Shannon Dunn
Clinical Associate Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Clinical teaching expert, focusing on all levels of mental health, including treatment settings and outpatient programs.
Mental Illness Psychosis Schizophrenia Substance Abuse Personality Disorders
Katharine Thakkar
Assistant Professor of Psychology · Michigan State University
Professor Thakkar is an expert in psychotic disorders.
Neuropsychological Assessment Eye Tracking Psychosis Bipolar Disorder Schizophrenia
David Dodell-Feder
Assistant Professor of Psychology · University of Rochester
David Dodell-Feder's research looks at the processes that contribute to healthy and disordered social functioning, and their improvement.
Empathy Behavioral Methods Psychotic Spectrum Disorders Neuroimaging Relationship Psychology
Dr. Jonathan Downar
Psychiatrist, Toronto Western Hospital · University Health Network
Drawing on recent advances in functional neuroimaging to treat depression
Neuroscience Psychiatry Clinical Research Mental Health Translational Research
Jonathan M. Metzl
Frederick B. Rentschler II Professor of Sociology and Medicine, Health, and Society · Vanderbilt University
World-renowned expert on gun violence and mental illness, white identity politics and race and health.
Mass shootings Mental Health Guns in America Guns and Mental Illness Race, Gender and Social Justice in Healthcare
Dr. Kehinde Andrews
Professor of Black Studies · Birmingham City University
Kehinde Andrews is interested in the areas of race, ethnicity and racism, black studies and how communities overcome inequality.
Scholar Activisim Ethnography Community Inequality Race and Ethnicity Black Studies
Prof. Ian Robertson
Professor · Trinity College Dublin
Psychology and neuroscience expert theorizing the future of cognitive rehabilitation
Cognitive Reserve Neuropsychology of Attention of Awareness Cognitive Genomics of Attention Neurorehabilitation
Sapna Mendon
PhD Student Lecturer · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
SAPNA J. MENDON is a doctoral student at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work.
Suicide Prevention Mental Health Services Implementation Science Early Intervention Services
Prof. Martin Knapp
Professor of Social Policy · Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics
Professor Knapp's research focuses on dementia, mental health, autism, long-term social care, and often incorporates economic perspectives
Long Term Care Dementia Community Care Policy Health Economics Health Policy
Adrian Newman-Tancredi
Neuropharmacology Consulting · NeuroAct Communication
Experienced public speaker and neuropharmacologist with proven expertise in study of antipsychotics, antidepressants and analgesics.
Prof. Linda Clare
Professor of Clinical Psychology of Ageing and Dementia · University of Exeter
Linda is known for pioneering the application of cognitive rehabilitation approaches for people with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease
Dementia Prevention Age-Related Disabilities Improving Rehabilitation and Care Re-enablement
Dr. William Reichman
President and CEO · Baycrest
Dr. Reichman is a noted global authority on the delivery of mental health and dementia services in geriatric care and residential settings
Geriatrics Maintaining Autonomy: the Brain Fitness Movement Strategies for Remembering Nutrition and the Aging Brain Mental Health and Aging
Hans Oh
Assistant Professor of Social Work · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Hans researches the social determinants and health correlates of psychotic experiences.
Psychotic Experiences Psychiatric Epidemiology Korean American Health
Dr. Sytse Zuidema
Professor of Elderly Care Medicine and Dementia · University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Prof Sytse Zuidema is Professor of Elderly Care Medicine and Dementia at University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)
Geriatric Medicine Dementia Long-term Care and Community Frailty
Samantha Brody-Meltzer, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor; Associate Chair for Faculty Development · UNC at Chapel Hill
Dr. Samantha Meltzer-Brody's current clinical and research efforts are focused primarily on Perinatal Depression.
Postpartum Depression Perinatal Depression Genetics Women's Mood Disorders Stress Management
Dr. Mojgan Hodaie
Staff Neurosurgeon at the Toronto Western Hospital · University Health Network
Dr. Mojgan Hodaie is an associate professor of surgery at the University of Toronto and a scientist at Krembil Research Institute (Krembil).
James David Adams, PhD
Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences · USC School of Pharmacy
James David Adams is an expert in medicinal plants, human drug metabolism and herbal remedies.
California Medicinal Plants Apoptosis/ Delayed Cell Death Stroke Parkinson’s Disease Oxygen Free Radicals
Wilhelmina De Castro
Adjunct Lecturer · USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Licensed clinical social worker, focusing on the development of multidimensional programs that address human trafficking
Domestic Violence Human Trafficking Transitional Housing Programs Complex Trauma
Mark Chilingar
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology · Loyola Marymount University
Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts