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March is Social Work Month! Please join us in celebrating the many social workers throughout our department and their hard work in providing support services and coordination to our patients and their families! Jewell Hopkins, LCSW, Chief Social Worker in Psychiatry, shared a few words about the month.
“Happy Social Work Month! Thank you to every social worker across Psychiatry and URMC for all that you do. The contributions are endless, and with that, there is immense gratitude for the continued commitment to serve, work alongside our teams and colleagues, and see the worth and value in each other.”
Psychology Training Program Wins CCaPPTC Award
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Janeen Thompson Named CCW Assistant Director for Business Administration
| We are pleased to share that Janeen Thompson will be transitioning to the role of Assistant Director of Business Administration for our Division of Collaborative Care and Wellness. This position continues the work in fiscal management and administrative operations that Janeen has been supporting in the interim since the Fall. READ MORE>>> | |
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Myra Mathis, MD was recently awarded the “Courage to Heal Award” from the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Department of Medicine.
This award honors pioneers in compassionate and patient-centered care. Dr. Mathis presented the Courage to Heal Medicine Grand Rounds at Thomas Jefferson University in early February as part of the award ceremony.
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Paul Geha, MD and the Geha Lab are looking at how brain imaging can improve understanding of chronic pain. In the latest episode of In a Neuro Minute, Dr. Geha discusses recent research into a brain biomarker that could predict long-term outcomes to lower-back pain.
Psychiatry at the 2025 Lunar Near Year Festival
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Representing our Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Support Group, Annabel Fu, MD, Marie Bilinski, NP, and Liana Lobo, LMSW, CPCC stopped by Rochester's 2025 Lunar New Year Festival to share information with the community on our various services.
Deadline to Submit CVOP Abstracts Extended!
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February caught up to you faster than expected? Good news! The submission deadline to submit an abstract for the 2nd Annual Meeting of Consortium for Vision and Oculomics in Psychiatry (CVOP) has been extended to March 14th! Visit the CVOP website to submit your abstract.
13th Annual Joseph Ryan Conference
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Registration is now open for the 13th Annual Joseph Ryan Conference. This year’s conference, “New Frontiers in Addiction Psychiatry and Trauma: Brain, Behavior, and Innovative Digital Tools,” will explore the value of integrating technology in therapy with a focus on trauma and substance use disorder. Register by April 25th by contacting Stacey Ciotti or Kalie Ernewein. READ MORE>>>
Save the Date: Stroll for Strong Kids
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Is It Okay For Kids To Become Friends With AI? | |
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An increasing number of youth are turning to AI chatbots for friendship, companionship, and socialization. Tony Pisani, PhD and Michael Scharf, MD joined Jeffrey Allan, PhD of Nazareth University to discuss the potential effects of these tools on youth mental health. READ MORE>>>
Additional Patient Access to Mental Healthcare Through URMC Virtual Network
Virtual mental health urgent care visits are here! We've joined the UR Medicine Virtual Urgent Care service to provide non-emergency but imminent virtual mental health care visits for patients. READ MORE>>>
FIPP Joins Check Your Health Podcast
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Corey Nichols-Hadeed, JD, and Jennifer West, PhD of the Firearm Injury Prevention Program stopped by the Check Your Health studio to discuss common misconceptions about firearm injuries and provide strategies for preventing them. READ MORE>>>
Faculty Earn Awards and Accolades for Scholarship, Research Contributions
Hochang Ben Lee, MD's recent appointment to the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry's Visiting Professorship Program was highlighted by the University of Rochester. As part of this professorship, Dr. Lee visited the University of Florida to mentor junior faculty and consult on initiatives to expand psychiatric services. READ MORE>>>
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Save the Date for our Next DICE Grand Rounds | |
We are excited to announce our next DICE Grand Rounds speaker, Archie Green, rapper and founder of Peel Dem Layers Back. Peel Dem Layers Back is a nonprofit using hip hop as a healing tool for mental health struggles in the Black community. Mark your calendars for April 30th at noon for Archie's presentation! | |
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A new study by Aileen Aldalur, PhD, Kimberly van Orden, PhD, and Kenneth Connor, PsyD, alongside Melissa Anderson, PhD of the University of Massachusetts, examines disparities in engagement with mental health treatment among Deaf adults and offers strategies to overcome the barriers individuals may encounter.
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Peter Wyman, PhD and Tony Pisani, PhD published an outline of the Connect Program, a new approach to military suicide prevention addressing risk among those whose suicide concerns are not disclosed or otherwise identified.
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Nilsa Ricci, MD published an editorial exploring her experience as a physician and Spanish interpreter, the often blurred boundaries when interpreting, and the changes needed to prevent miscommunication.
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Anton Porsteinsson, MD was a coauthor and on the Steering Committee for a new publication in Nature exploring the use of a smartwatch and smartphone app to measure brain health and detect mild cognitive impairment. Our AD-CARE program, with Emily Clark, DO as PI, was one of the study sites.
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Lisham Ashrafioun, PhD, Ken Sayres, and Chris Cretelle, MBA, alongside Tedra Cobb of the VA Finger Lakes Healthcare System, published an editorial discussing how community conversations can help address stigma related to substance use in rural communities.
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Kaitlyn Kaiser, Judy Thompson, PhD, and Steve Silverstein, PhD published a preliminary study exploring the impact of a visual remediation intervention on perceiving the Ebbinghaus illusion in those with schizophrenia.
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Eric Caine, MD, Elizabeth Karras-Pilato, PhD, and Stephanie Gamble, PhD, alongside colleagues from the VA Boston Healthcare System and the Boston University School of Medicine, published an analysis on the relationship between veterans' ages and well-being and suicidal ideation during the transition to civilian life.
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Ellen Poleshuck, PhD was a coauthor on a trial identifying minimum implementation support needed for agencies serving pregnant people on public assistance to adopt and sustain the ROSE program, a postpartum depression program.
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Ian Cero, PhD was a coauthor on a paper discussing rollout trial designs, their advantages, and their drawbacks.
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Thomas Caprio, MD was a coauthor on a paper examining the relationship between neighborhood deprivation and infection-related hospitalizations among home healthcare patients.
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Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on a study looking at racial and ethnic disparities in exposure to phenols and parabins, chemicals used during the manufacturing of some plastics.
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Wilfred Pigeon, PhD was a coauthor on a longitudinal study examining the perceptions of the treatment working alliance among veterans with Gulf War Illness.
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Steve Silverstein, PhD was a coauthor on a study identifying distinct reward processing deficits and their relationships to negative symptoms across diagnostic boundaries.
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Anthony Pisani, PhD, and Kimberly van Orden, PhD were coauthors on a study identifying the needs, preferences, and features for an automated text messaging–based intervention for the self-management of suicide-related thoughts and behaviors.
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Daniel Maeng, PhD was a coauthor on a report highlighting the use of phase-based care, an approach aligning behavioral health resources to patients with high-acuity need, to eliminate treatment waitlists.
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Thomas O'Connor, PhD was a coauthor on a study on the effect of exposure of organophosphate esters, chemicals used in consumer products, during pregnancy and sex steroid hormones in mid-pregnancy.
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