UMass MIND News & Events

The "Presence of Mind" Annual Program Newsletter

• The Presence of Mind Newsletter 2021
• The Presence of Mind Newsletter 2020
• The Presence of Mind Newsletter 2019
• The Presence of Mind Newsletter 2018
• The Presence of Mind Newsletter 2017
• The Presence of Mind Newsletter 2016
• The Presence of Mind Newsletter 2015 

Recent News

• UMASS MIND Presents: An Art-Based Approach to Promote Recovery at the 5th Annual National Organization for the Arts in Health Conference: The Art of Resilience (10/19/2021)
• Dr. Fan featured in Washington Post story about China's mental health system (8/12/2021)
• UMass MIND introduces unprecedented Drama Therapy for mental illness (7/25/2021)
• Dr. Fan delivers Webinar on Asian cultures, anti-Asian racism, and mental illness (5/19/2021)
• Dr. Fan Appointed to the National Endowment for the Arts Panel (5/10/2021)
• US- China collaboration on mental health service and research addressed during the APA annual meeting (5/4/2021)
• Dr. Fan featured in Parade Magazine article on the role of heredity and genetics in schizophrenia (4/20/2021)
• UMass MIND Community Intervention Program receives Health Equity Award from the Coalition for a Healthy Greater Worceter as part of their Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) (3/24/2021)
• UMass MIND Program Awarded Prestigious National Endowments of the Arts Grant for Therapeutic Theater Program (3/4/2021)
• UMass MIND's Zentangle Art Therapy study featured in the Worcester Telegram & Gazette (3/3/2021)

Recent Events

Previous News & Events

• Dr. Fan Selected to the APA Council on International Psychiatry and Global Health (11/4/2020)
• Invited Commentary on COVID-19 and Serious Mental Illness Published in Schizophrenia Research (5/27/2020)
• Dr. Fan Wins APA Kun-Po Soo Award (12/11/2019)
• Healthy Baking Clubhouse Event (11/13/2019)
• Theater as Therapy Performance (10/19/2019)
• Mindfulness-Based Asian Brush Painting (10/19/2019)
• Dual-Diagnosis Drama Therapy Program (9/6/2019-10/25/2019)
• Dr. Fan Appointed to PCORI Advisory Panel (8/23/2019)
• In China, Mental Health Goes Virtual (Scientific American, 7/19/2019)
• Healthy Living Focus Groups (6/11 and 6/12/2019)
• Genesis Club Cooking Workshop (2/19/2019)
• Guided Imagery Paint Night (1/25/2019)
• Tower Hill Cooking Workshop (6/13/2018)
• WGBH Interviews Xiaoduo Fan About Racial Disparities in Mental Health Care (4/27/2018)
• Mass. Study Shows Major Mental Healthcare Disparities Between Whites and Asian-Americans (4/25/2018)
• Early Psychosis Educational Event (4/12/2017)