Faculty

Faculty will be drawn from the University of Rochester, San José State University, and other community, academic and governmental institutions around the United States and internationally, including federal and philanthropic research funders.

Institute Chairs:

Jerry Flanzer, Ph.D.
Associate Dean of Research at San Jose State University

Ann Marie White, Ed.D.
Director of the Office of Mental Health Promotion

Faculty:

Elizabeth Ambos, PhD
Assistant Vice Chancellor
Research Initiatives and Partnerships at California State University

Elaine Belansky, PhD
Assistant Professor
Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH)
University of Colorado Denver

Katherine N. Bent, PhD
NIH/CSR
Center for Scientific Review

Catherine Cerulli, JD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry

Eric Caine
John Romano Professor of Psychiatry
Chair, Department of Psychiatry
University of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry

Ed Cohen
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
MSW Program Coordinator and Graduate Advisor

Paul Cotton, MD
Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry
College of Medicine
University of Vermont

Nicholas Cutforth, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Denver
College of Education

Peter Delany, PhD
Director
Office of Applied Studies
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration

Frederick Ferrer
CEO
The Health Trust

Jerry Flanzer, PhD
Associate Dean of Research
San Jose State University
One Washington Square

Melanie Funchess
Key Family Contact/ Community Coordinator
Monroe County ACCESS
Director of Community Engagement
Better Days Ahead Family Support Network

Junius Gonzales, PhD
Dean
Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine
Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
University of South Florida

Joseph Guydish
Adjunct Professor of Medicine,
Core Faculty at the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies

Grant Jones
Executive Director
Center for African American Health

Celia P. Kaplan, DrPH, MA
Associate Adjunct Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Catherine Kothari, MA
Project Director
Michigan State University /
Kalamazoo Center for Medical Studies

Jacqueline Lloyd, MD
Professor & Education Director, Geriatrics
College of Medicine
Florida State University

Marcello Maviglia, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Family Community Medicine Dept University of New Mexico

Rogério Meireles Pinto, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
Columbia University

Norweeta Milburn, PhD
Research Psychologist
UCLA Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences

Sherry Molock, PhD
AAAS Science & Technology Fellow at
Office of Constituency Relations and Public Liaison
National Institute of Mental Health

Onaje Muid, MSW
Associate Clinical Director
Reality House, Inc

Wendy Nilsen, PhD
Health Science Administrator
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health

Tassy Parker, PhD, RN
Director
Research & Development: Center for Native American Health
University of New Mexico

G. Stephane Philogene, PhD
Assistant Director for Policy and Planning
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health

Maria Pinzon
Executive Director
Hispanic Services Council

James Sorensen
Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
Co-Principal Investigator, San Francisco Treatment Research Center

Pam Stacks
Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies & Research
San Jose University

Waconda-Lewis, Karen
Program Manager and Healer
Traditional Healing and Integrative Medicine Program
First Nations Community HealthSource

Nina Wallerstein, PhD
Director
Center Participatory Research
University of New Mexico

Ann Marie White, Ed.D       
Director, Assistant Professor
Office of Mental Health Promotion
Department of Psychiatry
University of Rochester Medical Center

James Wiley, PhD

Observers:

Renee Coleman
Doctoral Intern
The Program of Research and Innovation in Disparities of Education
Department of Psychiatry
University of Rochester Medical Center

Sadhna Diwan
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
Director
Center for Healthy Aging in Multicultural Populations

Autumn Gallegos
Doctoral Intern
The Program of Research and Innovation in Disparities of Education
Department of Psychiatry
University of Rochester Medical Center

Peter Lee, PhD
Professor
School of Social Work
San Jose State University

Anya Spector, MSW
Greenwich House Outpatient
Dependency Program