The USF Institute for Translational Research in Adolescent Behavioral Health (Institute) Scholars celebrated successes and new opportunities at The 27th Annual Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference. The Institute’s inaugural cohort of Scholars presented their service-learning research projects alongside Academic Mentors and Community Agency Partners. During the past year, Institute Scholars assisted Community Agency Partners with evaluating fidelity of evidence-based practices (EBPs), identifying mechanisms to increase parental engagement, enlightening ways to improve reunification of families in the child welfare system, examining implementation of EBPs, and developing an Evidence-based Intervention […]

The USF Institute for Translational Research in Adolescent Behavioral Health welcomed its second cohort of Institute Scholars at an orientation session held on January 31, 2014. The Institute Scholars are students and professionals working and studying in child and adolescent behavioral health. This year, the Institute Scholars represent the fields […]

The American Public Health Association’s (APHA) 141st Annual Meeting and Expo was held in Boston, Massachusetts on November 2-6, 2013. APHA is a multidisciplinary conference attracting more than 13,000 national and international researchers, practitioners, and students to share the latest in research, practice, and policy to promote health and prevent […]

October 14-18 USF Health Mental Health Awareness Week Presented by: Morsani College of Medicine, School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing, and College of Public Health Questions: Please contact Chad Whistle (cwhistle@health.usf.edu) Mental Health Awareness Week is a USF Health-wide initiative that the Morsani College of Medicine (sponsored by the MCOM Wellness Council), School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Pharmacy, College of Nursing, and College of Public Health are putting together for its students the week of October 14 – 18, 2013.  The […]

A recent lunch-and-learn session at the USF College of Public Health brought together students, community partners, professors and academic mentors to hear from the first cohort of scholars pursuing a graduate certificate from USF’s Institute for Translational Research in Adolescent Behavioral Health. The certificate program is a collaborative effort between the College of Public Health and the College of Behavioral and Community Sciences at the University of South Florida and local adolescent-serving community agencies. The certificate provides a one-of-a-kind education and training for existing scholars pursuing masters and doctoral degrees […]

Scholars, community partners, academic mentors, and national mentors from The Institute for Translational Research in Adolescent Behavioral Health (Institute) attended the 26th Annual Children’s Mental Health and Research Policy Conference on March 3rd – 6th hosted by USF’s Department of Child & Family Studies, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences. […]

From left, Dr. Tom Massey, Dr. Julie Baldwin, Dr. Bruce Lubotsky Levin, and Donna Burton USF graduate students and community professionals will gain stronger research skills for addressing drug abuse and other behavioral health problems in children and adolescents with the help of a $1.72 million grant from the National […]