Child and Family Behavioral Health

CFBH Faculty, Research Support and Staff

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Oliver Tom Massey, PhD

Oliver Tom Massey, PhD

Associate Professor & CFBH Co-Division Director

ITRE Multiple Principal Investigator & Evaluation Director

Research Interests:

Effective behavioral health services for youth and transition age adults, implementation science and practice, program evaluation, integration and sustainability of evidence-based practices, behavioral health services in schools, academic-community partnerships, service learning 

Cathy Sowell, MSW, LCSW

Cathy Sowell, MSW, LCSW

Assistant in Research & CFBH Co-Division Director

Research Interests:
Child, adolescent, and family mental health and wellbeing, child welfare and mental health system innovation and implementation, suicide prevention; transition age youth and young adult services; mental and physical health service integration; social justice and service equity

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Anna Abella, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Mental health services; child welfare systems; parent education; prevention and early intervention services; jail diversion programs; behavioral health equity 

Donna Burton, PhD

Donna Burton, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

ITRE Co-Investigator

Research Interests:
School based mental health services integration; child and adolescent behavioral health

Linda M. Callejas, PhD

Linda M. Callejas, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Reducing the burden of inequities in communities that experience social marginalization; parents involved in child welfare systems

Ruby Joseph, MPA

Ruby Joseph, MPA

Assistant In Research

Research Interests:
Service implementation of programs that benefit minority populations and communities; issues that affect the mental, educational, and social development of children and youth

Monica Landers, PhD, MSW

Monica Landers, PhD, MSW

Assistant Research Professor

Research Interests:
Systems of care; commercial sexual exploitation of children; out-of-home care; child welfare; cross-over youth; adolescent parenthood

Bruce Lubotsky Levin, DrPH, MPH

Bruce Lubotsky Levin, DrPH, MPH

Associate Professor

ITRE Multiple Principal Investigator & Evaluation Director

Research Interests:
Mental health and substance abuse services delivery; behavioral health policy; mental health informatics; managed behavioral health care; translational research in adolescent behavioral health

Debra Mowery, PhD

Debra Mowery, PhD

Assistant Research Professor, CABH Program Director

Research Interests:
Children and families; behavioral health; system planning; behavior analysis; early childhood education; cultural competence and health disparities; community based research

Jessica Rice, PhD

Jessica Rice, PhD

Assistant Professor of Instruction

Research Interests:
Psychiatric hospitalization among youth; child and adolescent trauma; embedding trauma-informed care treatment practices into mental and behavioral health for young people

Cindi Shockley

Cindi Shockley

Training Support Specialist

Roxann (McNeish) Taormina, PhD, M.S.W.

Roxann (McNeish) Taormina, PhD, MSw

Research Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Mental Health and wellbeing among men and boys; child welfare systems change; prevention programs

Amy Vargo, PhD

Amy Vargo, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Research Interests:
Child welfare systems change; identification of evidence-based and promising practices within child welfare and children’s behavioral health; childhood trauma

Connie Walker-Egea, PhD, RDN, LND

Connie Walker-Egea, PhD, RDN, LND

Assistant Research Professor

Research Interests:
Development of instruments; survey research; evaluation capacity development

Svetlana Yampolskaya, PhD

Svetlana Yampolskaya, PhD

Research Professor

Research Interests:
Prevention adverse outcomes for children in the child welfare system; advanced analytical and methodological approaches


Staff

René Anderson

René  Anderson

Human Services Program Specialist

Research Interests:
Child welfare, juvenile justice, special education and mental health systems

Donna Bell, M.Ed.

Donna Bell, M.Ed.

Web Content Administrator

 

Lisa Coy

Lisa Coy

Assistant Program Director

Research Interests:
Child welfare, parenting strategies for foster/adoptive parents, relative caregivers and birth parents

 

Areana Cruz

Areana Cruz, MSEd

Social and Behavioral Researcher

Research Interests:
Family preservations, crossover yout, substance use disorders, pediatric health.

Sandra Dwinell

Sandra Dwinell

Academic Services Administrator

Flandra Ismajli

Flandra Ismajli

Social & Behavioral Researcher

Research Interests:
Family preservations, crossover youth, substance use disorders, pediatric health.

 

David Longa, BA

David Longa, BA

Unit Research Administrator

 

Pam Menendez

Pam Menendez

Program Director

Research Interests:
Child welfare, parenting strategies for foster/adoptive parents, relative caregivers and birth parents

Lora Moustopoulos

Lora Moustopoulos

Learning & Development Facilitator

Research Interests:
Child welfare, parenting strategies for foster/adoptive parents, relative caregivers and birth parents

Cassandra Thomas

Cassandra Thomas

Social & Behavioral Researcher

Research Interests:
Child welfare, parenting strategies for foster/adoptive parents, relative caregivers and birth parents

Quynh Tran

Quynh Tran

Research Support Specialist