimer, Lindsay A. Spring / Summer 2026 001 09:00 am 05:00 pm View Course
Applied Structural Equation Modeling Bornheimer, Lindsay A. Fall 2026 001 09:00 am 12:00 pm View Course
Interpersonal Practice Interventions in Integrated Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse (Adults) Bornheimer, Lindsay A. Fall 2026 801 06:00 pm 08:00 pm View Course

Past Courses

Title Instructor Term Course Section Meeting Start Meeting End
Grant Writing for Extramural Research Funding Bornheimer, Lindsay A. Winter 2026 001 09:00 am 12:00 pm View Course
Interpersonal Practice Interventions in Integrated Health, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse (Adults) Bornheimer, Lindsay A. Winter 2026 801 06:00 pm 08:00 pm View Course
Suicide Assessment and Prevention Bornheimer, Lindsay A. Winter 2026 801 09:00 am 05:00 pm View Course
Suicide Assessment and Prevention Bornheimer, Lindsay A. Spring / Summer 2025 801 09:00 am 02:30 pm View Course
Suicide Assessment and Prevention Bornheimer, Lindsay A. Spring / Summer 2025 001 09:00 am 05:00 pm View Course
CBT with Depressive Disorders Bornheimer, Lindsay A. Winter 2025 001 09:00 am 05:00 pm View Course
Grant Writing for Extramural Research Funding Smith, Matthew J. Winter 2025 001 09:00 am 12:00 pm View Course
Suicide Assessment and Prevention Bornheimer, Lindsay A. Winter 2025 801 09:00 am 05:00 pm View Course
Applied Structural Equation Modeling Bornheimer, Lindsay A. Fall 2024 001 09:00 am 12:00 pm View Course
Suicide Assessment and Prevention Bornheimer, Lindsay A. Spring / Summer 2024 801 09:00 am 02:30 pm View Course