Section: Research

Kathleen Biebel, Ph.D.

Academic Role: Research Assistant Professor

Faculty Appointment(s) In:
   Psychiatry

Dr. Biebel has served as PI, Co-Investigator, and Evaluator on various SAMHSA/CMHS, NIMH and foundation-funded projects. She has worked for SAMHSA/CMHS as a Family-Centered Care Consultant, advising policy-makers and federal program officers on policy initiatives regarding families living with mental illness. She is currently the Co-I in a study investigating the issues of implementing a pilot intervention for families living with parental mental illness in a traditionally adult-serving mental health agency. Dr. Biebel is particularly interested in the workforce and organizational issues that arise when serving families.

Dr. Biebel co-leads the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH) response team. This team coordinates collaborations between CMHSR and DMH while maintaining a special focus on bridging science to service, and translating and disseminating research findings to inform policy and program development. Dr Biebel also provides expertise and support for grant writing, data analysis, interagency workgroups, program evaluation, and policy recommendations .

Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests:

1. Program and policy development for parents with mental illness and their families.
2. Implementation of evidence-based/evidence-informed interventions, with a focus on workforce and systems change issues.
3. translation and dissemination strategies to move research findings into usable policy and practice recommendations.

Ongoing Projects:

Family Care management for Parents with Mental Illness and their Children

PI:   Joanne Nicholson, Ph.D., Co-PI:  Kathleen Biebel, Ph.D.

Time Frame:  3 years 4 months  (09/01/2005  - 12/31/2008)

This study is developing, implementing, and testing a family care management (FCM) intervention for parents with mental illness and their children. The FCM intervention is based on exemplary models with additional adaptations as recommended by local community stakeholders. The FCM intervention will be evaluated with regard to its effects on its intended consumers: adults with mental illness and their families. Investigators will also examine the process of implementing the FCM in an adult mental health agency and in the community at large.

Office: WSH 8C-22
Phone: 508 856-8717
Fax: 508-856-8700
E-mail: Kathleen.Biebel@umassmed.edu
Keywords: Translational Research, Implementation Research, Dissemination, Parental Mental Illness, Systems Change

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