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Appendix C: Biosketches of Workshop Speakers and Moderators
Pages 91-100

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From page 91...
... She also designs and oversees research projects by contractors addressing current federal mental health and substance use disorder policy issues. Beronio was previously vice president of public policy and advocacy at Mental Health America.
From page 92...
... Victoria Costello combined her experience dealing with family mental illness and a science journalism career to author A Lethal Inheritance: A Mother Uncovers the Science Behind Three Generations of Mental Illness. She has served as a board member for the Mental Health Association of San Francisco, and currently as community editor for the Public Library of Science, where she edits a blog network aimed at translating biomedical research for a broad readership.
From page 93...
... Robin Everhart is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University and a licensed clinical psychologist. Her program of research is focused on understanding childhood chronic disease management from a family systems perspective, particularly within the context of urban and cultural stressors and primarily related to pediatric asthma.
From page 94...
... He is NIMH science officer for the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study and study director for the Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode initiative. From 2008 to 2010, he played a pivotal role in launching the NIMH-Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Service Members.
From page 95...
... She helps families navigate the complex health care and education systems for children with special health care needs, and she integrated curriculum specific to this population into Family, Women's Health and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner education. She partnered with the National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health on projects to create multidisciplinary education initiatives for vulnerable populations in disasters and maintains an active clinical practice at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Cabrera Family Health Center.
From page 96...
... in history and philosophy of science from Harvard University. Angela Lello is director of Housing and Community Living and a member of the Family Services and Federal Advocacy teams at Autism Speaks.
From page 97...
... Emily Lichvar is an applied developmental psychologist and a public health adviser in the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch of the Center for Mental Health Services in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
From page 98...
... project, been a site principal investigator on other major autism epidemiology initiatives, and led an NIH-funded project testing streamlined approaches to ASD case confirmation for epidemiologic research purposes. Newschaffer is also a fellow of the American College of Epidemiology, vice president of the International Society for Autism Research, associate editor of Autism Research, and interim associate dean for research at the Drexel University School of Public Health.
From page 99...
... Andy Shih is senior vice president of scientific affairs at Autism Speaks. He oversees the public health portfolio, which includes Autism Speaks' Global Autism Public Health Initiative.
From page 100...
... Internationally, his work emphasizes collaboration in the development of mental health and integrated human services frameworks, with particular attention to fostering resiliency for children and families placed at risk. He is a pediatric psychologist whose major research interest has been in understanding the complex processes by which children and families cope with stressors.


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