Helping young people live healthy, connected lives.
Hi, I'm Dr. Leslie Adams — a professor, researcher, and innovator dedicated to improving the mental health and well-being of young people.
My work focuses on understanding and preventing suicide among Black youth and other historically marginalized communities. As Director of Stanford University's AMPLIFY Lab, I partner with communities to design culturally responsive mental health solutions using real-time data, human-centered design, and emerging AI technologies.
Together, we are building new pathways to connection, support, and opportunity so that all young people can live healthy, connected lives.
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Technology, equity, and lived experience.
Scholarship that has shaped the work.
Keynotes, panels & public scholarship.
Featured Talk
View the American Foundation of Suicide Prevention's panel on AI and Suicide Prevention: A Health Equity Lens, featuring Dr. Leslie Adams.
Coming soon
The AMPLIFY Lab.
Adaptive Mental Health and Prevention: Leveraging Innovation for Youth. We co-design culturally responsive, technology-enabled suicide prevention with Black youth and families — combining user-centered design, EMA, and AI.Lab site forthcoming.
Invest in equity-centered mental health science.
The AMPLIFY Lab is building the next generation of culturally grounded, technology-enabled mental health tools for Black communities and other populations on the margins.
Philanthropic support funds trainee stipends, community partnerships, participant compensation, and the smartphone-based studies that move suicide prevention science forward. Share your interest below and our team will follow up with directed giving, named funds, and partnership options.
Let's connect.
For speaking, consulting, media, and collaboration inquiries, send a note below and Dr. Adams' team will get back to you.