Piper Meyer-Kalos
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Credentials
PhD, LP
Bio
I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. I received my BA from DePauw University and graduated from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis with a Ph.D. in Clinical Rehabilitation Psychology in 2003. I completed an APA-accredited internship at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland, and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. My work focuses on the development of psychosocial interventions for people with early psychosis, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. I am also interested in developing treatment approaches that integrate positive psychology approaches to enhance recovery. I was part of the development team of the NAVIGATE intervention for people with first-episode psychosis and I have trained over 30 NAVIGATE teams nationally and internationally.
I am co-leading the EPI-MINN Hub of the Early Psychosis Intervention Network (EPINET). We aim to collect harmonized data with 7 other hubs across the country, deliver measurement-based care progress summaries to clients and clinicians, and to examine the benefits of cognitive training and a digital-based application to improve cognitive functioning in an early psychosis coordinated specialty care program.
I am a licensed psychologist in the states of Minnesota and North Carolina and part of the NAVIGATE team in the department’s St. Louis Park, MN, location. I provide clinical supervision for psychology graduate students, psychiatry residents, and social work students in the NAVIGATE and Strengths programs. I am a member of the APA Task Force on Serious Mental Illness and Serious Emotional Disturbance. I provide clinical training in Individual Resiliency Training, Illness Management and Recovery, and positive psychology approaches for people with serious mental illness.
Within the department, I am an Assistant Director of the Inclusion Excellence and Well-Being Committee.
Expertise
- NAVIGATE; a multi-disciplinary, treatment-based program specifically designed for persons with first-episode psychosis
Administrative Assistant
(for academic support only)
Natasha Hampton-Anderson
nhampton@umn.edu
In the Media
- 2023: Featured in this article titled, “New Inclusive Excellence and Well-Being Council Leadership excited to get started”.
- 2022: Featured in this piece titled, "U of M team using state funding to develop a “blueprint” to treat young people with bipolar disorder".
- 2022: Featured in this piece titled, "The on-again-off-again nature of the pandemic-mangled workplace and its impact on employees".
- 2021: Helped write an article for Psychiatric Times titled, "Promoting Resiliency After First-Episode Psychosis".
Research Summary
Dr. Meyer-Kalos serves as Principal and Co-Investigator for several research projects. "My research is primarily focused on developing treatments for people with schizophrenia and serious mental illness," she said. "Over the last 10 years, I've also become interested in first-episode psychosis."