Appendix B

Workshop Agenda

DAY 1
MAY 15, 2023
12:00 PM—5:00 PM ET

Moderator:

Michael B. Friedman, LMSW

Co-founder & Honorary Chair, The Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of NY
Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work

Planning Committee Member

Panelists:

Charita Cole Brown

Author

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

Sandra Cohen

Caregiver spouse (now widowed), Former Asst. Attorney General Maryland Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland School of Law (Retired), Portrait Painter

Nicole Jorwic

Chief of Campaigns and Advocacy, Caring Across Generations

Harvey Rosenthal

Executive Director, New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, Inc. (NYAPRS)

12:35 | DEMOGRAPHICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGY: MENTAL ILLNESS IN OLD AGE

Jovier Evans, PhD

Branch Chief

Geriatrics and Aging Processes Research Branch National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

1:00 PM | PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS

Carl I. Cohen, MD

SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Division of Geriatric Psychiatry Director, Fellowship Program

1:15 PM | DEPRESSION/MOOD DISORDERS

Charles F. Reynolds III, MD

Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and UPMC Endowed Professor in Geriatric Psychiatry, emeritus, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Planning Committee Co-chair

1:30 PM | SUBSTANCE-USE DISORDERS

Daniel Blazer, PhD, MD

JP Gibbons Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine

1:45 PM | NEURO-PHYSIOLOGICAL VIEW OF MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE-USE DISORDERS

Gwenn S. Smith, PhD

Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry Richman Family Professor for Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases, Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

2:00 PM | CO-OCCURENCE OF DEMENTIA AND MENTAL ISSUES/BRAIN HEALTH AND COGNITIVE FITNESS

Perminder S. Sachdev, AM, MBBS, MD, PhD, FRANZCP, FAAHMS

Professor of Neuropsychiatry

Co-Director, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing University of New South Wales Sydney Clinical Director, Neuropsychiatric Institute Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney Australia

2:30 PM | OVERVIEW: AT-RISK COMMUNITIES

Narda Ipakchi, MBA Vice President, Policy, The SCAN Foundation

Planning Committee Member

2:35 PM | RACIAL AND ETHNIC DISPARITIES IN AGING POPULATIONS

Kellee White, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor, Health Policy Management, University of Maryland School of Public Health

Arturo Vargas Bustamante, PhD, MPP

Professor of Health Policy and Management Faculty Research Director, Latino Policy and Politics Institute, University of California, Los Angeles Fielding School of Public Health

Spero M. Manson, PhD

Distinguished Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry, Director, Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, Colorado Trust Chair in American Indian Health

3:05 PM | OLDER LGBTQIA+ ADULTS & AGING

Aaron Tax

Managing Director of Government Affairs and Policy Advocacy Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Elders (SAGE)

3:15 PM | ECONOMIC INSECURITY

Joseph Benitez, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Public Health University of Kentucky

3:30 PM | INTEGRATING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PRIMARY CARE

Jürgen Unützer, MD, MPH, MA

Professor and Chair, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Founder, AIMS Center, University of Washington

3:45 PM | PUBLIC HEALTH INTEGRATION INTO ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS

Jie Chen, PhD

Professor, Health Policy and Management

Director, The Hospital And Public health interdisciPlinarY Research (HAPPY) Lab, University of Maryland School of Public Health

Planning Committee Co-chair

4:00 PM | CERTIFIED COMMUNITY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINICS

David DeVoursney, MPP

Director, Division of Service and Systems Improvement, Center for Mental Health Services

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Eric Weakly, MSW, MBA

Western Branch Chief SAMHSA

4:15 PM | MEDICARE

Douglas Jacobs, MD, MPH

Chief Transformation Officer

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

AUDIENCE Q&A (25-MINUTES)

4:30 PM

Moderator:

Charles F. Reynolds III, MD

Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and UPMC Endowed Professor in Geriatric Psychiatry, emeritus, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Planning Committee Co-chair

CLOSING REMARKS

DAY 2
MAY 16, 2023
9:00 AM—3:00 PM ET

Rosalie Liccardo Pacula, PhD

Professor

Elizabeth Garrett Endowed Chair in Health Policy, Economics, and Law University of Southern California

Co-chair, Forum on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders

9:10 AM | OVERVIEW: WORKFORCE NEEDS TO SUPPORT THE WELL-BEING OF OLDER ADULTS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS

Stephen Bartels, MD, MS

Director, The Mongan Institute

Director, Health Policy Research Center

9:20 AM | CLINICAL PHARMACIST PRACTITIONERS

Tera Moore, PharmD, BCACP, BCPS

National Clinical Pharmacy Practice Program Manager Clinical Practice

Integration and Model Advancement, Veterans Affairs Central Office

9:30 AM | PARAPROFESSIONALS

Jin Hui Joo, MD, MA

Geriatric Psychiatrist

Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Vikram Patel, PhD, MB

The Pershing Square Professor of Global Health, Harvard Medical School

9:50 AM | INTERPROFESSIONAL CONSULT

Donna Fick, PhD, RN, GCNS-BC, FGSA, FAAN

Elouise Ross Eberly Endowed Professor, Ross and Carol Nese College of Nursing, Penn State

Director, Tressa Nese and Helen Diskevich Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence

Member, Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence

10:00 AM | AUDIENCE Q&A

Moderators:

Jennifer Bean, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner, Geriatric Mental Health Pharmacy Service

VISN 9 Clinical Resource Hub

Planning Committee Member

Charles F. Reynolds III, MD

Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and UPMC Endowed Professor in Geriatric Psychiatry, emeritus, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Planning Committee Co-chair

10:10 AM | WELLNESS THROUGH MEANINGFUL ACTIVITIES

Elizabeth R. Skidmore, PhD

Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Associate Dean for Research, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh

10:25 AM | UNIVERSAL, SELECTIVE, AND INDICATED DEPRESSION PREVENTION

Olivia Okereke, MD, MS

Terry and Jean de Gunzburg MGH Research Scholar 2021-2026

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Director, Geriatric Psychiatry, Director, MGH Psychiatry Center for Racial Equity and Justice, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School

10:40 AM | PROMOTING RESILIENCE AND POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH IN OLDER ADULTS

Dilip Jeste, MD

Director

Global Research Network on Social Determinants of Mental Health and Exposomics President-Elect, World Federation for Psychotherapy

10:55 AM | AUDIENCE Q&A

Moderators:

Vincent Mor, PhD

Florence Pirce Grant Professor, Department of Health Services, Policy & Practice, Brown University School of Public Health

Planning Committee Member

Jie Chen, PhD

Professor, Health Policy and Management, Director, The Hospital And Public health interdisciPlinarY Research (HAPPY) Lab, University of Maryland School of Public Health

Planning Committee Co-chair

11:10 AM | SOCIAL DISCONNECTION

Thomas Cudjoe, MD, MPH

Robert and Jane Meyerhoff Endowed Professor Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

11:25 AM | VICTIMS OF TRAUMA

Nancy Kusmaul, PhD, MSW

Associate Professor, Department of Social Work, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

11:40 AM | BUILDING COMMUNITY-BASED PARTNERSHIPS

Gary J. Kennedy, MD

Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Director, Division of Geriatric Psychiatry and Fellowship Program Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

11:55 AM | AUDIENCE Q&A

Moderators:

Jennifer Bean, PharmD

Clinical Pharmacist Practitioner, Geriatric Mental Health Pharmacy Service VISN 9 Clinical Resource Hub

Planning Committee Member

Michael B. Friedman, LMSW

Co-founder & Honorary Chair, The Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of NY Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work

Planning Committee Member

1:15 PM | TELEHEALTH

CAPT Heather Dimeris, MS, RD, RDN

Director, Office for the Advancement of Telehealth, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

1:30 PM | RURAL CHALLENGES

Erin E. Emery-Tiburcio, PhD, ABPP

Associate Professor, Geriatric and Rehabilitation Psychology; Geriatric Medicine Co-Director, Rush Center for Excellence in Aging
Rush University Medical Center

1:45 PM | TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, AND DISSEMINATION

Sara J. Czaja, PhD

Gladys and Roland Harriman Professor of Medicine Director, Center on Aging and Behavioral Research, Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

Philip Harvey, PhD

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Chief Director, Division of Psychology, Vice Chair for Research, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

2:00 PM | AUDIENCE Q&A

Moderator:

Emma Nye, MPA

Public Health Analyst, U.S. Department of Health and Human Affairs, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE)

Planning Committee Member

Moderator:

Michael B. Friedman, LMSW

Co-founder & Honorary Chair, The Geriatric Mental Health Alliance of NY Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia University School of Social Work

Planning Committee Member

Panelists:

Kathleen Cameron, MPH

Senior Director, Center for Healthy Aging, National Council on Aging (NCOA)

Sarah Lenz Lock, JD

Senior Vice President, Policy & Brain Health Policy, Research, and International

American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), Executive Director, Global Council on Brain Health

Harvey Rosenthal

Executive Director

New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services, Inc. (NYAPRS)

Jennifer Snow

National Director, Government Relations, Policy & Advocacy, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

CLOSING REMARKS

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