Issue 30 | November 17, 2021 |
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Dear Faculty, Trainees, and Staff:
It is with great pride and excitement that I call our attention to our very own Dr. Deanna Kelly, who was selected as 1 of only 8 for the newly established MPower Professor between University of Maryland, Baltimore and University of Maryland, College Park! (See story below for details). Dr. Kelly’s selfless, creative energy and scientific genius has yet again resulted in a win-win outcome, leading to growth and opportunity for even more faculty and students. She is an example of how to do it right! Thank you, Dee!
As the Thanksgiving Holiday approaches, I want to express my sincere thanks to our entire Department. You have worked long hours -- requiring endurance and determination -- while providing clinical care to those most in need, teaching to ensure a strong and safe learning environment, and leading our scientific efforts to learn and contribute to our field. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I ask everyone to breathe deeply, relax, and enjoy your time with those closest to you. While there has been much suffering and loss over the past 18 months, there is also much to be thankful for and it is important to take a few minutes to reflect on these moments of gratitude.
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”
Sincerely,
Jill A. RachBeisel, MD
Dr. Irving J. Taylor Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
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The Department of Psychiatry Diversity Committee
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Please remember to visit our Hub!
In November, we will not have a Diversity Committee meeting due to the Thanksgiving holiday. We continue to encourage everyone to contact Dr. Forrester at aforrest@som.umaryland.edu to share success stories regarding their diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts or personal stories about individual engagement around DEI.
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REMEMBER TO GET YOUR FLU SHOT! |
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Remember to get your flu shot -- now through December 7!
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Conte Seminar Series,
Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC)
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Date & Time: December 1; 1 pm
Speaker: Dost Öngür, MD, PhD
William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Title: “Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Studies of Brain Bioenergetics in Psychotic Disorders”
Host: Robert Schwarcz, PhD; Click here for the web link.
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Deanna Kelly, PharmD, BCPP, was chosen as one of eight inaugural MPower Professors, a prestigious award from the University of Maryland Strategic Partnership: MPowering the State.
The award recognizes exceptional leaders from 11 schools and colleges, and Dr. Kelly's work highlights significant and impactful interdisciplinary collaboration that fosters innovative research and scholarship between institutions.
Dr. Kelly is a Professor within Psychiatry, as well as an affiliate Professor at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy. She also serves as the Director and Chief of the Treatment Research Program at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC), and leads initiatives involving schizophrenia, severe mental illness, and psychopharmacology.
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The American Psychiatric Association (APA) and APA Foundation selected Kimberly Gordon-Achebe, MD, as the recipient of the 2022 Jeanne Spurlock, MD, Minority Fellowship Achievement Award.
The award was established in 1999, and recognizes the achievements of former Fellows of the Minority Fellowships who are making contributions to the medical -- and minority -- community. The award will be presented to Dr. Gordon-Achebe at the Annual APA meeting in New Orleans in May 2022. Congrats!
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Sarah Edwards, DO, was honored as Baltimore Magazine's Top Doctors in 2021 for Pediatric Psychiatry.
Congratulations Dr. Edwards for this honor and for your dedication in serving our patients and community.
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Daniela Sampaio, MD, was awarded the 3rd Annual 2021 Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy from Austen Riggs. The award acknowledges Dr. Sampaio's leading efforts in the biopsychosocial approach of psychiatric care.
Congrats, Dr. Sampaio on this well deserved award!
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Xiaoming Du, PhD, was awarded the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation 2021 Young Investigators Award for his work, "Dorsomedial Prefrontal versus Temporoparietal Target for Refractory Auditory Hallucination," in innovative brain research.
Congratulations on this achievement!
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The Eastern Shore Mobile Care Collaborative (ESMCC) has been recognized by Salisbury University's National Nursing Honor Society, Sigma Theta Tau International Lambda Eta Chapter.
On November 17, the Chapter will host its annual Substance Use Disorder Conference and honor the ESMCC for the team's ongoing work.
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On October 14-15, the National Center for School Mental Health held its Annual Conference. For the second time in its 26-year history, the Conference was hosted virtually, and recorded 1,500+ international and national key figures and providers.
Jill Bohnenkamp, PhD, served as a plenary speaker, and the conference featured 40 live sessions, 27 poster sessions, and 100 pre-recorded sessions.
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Annabelle Belcher, PhD, Kelly Coble, LCSW-C, Thomas Cole, MA, Christopher Welsh, MD, Anna Whitney, BA, and Eric Weintraub, MD, recently published, "Buprenorphine Induction in a Rural Maryland Detention Center During COVID-19: Implementation and Preliminary Outcomes of a Novel Telemedicine Treatment Program for Incarcerated Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder," in Frontiers in Psychiatry. The article highlights the need for treatment with medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) within jail settings and with telemedicine. To read the full article, click here.
Additionally, Thomas Cole, MA, recently presented the team's findings on October 21 at the American Public Health Association conference. The poster was entitled, "Implementation of a telemedicine buprenorphine program in a rural correctional setting during COVID-19."
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The article highlights the importance of education in treating patients with addictions to opioids, including pregnant women. MACS for MOMS is staffed with addiction specialists to help provide that education to obstetricians, primary care doctors, and others with consultations, referrals, trainings, and more. Visit the MACS for MOMS website here.
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Sharon Hoover, PhD, was interviewed by National Geographic for the article, "How to confront COVID-19's toll on kids' mental health," which can be found here.
The article discusses the uptick in mental health cases and adolescent suicide, among other increasing mental health concerns brought on by the pandemic. Dr. Hoover highlights the importance of emotional and social learning and development, which she encourages be incorporated into schools and learning curriculum.
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Alicia Wiprovnick, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist who will be joining the Department in the Division of Addiction Research and Treatment (DART), and will be working at the UM Addiction Treatment Center at 1001 West Pratt Street. Dr. Wiprovnick graduated from UMBC in 2020 with her PhD in Human Services Psychology. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Substance Use Disorders at the VA Maryland Healthcare System. She completed her predoctoral internship at the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA. Dr. Wiprovnick has expertise and training in co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders with a particular focus on trauma and stress related disorders. As a graduate student, Dr. Wiprovnick was involved with training medical and behavioral health providers in smoking cessation and motivational interviewing. She is looking forward to developing a trauma-informed mental health program at the UM Addiction Treatment Center.
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