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A Massachusetts DMH Research Center of Excellence at UMass Chan

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Community Engagement

Leading the mental health research community and beyond in a working partnership with individuals with lived mental health experience, their families, and the agencies that serve them.

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Public Mental Health and Implementation Research

Conducting, disseminating, and supporting the use of research in the public mental health system to enhance services for people with behavioral health conditions that promote their recovery and improve their quality of life.

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Technical Assistance

Offering basic and intensive technical assistance (TA) services to MassDMH and its contracted providers.

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FY2025 Annual Report

Hot off the press is our FY25 Annual Report. In fiscal year 2025, we continued to leverage the Mass DMH's investment to rapidly translate research findings into their implementation within best practices for individuals with lived experience, their families, and the providers who serve them across the Commonwealth. This report highlights our achievements for FY 2025.

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Kathryn Sabella, PhD, iSPARC Researcher and Director of the Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research awarded an R03 grant from NIAAA

We are thrilled to share that Dr. Kathryn Sabella, assistant professor of psychiatry and Director of the Transitions to Adulthood Center for Research, has been awarded an R03 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).

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Lifeline for Families and iSPARC researcher, Dr. Martha Zimmermann awarded prestigious K23 Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

We are excited to share that Dr. Martha Zimmermann, assistant professor in the UMass Chan Lifeline for Families Center and iSPARC researcher, has received a prestigious K23 Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). This highly competitive award supports promising researchers as they build independent careers focused on improving mental health care.

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