Meet our talented Faculty!
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Daniel Mullin, PsyD, MPH, is the Director of the Center for Integrated Primary Care and a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. Mullin is a clinician, educator, and researcher focused on the integration of behavioral health and primary care services. He maintains a clinical practice embedded in the Barre Family Health Center, a rural family medicine residency practice in Massachusetts. Dr. Mullin is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and provides training in Motivational Interviewing to healthcare providers. He is a developer of the Practice Integration Profile, a measure of the integration of behavioral and primary care services. |
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Amber Cahill, PsyD, is the Associate Director of the UMass Chan Center for Integrated Primary Care. She is passionate about primary care and its foundational role in caring for the health of communities; she’s provided clinical care in primary care settings since 2013. Dr. Cahill is also the Director of Behavioral Science for the Fitchburg Family Medicine Residency, where she develops and implements a behavioral science curriculum that educates resident physicians in addressing mental health, substance use, and health behavior change in primary care. Dr. Cahill completed internship training at the Battle Creek VA Medical Center in the primary care/health psychology track and went on to complete a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at the UMass Chan Medical School in primary care, health psychology, and medical education. She earned her doctorate in clinical psychology from Adler University with a concentration in primary care and behavioral medicine. | |
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Bridget Beachy, PsyD, a licensed psychologist, is dedicated to the integration of BHC services into medical settings. Dr. Beachy is currently the Director of Primary Care Behavioral Health at Community Health of Central Washington (CHCW; FQHC in Washington state), where she prac-tices as a BHC and enjoys delivering clinical services to patients of all ages. Dr. Beachy has a passion for consulting and presents internationally, nationally and at the state and local levels. | |
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Nelly E. Burdette, PsyD, is a clinical health psychologist with expertise in integrated behavioral health and primary care systems transformation. She currently serves as Chief Clinical Officer at the Care Transformation Collaborative of Rhode Island (CTC-RI), a statewide initiative dedicated to advancing primary care through innovative models and integrated behavioral health, quality improvement, and value-based care. Dr. Burdette’s professional interests include training and fostering psychological safety within healthcare teams, integrating behavioral health into primary care and oncology, and positioning psychologists as leaders in healthcare systems change. In addition to her leadership work, she continues to provide clinical care, with a strong commitment to serving underserved populations in community health settings. She is a frequent speaker, educator, and collaborator focused on workforce development, sustainability, and operationalizing integrated care. | |
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Carlos Cappas, PsyD, MBA, is the Chief Behavioral Health Officer at Lynn Community Health Center (LCHC). In his role, Dr. Cappas leads a team of over 70 behavioral health professionals, providing a comprehensive range of integrated behavioral health services in primary care settings and in School-Based Health Centers. At LCHC, Carlos continues to evolve its behavioral health services through clinical and operational integration, adoption of integrated telehealth services, and the expansion of a behavioral health workforce pipeline to recruit and retain professionals in community-based settings. A native of Puerto Rico, Carlos received his doctoral degree from Ponce Health Sciences University in Puerto Rico and is a graduate of the UMass Chan Medical School’s Fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology in Primary Care. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration from UMass Boston. |
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Elizabeth Dykhouse, PhD, is the Fellowship Director of the Primary Care Psychology and Medical Education Fellowship at UMass Chan Medical School, where she has trained and supervised fellows since 2017. Dr. Dykhouse also serves as Associate Program Director and Director of Behavioral Science for the Worcester Family Medicine Residency. She provides integrated behavioral health care at Barre Family Health Center, a rural primary care practice in central Massachusetts, and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. Her clinical and teaching background is in primary care and health psychology, with particular expertise in culturally and linguistically responsive care, including work with medical interpreters and direct clinical care in Spanish. She earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology from Seattle Pacific University and completed specialized training in rural and primary care psychology, including a primary care fellowship with Salud Family Health Centers. She is also a graduate of the STFM Behavioral Science/Family Systems Educator Fellowship. |
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Lauren Eidt Pearson, MSW, LICSW, is an Instructor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Chan Medical School and a Behavioral Health Clinician at the Barre Family Health Center. Her clinical interests include integrated behavioral health, disaster mental health, geriatric mental health, grief, and Palliative/Hospice care. Lauren received her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and her graduate degree from Adelphi University. Outside of work, she enjoys gardening, reading, and being a therapy dog handler. |
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Shahida Fareed, PsyD, MPH, MBBS, is the Director of Behavioral Health for the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, and an Assistant Professor at UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. Fareed provides integrated behavioral health care at the Fitchburg Family Practice and is closely involved in resident wellness, scholarly activities, and behavioral science teaching in the Fitchburg Family Medicine Residency. Dr. Fareed completed her doctorate in psychology at Adler University and her internship at the University of Rochester Medical Center, with training across primary care, ambulatory outpatient clinics, and inpatient psychiatry. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Internal Medicine at Geisinger Medical Center and has several years of experience practicing as a primary care psychologist. Her clinical interests include depression and anxiety in primary care, chronic illness, sleep and psychosomatic disorders, health behavior change, and clinician well-being. Dr. Fareed also holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Oklahoma and an MBBS with an emphasis in Family Medicine from Karachi University, Pakistan, bringing a uniquely interdisciplinary and global perspective to integrated primary care. |
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Jenna Mullarkey, PsyD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. Mullarkey is the Education Director in the Hahnemann site of the Worcester Family Medicine Residency and works closely with residents on the Family Medicine Inpatient Service. Dr. Mullarkey provides integrated primary care at the Hahnemann Family Health Center. Her clinical and teaching interests center on evidence-based interventions in integrated primary care, pediatric behavioral health, health behavior change, and motivational interviewing. Dr. Mullarkey earned her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Florida Institute of Technology and completed her predoctoral internship at the Munroe-Meyer Institute at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, with a focus on behavioral pediatrics and integrated care. She is a graduate of the UMass Chan Postdoctoral Fellowship in Primary Care Psychology and Medical Education. |
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Tope Oluwa, MSW, LICSW, is a Behavioral Health Consultant at the Hahnemann Family Health Center, where she engages patients/families with the goal of improving their emotional well-being. Her past/present efforts include community engagements that promote self-worth, dignity, and respect. Tope earned both her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts. She enjoys time with family and reading. |
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Stacy Potts, MD, MEd, is Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education and Clinical Affairs at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. She completed her undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Vermont. She completed her Family Medicine Residency and Faculty Development Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. She received her Masters of Education from the University of Cincinnati. Her passion for graduate medical education has led her to multiple roles, including previous roles as Chair of the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Family Medicine and as the Writing Group Chair for the FM residency requirement revisions. She currently serves as the Vice Chair of the ACGME-International Medical Specialties Review Committee. She is a member of the AFMRD National Institute of Program Director Development Academic Council and the Director of the AAFP Chief Resident Leadership Development Program. She continues to practice full-spectrum family medicine and is a proud mother of many, enjoys quilting, and running marathons. |
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