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“This is the civil rights issue of our generation,” said panelist Rajiv Tandon, a psychiatrist and president of NAMI Florida, speaking at a forum Friday hosted by the Sarasota chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital.
Greg Valcante, Ph.D., director of UF’s center, wants to get the word out to parents who might be interested in participating in the pilot program.
The University of Florida and 18 partnering institutions today will launch the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States. Researchers are targeting specific elementary schools within specific geographic regions to ensure a nationally representative sample, said Sara Jo Nixon, Ph.D., co-principal investigator at the UF Health site with Linda B. Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H., founding chair of UF’s department of epidemiology.
“The Department of Psychiatry is pleased to join efforts by the College of Medicine and the University of Florida to enhance wellness, increase resilience and strengthen compassion through mindfulness practices. Our College motto is to “Learn, Care and Lead” and mindful relaxation skills strengthen everyone’ s readiness to contribute to…
Yarelis Guzman-Quinones, MD and Daniel Pietras, MD We are pleased to announce that Dr. Yarelis Guzman-Quinones, PGY-3 and Dr. Daniel Pietras, PGY-3 are the recipients of a Florida Psychiatric Society (FPS) Alliance Grant. This grant is to assist with…
Richard C. Christensen, MD, MA The Department of Psychiatry lost a key member of its faculty on Thanksgiving Day 2015 when Richard Christensen, MD was struck by a vehicle while on his daily run in Zambia. Dr. Christensen and his wife, Kathy…
The devastation associated with opioid addiction has escaped the relative confines of the inner city and extended to suburban and rural America.What was once relegated to the back burner of public concern has become a top public health priority. William Greene, MD and Lisa Merlo, PhD discuss how changes to…
Dr. Burns has been appointed to the Florida Psychiatric Society’s (FPS) Membership Committee. She will be one of three Resident-Fellow Members to serve on the committee along side five general FPS members.
Josepha Cheong, MDProfessor Josepha A. Cheong, MD, Professor of the University of Florida Department of Psychiatry has been elected as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN). Her term as a Director…
Terry Lemesh Terry Lemesh, UF Department of Psychiatry Residency and Fellowship Program Education Coordinator, has been selected for the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT) Program Planning Committee. This committee develops the annual meeting program for the Program Administrator Symposium. She…
