Senior National Mentors/Speakers

SENIOR NATIONAL MENTORS/SPEAKERS are nationally and internationally recognized experts in the topics covered in this proposal that have a deep understanding of the unique challenges of career advancement faced by Blacks and Latinos. We considered several criteria as we identified our national network. We looked for a demographic balance with respect to gender and seniority. We also wanted to attract both grant-funded researchers and clinical scholars to emphasize that academia is a diverse enterprise and that science and clinical practice are interdependent. We also sought diversity in one other respect: Over the past decade, two of the national mentors have delivered well-received talks and workshops as guests of the Department of Psychiatry’s Psychotherapy Institute (Drs. Nancy Boyd-Franklin and Guillermo Bernal). The others will be first-time visitors when they appear in Rochester as guests of Rochester PRIDE. Senior national mentors will each travel to Rochester once during the Award period to deliver a lecture/workshop and meet with our trainees.

• Guillermo Bernal, PhD, Professor of Psychology, University of Puerto Rico, is currently PI on an R01 examining the efficacy and effectiveness of adding a parent psychoeducation intervention to cognitive behavior therapy for depressed adolescents. As PI of a Research Infrastructure Support Program, he has advanced the growth of high quality, rigorous research on mental health and AIDS at the University of Puerto Rico.


• Nancy Boyd-Franklin, PhD, Professor of Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University’s Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, has published extensively on multicultural issues; the treatment of African-American families; home-based family therapy; approaches to the treatment of poor inner-city families; the development of a model of therapeutic support groups for African-American families living with AIDS.


• Esperanza Diaz, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University, has a K23 that utilizes quantitative and qualitative methods to examine treatment adherence rates, processes and attitudes among Latinos, with a special emphasis on medications.


• Beverly Greene, PhD, Professor of Psychology at St. John’s University, is a co-author of a widely used textbook on abnormal psychology who has also published extensively on feminist psychology, ethnic and cultural diversity among lesbian and gay men, and psychotherapy with people of color, among other topics.


• James S. Jackson, PhD, Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan, and the Director of the Research Center for Group Dynamics and Director of the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies, has been PI on numerous NIH research, training, and education grants. As indicated in his letter of support, he will provide our trainees with access to major datasets, and will serve as a consultant on data analyses and interpretation.


• Jacqueline Mattis, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychology at New York University and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, has published extensively on the role of religion and spirituality in the lives of African Americans and is one of the founding members of the annual Black Graduate Conference in Psychology, which provides students with a forum to discuss graduate school’s challenges and opportunities.
  


• Jacobo Mintzer, MD, Professor of Psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina, is PI on a T32 that aims to recruit, train, and retain promising minority individuals from post-doctoral programs into research areas that relate to mental health and aging. He is also PI on a UOI examining depression in people with Alzheimer’s disease.


• Mark Snowden, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Washington, has a K01 to develop, implement, and test a multifaceted interdisciplinary collaborative care model for depression in nursing home residents. Outcomes of interest include quality of antidepressant care, clinical symptoms, and patient satisfaction with care.

The Senior Advisory Committee, composed of a Community Advisory Council and Senior University-Based Preceptors will meet quarterly with the executive committee to review program design and hear selected presentations of trainees’ projects. The trainee’s mentor and site coordinator will attend these meetings. The Senior advisory committee will offer advice about sustaining and growing collaborations with area agencies.  Members of the Senior advisory committee will also review, ad hoc, all research projects proposed by PRIDE trainees before implementation. 
Community Advisory council

• Rev. Iris Banister, a former teacher and school principal, she is also the founder and lead counselor of NAMOW Ministries.
• Commander James Sheppard, Rochester Police Department, is commander of Patrol Division East.
• Rev. Lawrence Hargrave, Acting Dean of Black Church Studies and the Director of Alumni, Church, and Community Relations at the Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School.
• Gladys Santiago, Senior Vice President, IBERO-American Action League, and Vice President of the Rochester City Council.

Senior University-Based Preceptors are UR faculty members in leadership positions with substantial experience and expertise in forging and sustaining complex collaborations across disciplinary, institutional, and/or racial boundaries.  Each trainee will be assigned to one senior preceptor with whom they will meet on a quarterly basis to report on their progress. Preceptors will advise PRIDE participants regarding career choice and the processes involved in developing and sustaining partnerships with community organizations. They will also provide our trainees with an insider’s view of life in a medical school that many trainees could find empowering.

• Eric Caine, MD, John Romano Professor of Psychiatry, and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, is PI on numerous training grants and a newly funded Center.  He has extensive experience developing and sustaining collaborations locally, at the state-level, nationally, and internationally.
  


• Tom Campbell, MD, William Rocktaschel Professor and Chair of Family Medicine, has written extensively on models of collaborative care.  Reflecting family medicine’s central tenet that healthcare practitioners must see patients in their natural habitats, the Department is affiliated with satellite clinics throughout the region. It is also committed to collaborating with insurers to serve the urban poor.


• William Hall, MD, Paul Fine Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Center on Healthy Aging in the Department of Medicine, founded and now directs the Center for Lifetime Wellness, a fitness and educational program for seniors that emphasizes community outreach to minority populations.
  


• Brenda Lee, MEd, an Assistant Dean For Medical Education and Student Affairs, and an Assistant Professor in the Division of Medical Humanities, has served on numerous community boards, and participated in the City of Rochester’s Bi-Racial Partnership for Community Progress.
• Susan McDaniel, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, and Associate Chair of Family Medicine, has extensive experience administering programs and forming and maintaining collaborations with community partners.  Her writings on the theoretical and practical aspects of collaborative care in primary care settings have influenced the philosophy and design of our proposed educational program.