Roger Peters, PhD, Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law and Policy recently participated in the Treatment Expert Advisory Group (TEAG) meeting hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The two-day meeting was convened in Washington D.C. at the headquarters of the Organization of American States (OAS), and included a review of three newly developed global training curricula related to addiction treatment: (1) "Clinical Care for Women with Substance Use Disorders", (2) "Universal Treatment Curriculum for Healthcare Professionals", and (3) "Alternatives to Incarceration". The TEAG meeting provided a final review of the curricula before their implementation by the Colombo Plan and the Global Centre for Credentialing and Certification in different regions of the world

Lori Holt, PhD, will present "Listening in on auditory processing using speech" on Friday, October 18, 2019 from 12:30 - 2:00PM in PCD1147. Dr. Holt is a Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University and is affiliated with CMU's Neuroscience Institute and Pittsburgh's Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition. She earned her PhD from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999. She is an expert in auditory cognitive neuroscience, with a focus on understanding how humans interpret the complexity of spoken language. The research has implications for critical periods in development, for communication disorders, and for research on computer understanding of speech. Since 2007, Dr. Holt has co-directed the Predoctoral Training Program in Behavioral Brain Research, an NIH-supported graduate grant to train the next generation of behavioral researchers to exploit biomedical techniques in their research. Flyer...

In Spring 2019 the midterm grade policy changed to make midterm grades due week 7-8 in an effort to facilitate performance toward our student success initiatives. The Office of the Registrar's calendar was recently updated to reflect the new dates in accordance with the new policy. For the Fall 2019, midterm grading opens on October 7 and closes on October 18. The new dates should be reflected in Fall 2019 course syllabi. Click here for the Registrar's calendar.

William E Haley (SAS)
Transitions to Family Caregiving and the Impact on Health Indicators
Sponsor: John Hopkins University
6/1/2016-5/31/2021
Amount: $161,370

Most individuals with disabilities live at home and depend on family members to provide assistance with their problems and limitations. Caregiving is often believed to be a chronically stressful experience for the caregivers, especially for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer's disease, but surprisingly few prospective, population-based studies have properly examined the health consequences of caregiving, including its impact on biological indicators of stress, inflammation, and compromised immunity. The proposed research will make major contributions to our knowledge in these areas and will yield important new information that will be useful to health policy makers and to clinical practitioners.

Kathleen Moore (MHLP)
Evaluation of Family Dependency Treatment Court (FDTC) Program
Sponsor: 13th Judicial Court Hillsborough Co
11/14/2017-9/30/2022
Amount: $71,250

The Administrative Office of the Courts, 13th Judicial Circuit (with DACCO Behavioral Health and University of South Florida in collaboration with Eckerd Community Alternatives) were funded a $2 million SAMHSA grant for its Family Dependency Treatment Court (FDTC) to expand treatment for parents with a substance use disorder and/or co-occurring disorders in Hillsborough County, Florida. The goal of the program is to reunify substance-abusing parents with their children, serving 35 parents annually with residential, intensive outpatient, and medication-assisted treatment. Dr. Kathleen Moore will provide the performance assessment and data collection for the evaluation portion of the program. The project will include a process evaluation (semi-structured interviews, observation of program activities, and review of program materials) and an outcome evaluation in order to assess any changes that have occurred over the implementation of the FDTC program. Dr. Moore is also responsible for facilitating the provision of technical assistance support and consultation.

Donna Burton (CFS)
The Trauma Recovery Institute
Sponsor: Children's Home Society of Florida
10/1/2016-9/30/2021
Amount: $399,728

The TRI-RLH evaluation uses a multi-level, mixed method design framed by the initiatives' theory of change. Evaluation activities support local outcomes and process evaluation for the CHS Western Division's implementation of Real Life Heroes (RLH). Moreover, the evaluation plan is designed to assess the efforts of CHS to become a more trauma-informed organization, through its Trauma Recovery Initiative (TRI). This project includes activities that span the entire 5-year grant period and focus on system, clinical/organizational, and child/family levels.

A major goal of the evaluation is to answer the local evaluation questions while providing support for program planning and implementation of trauma-informed care throughout programs of this statewide provider. In addition, the utilization-focused evaluation design provides real time feedback and recommendations that CHS as well as TRI Center staff and partners can use for improving program design and performance during implementation.

Bryanna Fox (Crim)
Intelligence Led Policing and Social Network Analysis
Sponsor: Pasco Sheriff's Office (U.S. Department of Justice flowthrough)
10/1/2018-9/30/2022
Amount: $294,972

Over the past five years, violent crime and opioid-related offenses in Pasco County, Florida have steadily increased. The increased level of violence is a concern for our community members and visitors. Academic research consistently suggests that a small number of offenders are responsible for the vast majority of these crimes. Therefore, finding ways to identify, target, and deter these prolific offenders is an effective and evidence-based approach to crime prevention. This project aims to create, implement, and evaluate the use of a focused deterrence strategy used to identify prolific violent gun offenders and opioid offenders and networks through the use of an evidence-based risk assessment and scoring criteria, and how the use of this approach impacts crime in Pasco County. Dr. Bryanna Fox is serving as a PI on this project in collaboration with Pasco Sheriff's Office.

1. Jones, N., Teague, G. B., Wolf, J., & Rosen, C. (2019). Organizational Climate and Support Among Peer Specialists Working in Peer-Run, Hybrid and Conventional Mental Health Settings. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. doi: 10.1007/s10488-019-00980-9

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