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NEW ADVANCED METHODS FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH TRAINING VIDEOS NOW AVAILABLE!
THE JOHNS HOPKINS ALACRITY CENTER IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE 2020 PILOT GRANT AWARDEES:
Dr. Sachini Bandara, Assistant Professor, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Pilot Grant Title: Community Reentry After Incarceration for Adults with Serious Mental Illness: Identifying Policy Opportunities
Dr. Karly Murphy, Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Pilot Grant Title: Identification of Patient, Provider, and Health System Factors Associated with Gaps in Preventive and Chronic Disease Care Delivery for Persons with Serious Mental Illness
Dr. Johannes Thrul, Assistant Professor, Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Pilot Grant Title: Developing and Pilot Testing a Remote Smoking Cessation Digital Therapeutic for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
Recent News
- Stacy Goldsholl and Benjamin Eidman's presentation, "Tobacco smoking cessation treatment for persons with mental illness," has been accepted for an oral presentation at the NAMI Maryland Conference (October 14-15, 2022)
- Todd Chang's abstract, "A data-driven simulation tool for reflection and evaluation of the implementation of a smoking cessation program for people with serious mental illness" has been accepted for a poster presentation at the 15th Annual AcademyHealth D&I Conference (December 11-14, 2022)
- Wanyu Huang's abstract, "Uncovering the added benefits of group therapy in a smoking cessation program for persons with serious mental illness through an analysis of peer influence" has been accepted for a poster presentation at the 15th Annual AcademyHealth D&I Conference (December 11-14, 2022)
- Dr. Bernadette Cullen was promoted to Professor in the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
- Dr. Lisa Cooper was selected as one of the recipients of the American Heart Association's 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award
- Elizabeth Stone received the NIH Ruth L. Kirchstein National Research Service Award.
- Dr. Elizabeth Stuart received an Excellence in Teaching award from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for instruction in her class ‘Causal Inference in Medicine and Public Health’ during the most recent term.
- Dr. Johannes Thrul received an Excellence in Teaching award from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health for instruction in his class ‘Mobile Health Research in Public Mental Health’ during the most recent term
- Drs. Gail Daumit, Beth McGinty, Christina Yuan, & Joe Gennusa hosted a symposium presentation on "Advancing strategies to scale-up evidence-based interventions to improve the cardiovascular health of people with serious mental illness” at August's National Institute of Mental Health Conference on Mental Health Services Research. The symposium included a discussion with ALACRITY Center External Advisory Board Member, Dr. Benjamin Druss, on addressing the challenges of real-world implementation following the presentation.
- Dr. Sachini Bandara received the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's 2022 Faculty Innovation Fund Award for her proposal “Evaluating state policies that restrict SNAP for people with prior drug convictions.”
- Stacy Goldsholl's abstract, "Perceived Benefits and Challenges of Participating in a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention for Youth with Mental Illness” was displayed as a poster presentation at the 2022 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
Recent Publications
Scaling Interventions to Manage Chronic Disease: Innovative Methods at the Intersection of Health Policy Research and Implementation Science
Physical Activity Levels and Screen Time among Youth with Overweight/Obesity Using Mental Health Services
Scaling Evidence-Based Interventions to Improve the Cardiovascular Health of People With Serious Mental Illness
Determining Predictors of Weight Loss in a Behavioral Intervention: A case study in the use of Lasso regression
Applying Care Coordination Principles to Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in People With Serious Mental Illness: A Case Study Approach
Predictors of cancer screening among Black and White Maryland Medicaid enrollees with serious mental illness
Hospitalizations, Mechanical Ventilation, and Mortality After COVID-19 Among Adults With and Without Serious Mental Illness
Improving Physical Health Among People With Serious Mental Illness: The Role of the Specialty Mental Health Sector
Experiences of Persons With Serious Mental Illness During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Agent-Based Modeling for Implementation Research: An Application to Tobacco Smoking Cessation for Persons with Serious Mental Illness
Association Between Enrollment in Maryland’s Behavioral Health Homes and Use of Outpatient Mental Health Services
Upcoming Events
NAMI Maryland Conference 2022
October 14-15th
- Alacrity presentation - October 14th at 10 AM: Tobacco smoking cessation treatment for persons with mental illness
- Presenters: Stacy Goldsholl, MA and Benjamin Eidman, BA
- For more information and the full agenda visit: NAMI Conference Website
Past Events
Research in Progress Meeting
September 21, 2022, 3-4pm: Primary care visits for patients with serious mental illness: understanding the barriers for patients and the clinicians who care for them
- Geoffrey Curran, PhD, Professor-Departments of Pharmacy Practice and Psychiatry, Director- Center for Implementation Research, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
July 20, 2022: Primary care visits for patients with serious mental illness: understanding the barriers for patients and the clinicians who care for them
- Karly Murphy, MD, MHS, MSc, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
May 18, 2022: Advancing integrated children’s mental health services through implementation science
- Courtney Benjamin Wolk, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Penn Center for Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
NIMH Mental Health Services Research Conference
August 2, 2022: Advancing strategies to scale-up evidence-based interventions to improve the cardiovascular health of people with serious mental illness
- Gail Daumit, MD, MHS, Samsung Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Beth McGinty, PhD, MS, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Christina Yuan, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Joe Gennusa, PhD, Community Engagement Core Co-Director, Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center
NAMI Maryland Walks Your Way 2022
May 21, 2022
ALACRITY Center team members participated in the event to raise awareness for mental health.
Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center “Advanced Methods for Mental Health Services Research” Twitter Chats
When:
- March 15 from 12-12:30pm: Ms. Elizabeth Stone, MS, PhD Candidate, ‘Using Difference-in-Differences in Mental Health Services Research’
- March 28 from 2-2:30pm, Dr. Nicholas Seewald, PhD, ‘Building Effective Adaptive Interventions in Mental Health Services Research’