George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis
Center for Mental Health Services Research

PAST CMHSR SEMINARS & CONSULTATIONS
2004-2005
Updated 11/14/2007

   * A video tape and/or DVD of presentations marked with an asterisk is available in the Brown School Library.

   * Events indicated were co-hosted with the Brown School EBP Discussion Forum.

Monday, November 12, 2007, Kristin Hawley, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, presented, Transportability of Evidence-Based Practices into Youth Mental Health Service Settings.

 

Thursday, November 1, 2007, Jorge Ramirez Garcia, PhD, Assistant Professor, Clinical/Community Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, presented, The faces of care giving: Meeting the challenge of serving families and their seriously mentally ill relatives.  This seminar was jointly sponsored with the Center for Latino Family Research.

 

June 22, 2007 Brian Mittman, PhD, Senior Social Scientist at the Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior. He co-edits Implementation Science, a new journal that seeks to provide research about dissemination of evidence-based research and practices. He presented his recent work related to implementation research, Examples and Experiences from the the Department of Veterans Affairs Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI).

 

May 7, 2007 Julia Littell, PhD, Professor, Graduate School of Social Work & Social Research, Bryn Mawr College, presented her work, Evidence-based practice: Where’s the evidence?. She also presented at a lunch 11:30-3pm, in Goldfarb Hall room 124, Finding, assessing, and using evidence to improve mental health care.

 

May 2, 2007 Ming Tai-Seale, PhD, Associate Professor of School of Rural Public Health at TAMUS Health Science Center, presented her work, Two-Minute Mental Health Care: Inside Primary Care.

 

May 4, 2007 Cathy Widom, PhD, Distinguished Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York, presented her work, Long Term Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect. This event was sponsored by Dr. Melissa Jonson-Reid's grant Child Neglect: Service Paths and Young Adult Outcomes.

 

April 30, 2007, Matthew J. Smith, PhD, NIMH Post-Doctoral Scholar, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, presented, What factors predict high quality relationships between adults with schizophrenia and their siblings?

 

April, 25, 2007, Thomas Ten Have, PhD, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatisics, University of Pennsylvania, presented, Looking for a Few Good Mediators with 'Causal' Modeling.

 

April 16, 2007, Mark Chaffin, PhD, Psychologist and Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, presented Research and Practice Stakeholders Working Together for Implementation of Evidence Based Practices.

 

April 16, 2007, Mark Chaffin, PhD (see above) presented an Evidence Based Practice Forum, Where's the field of Implementation Research going?

 

March 27, 2007, Charles Glisson, PhD, CMHSR Organizational Research Methods Leader, College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, presented his work, The ARC Model: Moving Evidence Based Practice into Service Organizations. Link to one of his articles.*

 

March 19, 2007, Greg Aarons, PhD, CMHSR Research Methods Core Project PI, Research Scientist, Child and Adolescent Services Research Center (CASRC), San Diego Children's Hospital Research Center; Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, University of California – San Diego, presented findings from his CMHSR-funded pilot, Organization Receptivity to Evidence Based Practice. This was a Brown Bag event and had a workshop format.*

 

February 19, 2007, Luis E. Zayas Rivera, PhD, CMHSR Qualitative Research Associate, presented his work, Learners as Teachers: Exploring Sources of Asthma Patient Education in Ethnic Minority Communities Using Qualitative Group Interviews. This was jointly sponsored by the Qualitative Methods Shared Learning Group Workshops.

 

February 5, 2007, Ken Wells, MD, MPH, Professor in Residence, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, will presented his work, Community engagement in mental health services research: What happens to science and scientists when partners come first. This is jointly sponsored with the Brown School Lecture Series. Two of his articles are attached here.

 

January 26, 2007, Norma Ware, PhD, CMHSR Qualitative Methods Unit Leader, Associate Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Social Medicine, Cambridge Hospital at Harvard Medical School, will present her work, A Capabilities Approach to Re-Thinking Social Integration for Mental Health Services.

 

December 5, 2006, Patricia Chamberlain, PhD, Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Research to Practice and the Oregon Social Learning Center, presented her work, Using Parent Management Training in Child Welfare Settings.

 

November 06, 2006, Peter Dore, MA, Director of Data Management for CMHSR presented, "Data: The Long and Wide of It."

 

October 19, 2006, Nicole Fedoravicius, MPH, Qualitative Research Specialist, contract worker for the CMHSR, presented her work, "Differences Between Clinical and Qualitative Research Interviewing."

 

September 18, 2006, Sue Pfefferle, PhD, CMHSR Post-doctoral Research Scholar, presented, "Pediatric Treatment of Children with Mental Illnesses: A Survey in Six States." 

 

*September 7, Ed Spitznagel, PhD, Professor, School of Mathematics, Washington University, presented, "Model-agnostic Approaches to Clustered and/or Weighted Data (sandwich estimator and survey procedures)".

 

*August 24, Ed Spitznagel, PhD, Professor, School of Mathematics, Washington University, presented, "The Generalized Estimating Equation Approach (PROC GENMOD)."

 

August 10,2006, Ed Spitznagel, PhD, Professor, School of Mathematics, Washington University, presented, "Growth Curve Models Via HLM and PROC MIXED."

 

*July 13, 2006, Ed Spitznagel, PhD, Professor, School of Mathematics, Washington University, presented, "Random Effects and Mixed Models Via REML (PROC MIXED)."

 

*June 29, 2006, Ed Spitznagel, PhD, Professor, School of Mathematics, Washington University, presented, "Random effects and Mixed Models Via Method of Moments (procs GLM and VARCOMP)."

 

June 22, 2006, Namkee G. Choi, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work, University of Texas at Austin, presented her CMHSR-funded pilot work, "Low-Income Older Adults' and Their Caregivers' Acceptance of Depression Treatments."

 

June 19, 2006, Rebecca J. Lester, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Washington University, presented her CMHSR-funded pilot work, “Cultural Dimensions of Eating Disorders Treatment: Mexico and the United States.”

 

May 15, 2006, Peter Guarnaccia, PhD, presented, "It's Like Going Through an Earthquake: Anthropological Perspectives on Depression from Focus Groups with Latino Immigrants."

*May 4, 2006, Gene Brody, PhD, Director and Regents Professor, Center for Family Research, University of Georgia, presented, "Perceived Discrimination and the Adjustment of Rural African American Youth: A Five Year Longitudinal Analysis with Contextual Moderation Effects." Link to one of his articles.

April 20, 2006, Jennifer Bellamy, PhD, CMHSR post-doctoral candidate, presented, "Mental Health Need and Outpatient Mental Health Service Use Among Children Who Have Experienced Long Term Foster Care."

 

*April 20, 2006, Karen Lincoln, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington, presented, "Racial Differences in Social Relations and Depression." (NIMH K-01)

 

April 10, 2006, Sue Pfefferle, PhD, CMHSR post-doctoral candidate, presented, "Pediatrician Coordination of Care for Children with Mental Illnesses."

 

*April 3, 2006, Luis H. Zayas, PhD, presented, "Hispanics and Diagnosis in the Psychiatric Encounter: Preliminary Findings."

 

February 24, 2006, Charles Glisson, PhD, Director of Children's Mental Health Services Research Center, College of Social Work, University of Tennessee presented, "Understanding and Changing Organizational Culture and Climate in Social Service and Mental Health Systems." Link to one of his articles.

 

*February 20, 2005, Curtis McMillen, PhD, Kraig Knudsen, PhD, CMHSR Postdoctoral Research Scholar, & Bethany Lee, PhD, presented, "Assessing Actions to Assure Quality in Social Service Agencies."

 

*February 6, 2006, David Pollio, PhD, presented, “A Comparison of Street Youth: St. Louis, Missouri and Austin, Texas.”

*January 9, 2006, John Bricout, PhD, presented, "Decanting the Water Cooler: Exploring the social dimensions of vocational learning for people with a severe mental illness."

December 5, 2005, Arlene Stiffman, PhD, led a discussion on "Maximizing Publications and Presentations from Research Projects."

December 1, 2005, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University and the Missouri Children’s Division (CD) invited researchers across Missouri to join in a discussion of mutual research interests.

November, 17, 2005, Michael Hogan, PhD, Chair of the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health, presented, "Transforming Mental Health: Why Needed? How are we doing?"

*November 7, 2005, Peter Dore, MA, presented, "How Automation Saves Your Project Hundreds of Hours Per Year."

*October 17, 2005 Jan Greenberg, PhD, Professor, University of Wisconsin Madison, presented, "Developing a Program on Research on Families of Persons with Mental Illness."

*October 3, 2005, Peter Dore, MA, presented, "Project Directory Structure and Naming Conventions: Standardization helps us all," & "Data Backup: When and why what OIT does is not enough."

*September 19, 2005, Peter Dore, MA, presented, "Data Management Data Base: Use it from Day One."

*August 15, 2005, Curtis McMillen, PhD, and Nicole Fedoravicius, MPH, showcased qualitative methods & findings for MO's Children's Division & Mental Health Providers, "Intersection of Mental Health and Social Service Professionals."

 

*August 1, 2005, Jill Rowe, PhD, CMHSR Postdoctoral Research Scholar, & Nicole Fedoravicius, MPH, Qualitative Research Specialist, presented new qualitative methods learned while implementing the new CMHSR projects.

*June 20, 2005, Peter Dore, MA, presented, "Use of Electronic Measures Library."

*June 6, 2005, Melissa Jonson-Reid, PhD, shared how to pursue competitive continuations and relationship of the old and new projects from her R01 Project, "Child Neglect: Service Paths and Young Adult Outcomes."

*May 16, 2005, Luis Zayas, PhD, Shanti Khinkuda Distinguished Professor of Social Work, presented on the topic of "Mixed Methods" from his new R01 Project, Sociocultural Processes in Latina Teen Suicide Attempts.

May 2, 2005, Thomas De Fer, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Washington University, presented, "Delivering Effective Scientific Oral Presentations at Conferences and Job Talks." 

April 18, 2005, Lionel Scott, PhD, presented, "Young African American Males' Readiness to Seek Help: Small Research Grant Application, Process, & Findings."

*April 4, 2005, Peter Dore, MA, presented, "Proper Survey Formatting."

January 11, 2005, Barbara Dickey, PhD, presented, "Quality Indicators: 101."

January 10, 2005, Norma Ware, PhD, presented, "Probing Interviews: Planning and Training to Assure that Qualitative Interviews To Get the Information Needed."

*January 10, 2005, Charles Glisson, PhD & Gregory Aarons, PhD, presented, "Assessing Organizational Culture and Climate: Tools and Strategies."

December 8, 2004, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, PhD, presented, "Next Generation on Preventive Interventions," via video conference.

November 29, 2004, Richard Frank, PhD, Margaret T. Morris Professor of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, presented, "Mental Illness, Substance Abuse and Welfare Reform." 

 

April 23, 2004, Roberto Lewis-Fernández, MD, presented, "Culture Formulation of Psychiatric Diagnosis."

*April 11, 2003, Jewelle Taylor Gibbs, PhD, Chancellor & Distinguished Visiting Scholar, presented, "Conducting Qualitative Research in Minority Communities: Issues in Collecting Data on High-Risk Behaviors in Urban Youth."

March 18, 2003, David Williams, PhD, presented, "Race, Racial/Ethnic Bias and Health: Evidence and Needed Research." For more information about this seminar or Dr. Williams, please click here.

February 24, 2003, Diane Clemens, MD, HIPAA manager for the Washington University School of Medicine Human Studies Committee, presented "The impacts of HIPAA and the University’s Plan for Compliance."

*February 14, 2003, Ken Jung, MA, Founder, Qualitative Marketing Solutions, L.L.C., St. Louis, MO, presented, "Statistical Analyses for Evaluating Interventions."

August 5, 2002, Michael Klinkman, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and a Lecturer in the University of Michigan Department of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health, presented, "Competing Demands and Collaborative Care for Mental Health Problems."

*June 20, 2002, Martha Shumway, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California at San Francisco, presented, "Capturing Stakeholder Perspectives: An example from schizophrenia care."

May 30, 2002, Norma Ware, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Social Medicine and Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, presented, "A Qualitative Approach to Examining User Perspectives on Quality in Mental Health Care."

*May 7, 2002, Curtis McMillen, PhD, presented an overview of the book, "Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart," by Gerd Gigerenzer, Peter M. Todd, ABC Research Group. (Amazon.com synopsis)

*May 2, 2002, Luis Zayas, PhD, presented, "Reducing Perinatal Depression in Primary Care: When Intervention Research Meets the Real World,"

April 17, 2002, Arlene Stiffman, PhD, Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, Sally Haywood, MPA, Dr. Enola Proctor, PhD, and ManSoo Yu, MSW, presented, "Ethical Conduct of Research: Authorship, Data Ownership, and Data Sharing."

February 6, 2002, Letha Chadiha, PhD and Wendy Auslander, PhD, co-presented, "Ethical Conduct of Research: Stakeholders in Community Based Research." They shared examples from their NIH funded projects "Caregivers" and "Bridges to Life Options".

January 7, 2002, Nancy Morrow-Howell, PhD, Enola Proctor, PhD, and Ms. Jessica Gledhill presented, "Quality of care research: Adequacy of Services for Depressed Elders." The data are generated from the "Gero-Psych" Project.

December 6, 2001, Mark Miller, Director of Human Resources, Missouri Department of Mental Health, presented "Cultural Issues as Barriers to Mental Health Care Access for Minority Aging Populations."

*November 26, 2001, Kim Mueser, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and of Community and Family Medicine, and faculty member of the Psychiatric Research Center (PRC), Dartmouth Medical School, presented, "Implementing Evidence-Based Practices: Toolkit Initiative."

November 5, 2001, Cynthia White, MEd, Director of the Research Office, Washington University, and Dr. Sandra Hale, Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Washington University, presented, "Ethical Conduct of Research with Human Subjects."

November 1, 2001, Junius Gonzales, MD, Director, Services Research and Clinical Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, presented, "Mental Health Services Research and Evidence-Based Practice."

October 29, 2001, Letha Chadiha, PhD, GWB Associate Professor, presented, "Finding and Recruiting African American Women Caregivers of Rural Elders."

October 15, 2001, Lionel Scott, PhD, GWB CMHSR Research Associate, presented, "Research Agenda for Racial Disparities in Mental Health Services."

October 8, 2001, Wilson Compton, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry (now director of the Services Branch at NIDA), presented "Improving Services for Substance Abusers with Depression."
 

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