Meet Our Team
The Transitions ACR is an interdisciplinary collaboration of UMass Chan Medical School faculty and staff within the Implementation Science & Practice Advances Research Center (iSPARC). We are nationally/internationally recognized, conducting, disseminating, and supporting the use of research in the public mental health system to enhance services for transition-aged youth with behavioral health conditions that promote their recovery and improve their quality of life. Their work informs, advises, and involves individuals with lived mental health experience, their families, providers, administrators, and policymakers navigating the behavioral health landscape. Transitions ACR is currently co-directed by Marsha Ellison, PhD, and Michelle Mullen, PhD.
Leadership
Marsha Ellison, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Co-Director, Transitions ACR
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marsha.ellison@umassmed.edu
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Michelle Mullen, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Co-Director, Transitions ACR
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michelle.mullen@umassmed.edu
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Dee Logan, BA, Project Manager III
Professional Responsibilities: Responsible for the completion of all iSPARC Communications activities, L&W RRTC TA, Training, and Dissemination activities, CP RRTC Dissemination activities.
Research Interests: Dissemination and presentation of research findings and materials, Informed Consent, research ethics, and youth, young adult, and family mental health.
Faculty
Lourah Kelly, PhD, Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
lourah.kelly@umassmed.edu
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Clinical Psychologist, Department of Psychiatry, Department of Emergency Medicine. Director of the Suicide and Substance Use Lab and Emerging Adult Avatar Project, funded by NIAAA. Co-PI, Collaborative Hub for Emerging Adult Recovery Research (CHEARR) at UConn School of Medicine. Co-PI, Improving Outcomes of Adolescents in Residential Substance Use Treatment via a Technology-Assisted Parenting Intervention at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Collen McKay, MA, CAGS, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
colleen.mckay@umassmed.edu
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Director of the Program for Clubhouse Research
