Overview
Child clinical psychology, child and adolescent trauma and maltreatment, nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI), suicide-related thoughts and behaviors, mood and anxiety disorders, OCD
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2023 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Vice-Chair of Pediatric Psychiatry and Psychology Clinical Services
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2024 - Present
Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychiatry,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics
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2020 - Present
Pediatrics,
Clinical Science Departments
Recent Publications
Innovative Approaches to Addressing Pediatric Mental Health: Digital Technologies in Pediatric Primary Care.
Journal Article Pediatr Clin North Am · December 2024 Digital technologies can be used at multiple levels to support the mental health care of children including (1) health system/health care provider level; (2) patient-provider interface; (3) patient-facing consumer applications; and (4) new technology, incl ... Full text Link to item CiteTreatment and Outcomes Among North Carolina Medicaid-Insured Youth With Depression.
Journal Article JAACAP Open · November 2023 OBJECTIVE: Youth depression is increasing and is associated with adverse concurrent and long-term outcomes. Understanding receipt of depression treatment and outcomes is critical for population-level efforts to address youth depression. This study aimed to ... Full text Link to item CiteUse of North Carolina Medicaid Collaborative Care Billing Codes After Statewide Approval for Reimbursement.
Journal Article Psychiatr Serv · December 1, 2022 Effective October 2018, North Carolina Medicaid approved reimbursement for collaborative care model (CoCM) billing codes. From October 2018 through December 2019, only 915 of the estimated two million eligible Medicaid beneficiaries had at least one CoCM c ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Youth Partners in Care for Suicide Prevention
ResearchInvestigator · Awarded by University of California - Los Angeles · 2022 - 2027North Carolina Psychiatry Access Line Renewal
Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC DHHS · 2019 - 2026NC PAL Expansion
Public ServiceCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by NC DHHS · 2022 - 2026View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2007
Ph.D.