Charles Kaplan
Interim Associate Dean of Research Hamovitch Center For Science In Human Services · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Charles Kaplan explores the patterns of drug use, drug treatment strategies and social policy.
Substance Abuse Hiv/Aids Diversity/Cross Cultural Behavioral Health Health
Abigail Ortiz
Psychiatrist · The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre and Mood Disorders Center of Ottawa, UOHS
Dr. Ortiz’s research focuses on understanding mood regulation using mathematics
Mood Disorders Bipolar Disorder Mood regulation Pharmacotherapy Nonlinear methods in Psychiatry
Robert Ashton
Big Society Advisor, Business Author and Consultant · Robert Ashton
A challenging speaker with a unique style. Every presentation is different, reflecting the needs of the event.
Big Society Social Enterprise Mental Health Business Networking
Sabas Whittaker
Poet, Historian, Mariner, Artist, Composer · Author
A discussion of mental health - numerous aspects of treatment from various perspectives, seeking a unified approach that could benefit all.
April Harris-Britt, PhD
Doctoral Faculty - Clinical Psychology · Fielding Graduate University
Doctoral Faculty in the School of Psychology
Psychological Assessment Research Methods Ethics Multicultural Psychology Multicultural Issues and Diversity
Mical Raz
Charles E. and Dale L. Phelps Professor in Public Policy and Health · University of Rochester
Author of "What's Wrong with the Poor? Psychiatry, Race and the War on Poverty."
Psychiatry Education Policy Race Culture and Ethnicity Poverty & Public Policy Education
Dr Jane Waite
Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology · Aston University
Dr Waite focuses on understanding the development of mental health difficulties, and improving identification of these difficulties.
Neurodevelopmental Disorders Intellectual Disabilities Mental Health Difficulties Neurodevelopmental Conditions Communication Difficulties
Iris Chi
Chinese-American Golden Age Association/Dr. Frances Wu Chair for Chinese Elderly Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Expert in elderly health and gerontology, and currently directs the China Program
Aging Gerontology China Caregiving Behavioral Health
Wizdom Powell, Ph.D.
Director of the Health Disparities Institute and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UConn Health · University of Connecticut
Expert on the role of racism and gender norms in African American male health and healthcare inequities.
Ptsd African American Men Health Health Disparities Military Mental Health
Leia Saltzman
Assistant professor of social work · Tulane University
Leia Saltzman is an expert on trauma associated with community violence and mass disaster.
Trauma Posttraumatic growth Mass disaster COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Community Resilience
Dr. Robert E. Roush
Professor and Director · Texas Consortium for Geriatrics Education and Care
Dr. Roush trains healthcare professionals about the role of age-related changes in making executive decisions about finances.
Education and Training Active Ageing Lifelong Learning Ageing in Place Frailty
Matt Andersson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology · Baylor University
Expert on health inequality, focusing on educational and socioeconomic inequalities in mental and physical well-being
Parent-child Bonding Comparative parenthood Health Behaviors Health inequality Parent-child Bonding
Anna Muraco
Professor and Chair of Sociology · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts
Intersection of Gay and Straight Life in Aging Social Relationships Gender Aging and the Life Course Caregiving and Friendship Across the Life Course
Sacha Klein
Associate Professor · Michigan State University
Sacha Klein is an expert on child welfare, child maltreatment prevention, effects of early care and education on parenting.
Educational Services Child Maltreatment Public Policy Analysis and Advocacy Racial Disparities in the Child Welfare System Child Abuse Prevention
Aaron Rappaport
Professor of Law · UC Hastings College of the Law
Contacts: rappapor@uchastings.edu / 415-565-4697 / Office 370-200
Criminal Law Sentencing Law Jurisprudence Moral Theory Telecommunications Law
Benjamin Henwood
Associate Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Expert on housing and integrative support for homeless individuals
Serious Mental Illness Housing First, homelessness, permanent supportive housing Integrated behavioral and primary healthcare
Kerri Raissian, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Public Policy · University of Connecticut
Public administration expert, focusing on child and family policy
The impact of early childhood investments on child well-being Role of policy in family violence and contraception subsidies How policy generates family complexity, data collection and decision making in the child protective system
Joni Siani
Visiting Assistant Professor, Communications and Media, Manhattanville College · Manhattanville College
Siani was an early predictor on the shaping effects of digital communication behavior on individuals and society
Technology Use Multimedia Digital Communication Behavior Social Media Digital Communication
Melissa Boston
Licensed Clinical Psychologist · Manhattanville College
Expert in student mental health, anxiety, depression, relationships, trauma, women's issues, and behavioral difficulties.
Coping With Quarantine Student Mental Health Mental Health Coping With COVID-19
Amy Nuttall
Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies · Michigan State University
Amy K. Nuttall is an expert in the areas of family relationships, parenting, and how families cope with stress.
Family Dynamics Maltreatment Parenting Caregiving Quantitative Psychology