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Department welcomes new faculty member
Jacquetta Blacker, MD, MA, joined the Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Department on June 15, 2020, as an Assistant Professor. Before coming to the U, Blacker spent several years working for the...
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A New Outlook on Eating Disorders Through Neurofeedback and Cognitive Research
Associate Professor Carol Peterson, PhD, and Assistant Professor Ann Haynos, PhD — both in the University of Minnesota Medical School’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences — and their...
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Looking into the psychological and biological consequences of COVID-19 for certain adolescents
Adolescents with a history of non-suicidal self-injury are at higher risk for suicide attempts. Within the context of a global pandemic, this risk trajectory may be accelerated. With school closures...
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U Researchers Receive $15M NIMH Grant to Study Psychosis
A new $15 million Silvio O. Conte Center grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has given lead researchers the green light at the University of Minnesota Medical School to conduct...
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National Nurse’s Week Feature: I can’t imagine doing anything else
Chelsea Wehman knew she wanted to be a nurse since she was 15 years old. “My first experience with anatomy class in high school made me understand how much I loved everything about the human body,”...
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Autism – the more we learn, the more we can help
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior. Although autism can be diagnosed at any age,...
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NAVIGATE program enables the people it serves to live perfectly normal, healthy lives
Housed in the M Health Fairview clinic in St. Louis Park, MN, the NAVIGATE program offers both clinical and nonclinical services to individuals diagnosed with first-episode psychosis. The program...
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Faculty help build resilience in providers and staff using military model
While the threat of personal harm from COVID-19 is a new experience for civilian healthcare workers, it does resemble the stress and anxiety experienced by individuals in combat. A ...
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Two new experienced, knowledgeable employees supporting department education programs
The Education Division of the Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Department recently welcomed two new employees. Carly Dolan is the new Education Lead and provides overall leadership for the...
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Department welcomes new faculty member
First-episode psychosis is the research specialty of psychologist and Assistant Professor Piper Meyer-Kalos, PhD, LP, the newest member of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences’...
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First of its kind anorexia nervosa study kicks off soon at the U of M
Assistant Professor Ann Haynos, PhD, is a member of the Minnesota Center for Eating Disorders Research, a group that aims to, “understand how people develop and persist in eating disorders and how we...
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Department welcomes new child psychiatry faculty member
The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences recently welcomed Assistant Professor Anne Gearity, PhD, as the newest member of the child psychiatry faculty. Gearity is transitioning from an...
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@PsychResChat debuts on Twitter, thanks to U of M psychiatry residents
When first-year psychiatry resident Tolu Odebunmi, MBBS, MPH, realized there wasn’t really any online space for psychiatry residents or trainees to “talk about stuff, meet each other,” she reached...
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Faculty Member Wins Opportunity to Address Key Audience
Congratulations to Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Assistant Professor Alik Widge, MD, PhD, the 2020 winner of the North American Neuromodulation Society’s Kumar New Investigator...
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New Faculty - Catherine Steingraeber, MD
Katie has a special interest in care for children with medical illness, and developing collaborations including education and integrated behavioral healthcare with colleagues in the department of...
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New Faculty - Alexander Herman, MD, PhD
Alexander Herman is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School and member of the Medical Discovery Team on Addiction.
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New Faculty - Ian Ramsay, PhD
The department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences is pleased to welcome Ian Ramsay, PhD.
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Psychiatry Faculty & Staff Participate in NAMI Walks MN
Residents, faculty and research staff raised nearly $2000, which doubled our goal for this year's walk.
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