Dr. Megan L. Rogers
Assistant Professor - Psychology
Research Areas:
Mechanistic processes that confer suicide risk.
Background
Dr. Megan Rogers' research focuses on short-term transdiagnostic risk factors for suicidal thoughts and behaviors, with an emphasis on cognitive-affective risks and the phenomenology, etiology, and assessment of acute suicidal crises. She is also interested in enhancing suicide risk assessment and management through indirect assessments and digital real-time interventions. Dr. Rogers is a co-chair of the Suicide Research Symposium and an Assistant Professor of the Department of Psychology at Texas State University. She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Florida State University and completed her predoctoral internship at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University in 2020.
About Faculty Fellows Projects
This initiative advances mental health and well-being for veterans, service members, and at-risk populations by combining community-based participatory research with data-driven analysis of substance use and suicidality. Through the ECHO model and collaboration with veterans, families, providers, and community partners, it co-develops culturally responsive, evidence-based mental health programs while expanding access to care and professional support networks. By identifying how risky behaviors and suicidal thoughts intersect, the project informs personalized, prevention-focused interventions that strengthen early support and improve outcomes.
Research Impact Highlights
Veteran mental care
Expands access to culturally responsive mental health care for veterans through community and provider collaboration.
Identifies Links
Identifies links between substance use, risky behaviors, and suicidality to understand risk patterns.
Community Impact
Develops personalized, prevention-focused interventions to improve early support and outcomes.
Featured Media
Understanding Suicidal Ideation | Dr. Megan Rogers | Enlighten Me Podcast.
How can you tell if a person is experiencing suicidal thoughts? What are the appropriate actions to take when someone is at risk for self-harm? In this episode of Enlighten Me, Megan Rogers, Ph.D., discusses her award-winning research involving the signs of suicidal ideation, intervention methods, and available resources.