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USF College of Behavioral & Community Sciences August 27th - August 31st, 2018
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Greetings,
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kathleen Moore to the position of Executive Director of the Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute effective the 23rd of August. Dr. Moore joined the University of South Florida in 1999 as the Coordinator of Statistical Research in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy. In 2004 she became Research Assistant Professor in MHLP and was subsequently promoted in 2010 to Associate. Dr. Moore received her B.A. in sociology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and both her M.A. and Ph.D. in social/health psychology from Kent State University followed by a fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Moore has served as PI or Co-PI for over five million in external funding to support her research.
As Executive Director, Dr. Moore will provide leadership for the research and training activities of FMHI so it can continue to fulfill its state-mandated mission. She will be the sixth Executive Director in the forty-plus year history of the Institute. I look forward to having her join us as a member of the CBCS Leadership team.
At the same time, I would like to ask that you join me in expressing appreciation to Dr. Mary Armstrong who has served as Director of FMHI since September of 2014. During her leadership, Dr. Armstrong provided valuable stewardship of FMHI and provided leadership for development of the FMHI Community forum. This successful event is held yearly and is a collaborate event involving many units within the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences including MHLP, Criminology, Child and Family Studies, and Social Work. She also fostered important relationships both state and university wide.
Please join me in welcoming Dr. Moore to this important position and thanking Dr. Armstrong for her dedicated leadership!
Thank you,
Julie
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Dr. Roger Peters Serves as Keynote Speaker
Dr. Roger Peters, clinical psychologist and Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy at the University of South Florida served as a keynote speaker for a webinar presented on July 10, 2018, entitled "Opioid Screening and Assessment for People in the Criminal Justice System." More than 1,300 people across the country registered for the webinar, including federal grantees, treatment professionals, and law enforcement and other justice practitioners and first responders. The webinar was hosted by the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center, and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, and the Center for Health and Justice at TASC (Treatment Alternatives for Safe Communities). Dr. Peters discussed screening, assessment, and intervention strategies for opioid-dependent persons who are involved with the justice system.
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Joshua T. Barnett Invited to Present at FACC
Joshua T. Barnett, a second year doctoral PhD student in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy, was invited to present at the Florida Association of Community Corrections' (FACC) Annual Training Institute in Doral, FL. Joshua presented recovery-oriented and best practice approaches to address the opioid epidemic, including an overview of the legislative funding he drafted that successfully allocated $1,000,000 between Manatee and Palm Beach Counties to develop Opioid-focused Recovery Peer Coach Services.
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Thank you for all of your generous donations. We were able to donate 496 items to Canella Elementary School!
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Several School of Aging Studies faculty presented their research at the Florida Conference on Aging August 15th, 2015 in Tampa, FL, including Dr. Debra Dobbs (Associate Professor, SAS), Dr. Hongdao Meng (Associate Professor), Dr. Kathy Hyer (Professor and Director Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging), Dr. Lindsay Peterson (Instructor and Internship Director, SAS), recent SAS PhD graduate Dr. Rosalyn Roker and current PhD student Joseph June. The papers included results from Dobbs' pilot study on palliative care education in assisted living, Hyer, June and Peterson's work on Hurricane Irma, Meng's collaboration with WellCare to develop an online family caregiver education resource, and Roker's dissertation research about mental health service use for older Blacks and Whites.
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CBCS Bulls Rush - Bulls, Burgers, and Brats Tailgate
Join us for food and fun as the USF Bulls prepare to host the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. This tailgating event will not only gather CBCS colleagues to celebrate the upcoming game, but it may even provide an opportunity to see Rocky and/or the Sun Dolls (fingers crossed that their appearance is confirmed)!
- Meal deal includes a burger or brat, chips, drink, and a cookie! Touchdown!!! GO BULLS!!! (Suggested donation for meal purchase is below.)
- Purchase of a meal gives you TWO raffle tickets through 8/31 and ONE raffle ticket after 8/31 for a chance to win free USF gear just in time for the football season.
- Pre-sale tickets will be available for $8 from 8/22 - 8/31
- Please RSVP through Evite (http://evite.me/CJzb7e7nqF) and/or see Crystal Rivers in the HR lobby to take advantage of pre-sale pricing. Trust me, this will beat leaving campus and having to fight for a parking spot!
September 7, 2018
11:30am - 1:00pm
MHC Atrium
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NPR, Kaiser Health News and several other media outlets
"... 'This is a promising model,' says Roxann McNeish, a research assistant professor of child and family studies at the University of South Florida..." [More]
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