Meet our talented Faculty!
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Daniel Mullin, PsyD, MPH, is the Director of the Center for Integrated Primary Care and a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Chan Medical School. Dr. Mullin is a clinician, educator, and researcher focused on the integration of behavioral health and primary care services. He maintains a clinical practice embedded in the Barre Family Health Center, a rural family medicine residency practice in Massachusetts. Dr. Mullin is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and provides training in Motivational Interviewing to healthcare providers. He is a developer of the Practice Integration Profile, a measure of the integration of behavioral and primary care services. |
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Carlos Cappas, PsyD, MBA, is the Chief Behavioral Health Officer at Lynn Community Health Center (LCHC). In his role, Dr. Cappas leads a team of over 70 behavioral health professionals, providing a comprehensive range of integrated behavioral health services in primary care settings and in School-Based Health Centers. At LCHC, Carlos continues to evolve its behavioral health services through clinical and operational integration, adoption of integrated telehealth services, and the expansion of a behavioral health workforce pipeline to recruit and retain professionals in community-based settings. A native of Puerto Rico, Carlos received his doctoral degree from Ponce Health Sciences University in Puerto Rico and is a graduate of the UMass Chan Medical School’s Fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology in Primary Care. He also holds a master’s degree in business administration from UMass Boston. |
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Stacy Potts, MD, MEd, is Senior Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education and Clinical Affairs at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School and Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. She completed her undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Vermont. She completed her Family Medicine Residency and Faculty Development Fellowship at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. She received her Masters of Education from the University of Cincinnati. Her passion for graduate medical education has led her to multiple roles, including previous roles as Chair of the ACGME Residency Review Committee for Family Medicine and as the Writing Group Chair for the FM residency requirement revisions. She currently serves as the Vice Chair of the ACGME-International Medical Specialties Review Committee. She is a member of the AFMRD National Institute of Program Director Development Academic Council and the Director of the AAFP Chief Resident Leadership Development Program. She continues to practice full-spectrum family medicine and is a proud mother of many, enjoys quilting, and running marathons. |
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Lauren Eidt Pearson, MSW, LICSW, is an Instructor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at UMass Chan Medical School and a Behavioral Health Clinician at the Barre Family Health Center. Her clinical interests include integrated behavioral health, disaster mental health, geriatric mental health, grief, and Palliative/Hospice care. Lauren received her undergraduate degree from Syracuse University and her graduate degree from Adelphi University. Outside of work, she enjoys gardening, reading, and being a therapy dog handler. |
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Nelly E. Burdette, PsyD, is a clinical health psychologist with expertise in integrated behavioral health and primary care systems transformation. She currently serves as Chief Clinical Officer at the Care Transformation Collaborative of Rhode Island (CTC-RI), a statewide initiative dedicated to advancing primary care through innovative models and integrated behavioral health, quality improvement, and value-based care. Dr. Burdette’s professional interests include training and fostering psychological safety within healthcare teams, integrating behavioral health into primary care and oncology, and positioning psychologists as leaders in healthcare systems change. In addition to her leadership work, she continues to provide clinical care, with a strong commitment to serving underserved populations in community health settings. She is a frequent speaker, educator, and collaborator focused on workforce development, sustainability, and operationalizing integrated care. |
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Bridget Beachy, PsyD, a licensed psychologist, is dedicated to the integration of BHC services into medical settings. Dr. Beachy is currently the Director of Primary Care Behavioral Health at Community Health of Central Washington (CHCW; FQHC in Washington state), where she prac-tices as a BHC and enjoys delivering clinical services to patients of all ages. Dr. Beachy has a passion for consulting and presents internationally, nationally and at the state and local levels. |
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