Ryan Lindsay

Dr. Ryan R. Lindsay, EdD, MSW, LCSW, DBT-LBC, is a Professor of Practice and Mental Health Concentration Chair at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.  His work focuses on preparing the behavioral health workforce through advanced clinical education, implementation science, and community-engaged training models.

Dr. Lindsay’s scholarship centers on suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention policy and practice across schools, healthcare, and community systems. He partners with state and community stakeholders to strengthen policy infrastructure and translate evidence-based practices into real-world implementation. His work emphasizes the development and evaluation of interventions that can be delivered by trained non-professionals or interdisciplinary teams working in collaboration with licensed clinicians to expand access to behavioral health supports.

He is also a leader in integrating artificial intelligence into clinical social work education. He is the co-developer of Empathy Helper, an AI-supported simulation platform designed to help students and professionals build interviewing, empathy, and clinical decision-making skills through structured, competency-aligned practice.

In parallel, Dr. Lindsay leads initiatives focused on behavioral health workforce wellbeing, examining strategies to improve recruitment, retention, and sustainability of youth-serving and community-based providers.

In Brown School News

AI-powered platform aims to transform social work training 
August 7, 2025

Lindsay honored for statewide suicide prevention work
July 27, 2025

Brown School faculty join national effort to advance psychedelic therapy education
July 16, 2025

Brown School Initiative Recruits Volunteers to Monitor Polls
November 13, 2020