Jennifer Boggs, PhD, MSW, is an Independent Investigator at the Institute for Health Research. As a mental health services researcher, Dr. Boggs uses training in qualitative and quantitative methods to evaluate both the effectiveness of mental health interventions and implementation factors that determine feasibility within health systems. Dr. Boggs' ongoing work is focused in two main areas: 1) understanding implementation approaches that promote effective adoption of safety planning and lethal means safety interventions within health system settings for suicide prevention and 2) developing, testing, and scaling digital health interventions. She has several publications on digital health programs for persons with chronic medical conditions and mental health disorders. She has also completed work and published on the impact of lethal means counseling and risky medication prescribing patterns for benzodiazepines on suicide outcomes. Dr. Boggs works extensively with collaborators from the NIMH funded Mental Health Research Network.

Dr. Boggs received a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Indiana University with a minor in business, a Master of Social Work from the University of Denver with concentrations in animal assisted approaches and marriage and family therapy, and a Doctorate in Health Services Research from the University of Colorado.