L. DiAnne Bradford, Ph.D., is the Director, Minority Mental Health Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Morehouse School of Medicine. She has written extensively about mental health in African Americans. Her current research includes determining the genetic etiology and cognitive deficits in African Americans with schizophrenia, and depression in African Americans.
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Jack Carney Ph.D., is the senior director to FEGS Citywide & Brooklyn Blended Case Management Programs, in New York.
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Robert K. Corliss is a forensic mental health advocate living in Albany, New York. Formerly he was the Associate Director of Criminal Justice for NAMI-NYS where he helped families in crisis understand the criminal justice system. He also served as the Assistant Director of Field Operations for the New York State Commission of Corrections, a regulatory agency overseeing state and local correctional facilities. He has a master’s degree in Criminal Justice from the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University of Albany.
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Lisa Dixon, M.D., M.P.H., is the Director of Research for the Veterans Affairs (VA) Capitol Health Care Network Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center. She is also a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
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Julie Donohue received her Ph.D. in health policy at Harvard University and completed a post-doctoral Fellowship in Pharmaceutical Policy Research at Harvard Medical School. At the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, she has an appointment in the Department of Health Policy & Management and the Department of Psychiatry.
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Julian D. Ford, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut Health Center. He has developed TARGET (Trauma Affect Regulation: Guidelines for Education and Therapy) for youth and adults with co-occurring psychiatric and addictive disorders and complex post-traumatic stress disorder, and is conducting research studies on this model with funding from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice, and Connecticut state agencies.
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Michael B. Friedman, LMSW, is the Director of the Center for Policy and Advocacy of The Mental Health Associations of NYC and of Westchester. He is also the founder and Chairperson of the Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of New York.
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Laura Hercher is on the faculty of the Joan H. Marks Program in Human Genetics at Sarah Lawrence College where she teaches and writes about the legal, ethical and social implications of clinical genetics practice with a focus on issues surrounding the integrations into practice of predictive testing for complex heritable diseases such as schizophrenia. Her latest article, a consideration of direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic tests over the internet, was published in Scientific American in December 2007.
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Sally A. H. Ho, M.A., lives in Hawaii (the Big Island) where, as a leader in the recovery movement, she teaches classes, leads support groups, and works with other consumers of mental health services. For many years she taught high school science in California, where she received an an MA Ed. from Stanford University. In 2002 she was asked to participate in the creation of the state's jail diversion program. She is a co-author of Hawai'i County Post-Booking Jail Diversion Project, and author of "Assisting in the Training of Police Officers in the Handling of Persons with Mental Health Issues."
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Ralph Ibson is Vice President for Government Affairs at Mental Health America (MHA) where he heads up federal relations’ activity in support of MHA programs and mission, including advocacy in Congress and Executive Branch departments. In that capacity, he helped found the Campaign for Mental Health Reform, a national campaign dedicated to realizing the goals of the President’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health. Prior to joining MHA in 2000, Ralph served for ten years on the staff of the Committee on Veterans Affairs in the U.S. House of Representatives. His work on behalf of veterans with mental illness has earned him honors including a Career Service Award from the American Psychiatric Association, a Legislative Award from the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, and a Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of State Veterans’ Homes.
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Hunter L. McQuistion, M.D., is Director of Integrated Psychiatric Services at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City. Previously he was Chief Medical Officer for Mental Hygiene Services at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. A national expert on underserved populations, he is the author of dozens of publications and his most recent book, Clinical Guide to the Treatment of the Mentally Ill Homeless Person, explores the intersection of mental illness, homeless families, and services that make a difference to their lives. He is the recipient of NAMI’s Exemplary Psychiatrist Award.
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Tom Malamud retired from Fountain House, in New York City, in 2006 after spending 42 years creating and directing programs to assist people with mental illness live independently in the community. He now directs Special Projects at New York’s Center for Reintegration where he expands outreach, program development, and assesses service needs.
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Anthony T. Ng, MD, is the director of Mannanin Healthcare, LLC, an emergency medical management consulting firm. He is on the faculty at the Uniformed Services School of Medicine and George Washington University School of Medicine and is the past chair of the American Psychiatric Association Committee on Psychiatric Dimensions of Disaster. He has participated in disaster responses to the September 11th World Trade Center attacks, the anthrax attacks, aviation disasters, and Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. He has written extensively in the area of disaster psychiatry.
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David Oaks is Executive Director of MindFreedom International, a human rights advocacy organization supporting self-determination and choice for mental health consumers.
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Jennifer J. Parish is the Director of Criminal Justice Advocacy at the Urban Justice Center’s Mental Health Project. She has worked as a public defender with the Legal Aid Society of New York and as a visiting associate clinical professor teaching the Criminal Law Clinic at Cardozo Law School. Currently she advocates for discharge planning for people with psychiatric disabilities released from jails and prisons, elimination of the practice of placing people with mental illness in solitary confinement in correctional facilities, and the creation of more alternatives to incarceration for people with psychiatric disabilities involved in the criminal justice system.
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Charles Soulé, Ph.D., is a child and family psychologist and directs school-based mental health programs that serve children and families in fourteen public schools in northern Manhattan. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology in Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
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Janet Susin is President of NAMI Queens/Nassau and is the Project Director and lead author for Breaking the Silence. She also serves on the board of NAMI-NYS. For her work educating young people about mental illness, she received the Outstanding Member of the Year Award from NAMI in 2006. In 2004 she retired after teaching drama at Manhasset Middle School for twenty-four years.
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Marvin Swartz, MD, is the Director of the National Resource Center on Psychiatric Advance Directives and Professor and Head of the Division of Social and Community Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina.
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Judge Linda Tucci Teodosio was elected to the Cuyahoga Falls Municipal Court in 1997 and to the Summit County Court of Common Pleas Juvenile Division in 2002. She is a graduate of The University of Akron with a B.S. in Education Summa Cum Laude. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of Akron School of Law in 1982.
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Sol Wachtler served as a Justice of the New York Supreme Court (1968-1972) and Judge of New York's highest court, The New York Court Of Appeals (1973-1992). In 1985 he was appointed Chief Judge of that court and Chief Judge of the State of New York. He chaired the "Law and the Holocaust" Conference in Berlin, Germany, in 2002 and is currently an adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law at Touro Law School. He is the author of After the Madness (Random House) and co-author of Blood Brothers (New Millennium).
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Otto Wahl, Ph.D., is a Professor and Director of the Graduate Institute of Professional Psychology at the University of Hartford. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and two books on the topic of discrimination and stigma experienced by people living with mental illnesses, Media Madness: Public Images of Mental Illness and Telling Is Risky Business: Mental Health Consumers Confront Stigma. In addition, Dr. Wahl maintains a website describing his work and providing a resource guide for combating discrimination and stigma.
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Rebecca Woolis, MA, is a licensed therapist with three decades experience working with families, clients, in private practice and public agencies. She is the author of When Someone You Love Has a Mental Illness: A Handbook for Family, Friends and Caregivers (Penguin), translated into three languages. She has participated numerous professional and training programs and is currently a consultant to Alameda County’s Family Education and Resource Center.
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