News & Events
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
- ALACRITY Center staff, Catherine Wren, was featured in Johns Hopkins Medicine's "Extraordinary People. Extraordinary Moments" discussing her COVID-19 research experience at Johns Hopkins' field-based research site.
- Dr. Beth McGinty, ALACRITY Center Associate Director, discussed her study on the effects of psychological distress during COVID-19 in a recent New York Times article.
- Dr. Gail Daumit, ALACRITY Center Director, presented a webinar "Achieving Healthy Weight for Mental Health Consumers" in collaboration with The Northwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network and The University of Washington.
- Dr. Gail Daumit discussed the IDEAL Trial in Cardiology Today.
- Dr. Kimberly Gudzune, ALACRITY Center Core Pilot Study Co-Principal Investigator, recently had an article "FaceTime with your doctor" published in the Washington Post addressing how COVID-19 is changing the delivery of health care.
- Dr. Kimberly Gudzune was recently quoted in a Scientific American article, "What if Doctors Stopped Prescribing Weight Loss?"
- Dr. Liz Stuart, ALACRITY Center Methods Core Co-Principal Investigator, was named to a three year term on two standing National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine committees: The Committee on National Statistics and The Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics.
- Dr. Gail Daumit and Dr. Beth McGinty recently presented a webinar for The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine on “Caring for People with Mental Health and Substance use Disorders in Primary Care Settings.”
- ALACRITY Center faculty, Dr. Sachini Bandara, was appointed as Assistant Professor in The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health Department of Mental Health. ALACRITY Center Seed Grant Recipient, Dr. Alene Kennedy-Hendricks, was appointed as Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management. ALACRITY Center trainee, Dr. Karly Murphy, is joining the General Internal Medicine faculty as an Assistant Professor. Congratulations to all!
Recent Publications
The Effects of the Maryland Medicaid Health Home Waiver on Emergency Department and Inpatient Utilization Among Individuals with Serious Mental Illness
Effect of a Comprehensive Cardiovascular Risk Reduction Intervention in Persons with Serious Mental Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Integrating Mental Health and Addiction Treatment into General Medical Care: The Role of Policy
Psychological Distress and Loneliness Reported by US Adults in 2018 and April 2020
Serious Mental Illness in Primary Care: A National Physician Survey
Effects of Maryland's Affordable Care Act Medicaid Health Homes Waiver on Quality of Cardiovascular Care Among People With Serious Mental Illness
Upcoming Events
Research in Progress Meetings
September 16th, 2020, 3:00-4:00pm
Past Events
NAMIWalks Maryland
May 30th, 2020 - ALACRITY Center faculty and staff virtually participated in NAMIWalks Maryland.
Stakeholder Advisory Board Meeting
May 21st, 2020 - ALACRITY Center Stakeholder Advisory Board Meeting held virtually
Research in Progress Meetings
March 4th, 2020 - This ALACRITY Center Research in Progress meeting included a presentation from Dr. Joe Gallo on "Prevention of Depression Among Persons with Medical Comorbidity Across the Life Course"
May 20th, 2020 - This ALACRITY Center Research in Progress meeting included a presentation from Dr. Karly Murphy on "Adaptation of a Care Coordination Intervention to Improve Cardiovascular Health for People with Serious Mental Illness" and a presentation from Dr. Kim Gudzune on "Results of a pilot test of an adapted ACHIEVE behavioral weight-loss curriculum for community mental health settings"
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Department of Mental Health Seminars
“The epidemic of tobacco smoking in persons with serious mental illness: adverse effects and needed solutions”
Faith Dickerson, PhD Sheppard Pratt Health System
January 29th, 2020 12:15-1:30pm
624 N Broadway, Hampton House Lecture Hall (B14B)
“Tobacco Smoking Cessation Clinical Trials in Community Mental Health Settings”
Gail Daumit, MD, MHS Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
February 5th, 2020, 12:15-1:30pm
624 N Broadway, Hampton House Lecture Hall (B14B)
“Tobacco Smoking Cessation Treatment for Persons with Serious Mental Illness: Clinician Attitudes and National Treatment Data”
Elizabeth Stone, MSPH, Doctoral Student, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
February 12th, 2020, 12:15-1:30pm
624 N Broadway, Hampton House Lecture Hall (B14B)
Welch Center Clinical Research Grand Rounds
“Using Marginal Structural Models to Understand the Effects of Medicaid Health Homes”
Sachini Bandara, PhD
January 15th, 2020, 12:00pm-1:15pm
2024 E Monument St. Building Powe Room (1-500Q)
“Improving Cancer Screening and Preventive Services in Medicaid Health Homes”
Karly Murphy, MD, MSc, MHS
January 22nd, 2020, 12:00pm-1:15pm
2024 E Monument St. Building Powe Room (1-500Q)
ALACRITY Center Research Forum “Integration of Specialty Mental Health and General Medical Care for People with Serious Mental Illness”
November 22nd, 2019, 11:00am-12pm
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD, 21205
Room E9519
American Statistical Association Mental Health Statistics Section Webinar
November 20th, 2019 - Dr. Daniel Almirall presented webinar on "Some Frequently Asked Questions about the Design and Analysis of Sequential, Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials"
Facebook Live Lunch and Learn – Maryland Behavioral Peer Recovery Specialists
November 8th, 2019, 12:00-1:00pm
“The importance of physical health in recovery – advocating for your care”
Maryland Behavioral Health Peer Recovery Specialist Facebook page
Co-Sponsored Seminars with the Department of Mental Health and the Center for Mental Health and Addiction Policy Research
April 24th, 2019
"Planning for Suicide Prevention in Refugee Contexts: A Community-based System Dynamics Modeling Approach"
Shoshanna Fine, MPH
April 10th, 2019
"Systems Science and Transportation Models in Public Health and Their Potential Utility in Studies of Mental Health"
Takera Igusa, PhD, and Lauren Gardner, PhD