Along with our scientific and administrative team, the Institute for Translational Research in Children’s Mental Health (ITR) brings together leading faculty researchers from multiple disciplines whose explicit goal is to synergize their research expertise in unprecedented ways. This affords us the ability to seamlessly apply research findings in the lab, to experimental designs in the field, to evidence-based trainings across the state. Along with our affiliated faculty, ITR reflects a comprehensive set of expertise that exists at the University in the areas of children’s mental health and development.
People
ITR core faculty
Abi Gewirtz, Ph.D., LP
Institute DirectorLindahl Leadership Professor, Department of Family Social Science and Institute of Child Development; Director of Graduate Studies, Prevention Science Minor
Dante Cicchetti, Ph.D., LP
ITR Director of ResearchMcKnight Presidential Chair of Psychology and Psychiatry and William Harris Chair, Institute of Child Development and Department of Psychiatry
Gerry August, Ph.D.
ITR Director of Training and EducationProfessor, Department of Family Social Science; Executive Director of the Center for Personalized Prevention Research
Clay Cook, Ph.D., L.P.
ITR Core FacultyAssociate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
Megan Patrick, Ph.D.
ITR Core FacultyResearch Professor, ITR & Institute of Child Development
ITR affiliated faculty
Meredith Gunlicks-Stoessel, Ph.D.
ITR Affiliate Faculty
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
LeAnne Johnson, Ph.D.
ITR Affiliated Faculty
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
Katherine Lingras, Ph.D., L.P.
ITR Affiliate Faculty
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Chris Mehus, Ph.D., LMFT
ITR Research Faculty
Faith Miller, Ph.D., L.P.
ITR Affiliate Faculty
Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology
Timothy Piehler, Ph.D., L.P.
ITR Affiliate Faculty
Associate Professor, Department of Family Social Science
Nancy Sherwood, Ph.D.
ITR Affiliate Faculty
Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health
Danielle Vrieze, Ph.D., L.P.
ITR Affiliate Faculty
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Alisha Wackerle-Hollman, Ph.D.
ITR Affiliate Faculty
Research Associate, Department of Educational Psychology
Lindsey Weiler, Ph.D., LMFT
ITR Affiliate Faculty
Associate Professor, Department of Family Social Science
ITR staff
Trevor Born
Communications Specialist