Sara Jahnke
Senior Principal Investigator at NDRI-USA, Inc.
- Role
- President at Responderstrong
- Location
- Overland Park, KS, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Sara Jahnke
Dr. Sara A. Jahnke, PhD, is one of the nation\'s leading authorities on firefighter and…
Experience
President
Jan 2024 — Present · Leawood, KS, US
As President of ResponderStrong, Dr. Sara Jahnke leads a groundbreaking national initiative that provides innovative online mental health and wellness support tools to the diverse emergency responder community. She oversees strategic vision, platform development, resource deployment, and nationwide outreach efforts that serve responders, their families, and agencies across all emergency service disciplines.In this role, Dr. Jahnke directs the development of comprehensive digital wellness solutions that address the critical mental health crisis facing first responders, including a 24/7 peer-to-peer anonymous chat platform, evidence-based stress management tools, and burnout prevention resources. She guides initiatives that serve law enforcement, fire service, EMS, dispatch, frontline medical workers, ski patrol, disaster responders, crisis counselors, corrections, coroners, wildland firefighters, and other emergency personnel — ensuring confidential, accessible support reaches responders from major metropolitan areas to the most remote rural communities.Under her leadership, ResponderStrong has created the nation\'s first centralized collection of responder wellness resources, addressing alarming statistics including EMS personnel reporting suicidal thoughts at 10 times the national average and law enforcement officers having a life expectancy of 57 compared to 79 for civilians. Her work champions a \"by Responder/for Responder\" approach that celebrates diversity as organizational strength while transforming the dialogue around responder health and initiating a sustainable wellness movement that benefits communities nationwide.
Education
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Counseling Psychology, Health Emphasis
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Master of Arts (M.A.), Counseling & Guidance
University of Kansas Medical Center
Clinical Psychology Internship
Skills
- Policy Analysis
- Treatment
- Higher Education
- Grant Writing
- Lifesciences
- Qualitative Research
- Program Evaluation
- Microsoft Office
- Science
- Research
- Clinical Research
- Statistics
- Public Health
- Spss
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