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News & Updates

03/10/2016
Job Opportunity: Child Welfare Training Program Director

03/10/2016
Job Opportunity: Associate Director

12/07/2015
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Opportunity

11/17/2015
Roger Peters Awarded Fulbright Medal

09/28/2015
Dr. Carla Stover PI on R34 Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and Co-Investigator on R01 to Study Co-parenting Interventions Focus on Child Outcomes at USF Tampa and USF St. Petersburg

09/16/2015
Roger Peters Gives Talk on Ghana Experience

06/30/2015
MHLP Assistant Professor Receives Award

05/15/2015
Developing a Behavioral Health Workforce

04/21/2015
Urban vs. Rural Differences in Prescription Opioid Misuse: Suggestions for Region-Specific Drug Policies and Interventions

04/06/2015
Carla Stover to Keynote Norway Conference

04/06/2015
Roger Peters Receives Fulbright Scholarship

03/30/2015
Roger Peters Serves As Guest Editor

03/13/2015
Amber Gum Receives Fulbright Scholarship

02/23/2015
Carla Stover to Present Workshop for National Healthy Start Organization

01/12/2015
Larry Schonfeld Goes "Beyond the Numbers" on Veteran Suicides

12/15/2014
MHLP Faculty Receive Research Awards

11/18/2014
Mark Engelhardt Appointed to SAMHSA's National Expert Panel on Permanent Supportive Housing

10/24/2014
New Book on Homelessness Available

10/06/2014
Randy Otto Lead Author on Book of Forensic Reports & Testimony

09/22/2014
MHLP Faculty Begin Work on DCF PATH Contract

09/22/2014
The National Center on Homelessness among Veterans and the University of South Florida Partner to offer Community Integration Specialist Training

08/21/2014
Sharing the Fight Against HIV/AIDS

08/15/2014
Suicide Prevention

08/11/2014
SRI@FMHI Scholars Present Top-Notch Research Projects

07/21/2014
Carla Stover Presents on Family Violence

07/21/2014
CBCS Study Abroad Program Returns from Ireland

07/07/2014
AHCA Contract Amendment Adds $816,000 and Four Projects to Existing Contract

06/23/2014
Celia Lescano Named APA Fellow

06/23/2014
Holly Hills Lead Author of National Policy Brief

06/23/2014
Interim Director of Child Welfare Training Consortium Named

06/13/2014
Roger Peters to Serve on State Task Force

05/16/2014
Randy Otto Testifies in the Trial of Julie Schenecker

05/12/2014
Tim Boaz Appointed to USF Faculty Senate

04/28/2014
Scott Young Joins NIH Early Career Reviewer Program

04/28/2014
Carla Stover Gives Successful Presentation to Local Florida Psychological Association Chapter

04/28/2014
CBCS Moms Project Enters 3rd Year as Mother’s Day Approaches

04/09/2014
Khary Rigg Publication Selected as Key Research Article

03/31/2014
2013 SRI@FMHI Student Receives Honors

03/26/2014
Kyaien Connor to Co-host Post-show Discussion of the road weeps, the well runs dry

03/10/2014
Carla Stover to Present National Webinar for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network

03/03/2014
Khary Rigg Receives USF Internal Award

03/03/2014
Carla Stover to Present at National Child Traumatic Stress Network All-Network Annual Conference

02/09/2014
Carla Stover Participates in Trauma Therapist Podcast

01/13/2014
CJMHSA TAC Executes Contract With DCF

01/13/2014
Khary Rigg, PhD Joins Editorial Boards

10/25/2013
S.H.A.R.E Haiti builds partnership between USF CBCS and Haitian researchers to create infrastructure and prevent HIV/AIDS

10/07/2013
Florida Criminal Justice, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Technical Assistance Center impacts county criminal justice intervention across state

09/03/2013
Charles Dion (PI) awarded a $24,791 subcontract with Duke University

09/03/2013
Celia Lescano selected as a primary mentor for the Student Mentorship Program for Hispanic Health Research (sMPH2r)

08/26/2013
MHLP faculty and staff have received funding to continue their work with the National Center on Homeless among Veterans

08/26/2013
Carla Stover, Ph.D., was Invited to Co-facilitate a Session at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

08/16/2013
MHLP Welcomes 3 New Faculty Members

07/30/2013
Roger Peters, Ph.D. of MHLP Presents to FL Supreme Court Task Force

06/18/2013
MHLP and Social Work Faculty Receive $2 million grant for HIV Prevention in Haiti

05/10/2013
MHLP Faculty Receive Community Scholars Fellowship Program Grants

05/10/2013
MHLP Research Associate Professor Receives Faculty International Program Development Grant

05/02/2013
MHLP Celebrates First Behavioral Healthcare Graduates

04/16/2013
Project Latino S.T.Y.L.E Honored at USF Diversity Summit

04/03/2013
Alcohol Awareness Month

03/07/2013
Registration for Summer and Fall Classes Begins March 25th

02/07/2013
Jay Singh Recipient of the 2012 Clinical Trainer of the Year Award

02/07/2013
Randy Otto Recipient of the 2012 Leadership in the Education of Forensic Psychologists Award and Appointed to the Criminal Justice Mental Health Standards Task Force of the American Bar Association

01/31/2013
Laurie Cunnignham and Child Welfare Training Consortium Awarded the DCF training contract for Florida’s Central Region

01/18/2013
Jay Singh, PhD Was Cited in The Washington Post

11/16/2012
Dr. Roger Boothroyd received the Mental Health Section Award

09/21/2012
Celia Lescano, Ph.D. publication was selected for the AACAP Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Award for Scientific Achievement

09/07/2012
Marina Bornovalova, PhD, Awarded $3.1 Million Dollar Five Year Grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

08/31/2012
Dr. Kathy Moore received a three year $96,000 award to evaluate the Pinellas County Adult Drug Court

08/31/2012
MHLP Research Assistant Professor Receives Additional Funding for National Center on Homelessness among Veterans Projects

07/30/2012
Child Welfare Training Consortium Awarded $1.3 Million Contract

07/11/2012
HIV Center Received Grant for the AETC Telehealth Training Centers

04/26/2012
Family Dependency Treatment Court Success Saves Money and Families

04/10/2012
Tim Boaz, PhD, Nominated for Outstanding Faculty Award

02/20/2012
MHLP Assistant Professor Edits Book on Child Custody Evaluations

02/20/2012
MHLP Post-doctoral Fellow Receives AP-LS Funding

10/07/2011
MHLP Faculty Receive Continued Funding For Homeless Projects

09/27/2011
HIV Education and Research Center Received $206,300 Grant

09/21/2011
No Proof That Smartphone Apps Help Drinkers Reduce Alcohol Use

09/19/2011
MHLP Faculty Receive Awards

07/14/2011
Dr. Randy Otto Quoted in the New York Times

06/23/2011
Dr. Robert Constantine is One of the Top 25 Grant Awardees

05/02/2011
DUI Breath Alcohol Testing Mobile (Batmobile)

01/21/2011
Dr. Norman Poythress selected to receive exclusive honor from the American Psychology-Law Society

11/23/2010
John Petrila co-authors Information Sharing in Criminal Justice-Mental Health Collaborations: Working with HIPAA and Other Privacy Laws

11/09/2010
Elida Porro Receives 2010 TRAIN Award from USF

07/29/2010
Dr. Michael Knox and Team Receive $16 Million Grant Award

07/28/2010
Drs. Batsche, Boothroyd, and Stiles Awarded USF Global Academic Partners Grant

06/23/2010
Article by John Petrila and Dr. Norman Poythress Reviewed in "Science"

05/05/2010
MHLP Faculty Member Authors MacArthur Foundation Training Monograph for Judges and Attorneys

05/04/2010
Investigators in Center for HIV Education and Research receive Major HRSA Grant to Evaluate Treatment of Hepatitis C

04/26/2010
Dr. Eva Kimonis Awarded the USF Neuroscience Collaborative Young Investigator Grant Award

03/31/2010
Dr. Bob Constantine Appointed by Governor Crist to the Florida Correctional Medical Authority

03/15/2010
Dr. Eva Kimonis Awarded USF Internal Grant to Study Subtypes of Callous-Unemotional Traits in Maltreated Youth

01/29/2010
Dr. Richard Van Dorn and Dr. John Robst Receive Internal Grant Awards from the BCS College

01/28/2010
Susan Henke Selected for the Quiet Quality Award

11/13/2009
Dr. Randy Otto Co-Authors New Book entitled: "Handbook of Violence Risk Assessment

10/29/2009
MHLP Welcomes 2 new Post-Doctoral Fellows - Dr. Amanda Fanniff and Dr. Jason Hall

10/01/2009
NIDA Research Core Center funded at $1.46 million - the USF Center on Co-Occurring Disorders, Justice, and Multidisciplinary Research (CJM Center)

09/30/2009
MHLP/USF partners with the Department of Veterans Affairs to Implement the National Center on Homelessness Among Veterans

08/24/2009
Dr. Randy Borum awarded a Faculty Fellowship to the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)

08/18/2009
SPARC Co-occurring Disorders Treatment Manual and Workbook has received 25,000 hits

04/27/2009
Airia Papadopoulos Selected to Attend 2009 NSF Summer Research Institute

11/10/2008
SAMHSA Awards More Than $17.4 Million to Help Expand Adult Drug Courts

11/03/2008
New Book Published by Dr. Kathryn Kuehnle

10/28/2008
College of Behavioral and Community Sciences

10/27/2008
Dr. Randy Otto is the 2008 recipient of the American Academy of Forensic Psychology's Award

08/18/2008
FMHI Receives $2.8 Million to Continue Support of Florida/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center

06/20/2008
Faculty Research Cited by Supreme Court in Recent Decision Involving Criminal Defendants

06/19/2008
Dr. Annette Christy Selected to Participate in the 2008 NIH Summer Institute on Health Services Research

04/11/2008
Dr. Paul Stiles was presented with the USF School of Aging Studies Sue Saxon Award for Outstanding Teaching

04/07/2008
Drug Treatment for Offenders as an Alternative to Incarceration

07/16/2007
Dr. Knox, Faculty Liaison to the Board of Trustees Health Sciences and Research Workgroup

07/12/2007
Roger Peters, Ph.D. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration’s (SAMHSA) Webcast

04/02/2007
2007 NIH Summer Institute scholarship awarded to Dr. Scott Young

03/27/2007
Testimony on Second Chance Act of 2007

01/08/2007
Mentally Ill Inmates: FMHI Provides Expertise

11/06/2006
Evaluation of a Healthy Marriage Demonstration Program

10/03/2006
MHLP Selected to Evaluate Federally Funded Dependency Drug Court Grant

09/26/2006
MHLP Selected to Evaluate Federally Funded Treatment for Homeless Grant

09/20/2006
Drug May Delay Nursing Home Placement for those with Dementia

08/31/2006
Solutions for Homelessness