Meet Our Team
The Transitions ACR is an interdisciplinary collaboration of UMass Chan Medical School faculty and staff within the Implementation Science & Practice Advances Research Center (iSPARC). We are nationally and internationally recognized, conducting, disseminating, and supporting the use of research in the public mental health system to enhance services for transition-aged youth with behavioral health conditions that promote their recovery and improve their quality of life. Their work informs, advises, and involves individuals with lived mental health experience, their families, providers, administrators, and policymakers navigating the behavioral health landscape. Transitions ACR is currently co-directed by Marsha Ellison, PhD, and Michelle Mullen, PhD.
Leadership
Marsha Ellison, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Co-Director, Transitions ACR
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marsha.ellison@umassmed.edu
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Michelle Mullen, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Co-Director, Transitions ACR
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michelle.mullen@umassmed.edu
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Dee Logan, BA, Project Manager III
Professional Responsibilities: Responsible for the completion of all iSPARC Communications activities, L&W RRTC TA, Training, and Dissemination activities, CP RRTC Dissemination activities.
Research Interests: Dissemination and presentation of research findings and materials, Informed Consent, research ethics, and youth, young adult, and family mental health.
Faculty
Lourah Kelly, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
lourah.kelly@umassmed.edu
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Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Department of Emergency Medicine. Director of the Suicide and Substance Use Lab and Emerging Adult Avatar Project, funded by NIAAA. Co-PI, Collaborative Hub for Emerging Adult Recovery Research (CHEARR) at UConn School of Medicine. Co-PI, Improving Outcomes of Adolescents in Residential Substance Use Treatment via a Technology-Assisted Parenting Intervention at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Collen McKay, MA, CAGS, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
colleen.mckay@umassmed.edu
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Director of the Program for Clubhouse Research
Affiliate Faculty
Maryann Davis, PhD, Professor Emerita of Psychiatry
maryann.davis@umassmed.edu
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PI for the Learning & Working During the Transition to Adulthood Rehabilitation Research & Training Center (Learning & Working RRTC). Co-PI for the Tools for Work Success Study. Co-PI Collaborative Hub for Emerging Adult Recovery Research (CHEARR) at UConn School of Medicine.
Kathryn Sabella, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
kathryn.sabella@umassmed.edu
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Co-director of The Center for Community Inclusion and Reflective Collaborative (funded by the NIDILRR and SAMHSA) with Temple University Collaborative at Temple University College of Public Health.
Staff
Louise Harkins, Implementation Support Specialist III
louise.harkins@umassmed.edu
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Professional responsibilities: Training and Technical Assistance Specialist with HYPE
Samantha Hersh, Clinical Research Coordinator I
samantha.hersh@umassmed.edu
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Professional Responsibilities: supports the Learning & Working RRTC Directed Training Program and Helping Youth on the Path to Employment (HYPE)
