iSPARC Faculty Directory
Our faculty is nationally/internationally recognized, conducting, disseminating, and supporting the use of research in the public mental health system to enhance services for people 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 in the Commonwealth and beyond.
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Melissa L. Anderson, Ph.D., MSCI
Academic Role: Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences
Psychologist and Clinical Researcher
Co- Director of DeafYes! Center for Deaf Empowerment and Recovery
Deputy Director of Operations for iSPARC
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Edwin P. Boudreaux, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Affiliate, Professor of Emergency Medicine, Psychiatry, and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences
Psychiatry & Quantitative Health Sciences, Vice Chair of Research, Dept of Emergency Medicine at UMass Chan
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Nancy Byatt, DO, MS, MBA, DFAPA, FACLP
Academic Role: Professor with Tenure of Psychiatry
Executive Director, Lifeline for Families Center & Lifeline for Moms Program
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Michelle Crist, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Instructor
Law & Psychiatry Program
Research interests: implementation of assessment, case management, and treatment for persons involved with Massachusetts' criminal-legal system who are at high risk of continued criminal-legal system involvement.
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Maryann Davis, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Professor Emerita of Psychiatry
PI The Learning & Working During the Transition to Adulthood Rehabilitation Research & Training Center (Learning & Working RRTC)
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Jonathan Delman, MPH, JD, PhD
Academic Role: Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Consultant for the FIRG CTE project
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Dara Drawbridge, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Assistant Professor
Co-Director, Massachusetts Center of Excellence for Specialty Courts
Law & Psychiatry Research
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Marianne Farkas, Sc.D.
Academic Role: Affiliate
BU Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation Profile
Director of Training, Dissemination, and Technical Assistance, Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Clinical Professor, Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Co-Principal Investigator, Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research (CeKTER) at iSPARC
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Jean A. Frazier, M.D.
Academic Role: Affiliate, Professor of Psychiatry & Pediatrics
Clinical Titles: Executive Director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Vice Chair, Psychiatry Adult Clinical Services
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Ayorkor Gaba, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Affiliate
Adjunct Professor, UMass Chan Medical School. Assistant Professor, Teacher College, Columbia University
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Thomas Grisso, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Emeritus Professor
Law & Psychiatry, Juvenile Justice Research
APA Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research Award Recipient, 2014
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Uruj Kamal Haider, M.D.
Academic Role: Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director of the Women’s Mental Health Outpatient Clinic at UMass Memorial Medical Center. Consulting perinatal psychiatrist for Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP for Moms)
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Lourah Kelly, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Department of Emergency Medicine
Director of the Suicide and Substance Use Lab and Emerging Adult Avatar Project (Transitions ACR), 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.
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Megan Kelly, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Implementation Science and Practice Advances Research Center (iSPARC)
Clinical Psychologist
Research Investvator, VISN 1 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, US Department of Veteran Affairs
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Marsha Langer Ellison, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Communications at iSPARC
Director, Knowledge Translation for the Learning & Working Rehabilitation & Training Center (RRTC)
Co-PI, Center on Knowledge Translation on Employment Research (CeKTER)
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Celine Larkin, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Affiliate
Psychiatry & Emergency Medicine
Co-Leader iSPARC Stakeholder Engagement Program
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Spencer G. Lawson, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Professional Responsibilities: Principal Investigator for the Building Equity in Objective Prison Classification: A Model for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities grant, Law & Psychiatry program
Research Interests: Criminal-legal behavioral health populations, Safety, and wellness of criminal-legal professionals, Organizational justice, Pretrial reform
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Stephenie C. Lemon, Ph.D., M.S.
Academic Role: Professor
Population and Quantitative Health Sciences
Chief, Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine. Director, Prevention and Control of Cancer Training for Change in Individuals and Systems (PRACCTIS). Marcellette G. Williams Scholar
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Taber Lightbourne, M.D. M.H.S.
Academic Role: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
taber.lightbourne@umassmed.edu
Psychiatrist, Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP for Moms)
Community Psychiatry Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
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Nana Yaa A. Marfo, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Clinical Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow
Research interests: community-engaged research focused on increasing access to quality mental healthcare services for underserved populations.
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William J. McIlvane, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry
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Colleen E. McKay, MA., C.A.G.S.
Academic Role: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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Tiffany A. Moore Simas, M.D., M.P.H., M.Ed., F.A.C.O.G.
Academic Role: Affiliate, Professor Obstetrics & Gynecology, Pediatrics, and Psychiatry
tiffanya.mooresimas@umassmemorial.org
UMass Memorial Health Provider Profile
Chair, Department of the Obstetrics & Gynecology UMass Memorial Medical Center
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Michelle Mullen, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director of Helping Youth on the Path to Employment (HYPE)
Senior VP & Chief Design & Impact Officer, The Jed Foundation (JED)
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Ira Packer, Ph.D., ABPP
Academic Role: Professor Emeritus
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Forensic Evaluation Service at Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital
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Elizabeth Peacock-Chambers, M.D.
Academic Role: Affiliate, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
elizabeth.peacock-chambers@umassmed.edu
PI of a NIDA K23 funded award and SAMHSA to study the implementation and effectiveness of an evidence-based intervention, “Mothering from the Inside Out.”
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Kathryn Sabella, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research. Co-Director, Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Community Living and Participation among Transition Age Youth with Serious Mental Health Conditions from Disadvantaged, Vulnerable, and Marginalized Backgrounds. co-funded by the NIDILRR and SAMHSA.
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Rajani S. Sadasivam, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Affiliate, Professor of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences and Psychiatry
Health Informatics and Implementation Science, Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School
Director, Cancer Population Health Sciences Program, UMass Cancer Center
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Hannah Seward, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Research interests: Knowledge translation (including integrated and arts-based KT), employment for young adults with disabilities, vocational rehabilitation, life skills
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Chris Sheldrick
Academic Role: Professor
Evaluation Director, TEAM UP for Children
Co-Director of Evaluation, Boston Medical Center (BMC)
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Brian Stevenson, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Clinical Psychologist, VISN1 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center (MIRECC) at the VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs
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Shaobing Su, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Director of the Family Resilience and Child Development (FRCD) Lab
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Gina Vincent, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Associate Professor of Psychiatry
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Bo Wang, Ph.D., MPH
Academic Role: Professor of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences and Psychiatry
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Alexander Wilkins, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Population & Quantitative Health Sciences"
alexander.wilkins@umassmed.edu
NIAAA Diversity Scholar, Co-Director of the DeafYes! Center for Deaf Empowerment and Recovery, Clinical Psychology at UMass Memorial Health
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Kimberly Yonkers, M.D.
Academic Role: Chair and Professor of Psychiatry
UMass Memorial Medical Center Profile
Katz Family Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Chair and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UMass Memorial Medical Center -
Martha Zimmermann, Ph.D.
Academic Role: Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
