11th National Conference

Advocacy in Action:
The Role of Academic Health Center Psychologists
as Leaders in Local and Global Change

March 16-18, 2023 Louisville, KY | #APAHC2023

Continuing Education

Continuing education credit for the 9th National Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers (APAHC) Conference will be provided by Division 12 - Society of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Division 12 is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Division 12 - Society of Clinical Psychology maintains responsibility for the program and its content. Partial credit of individual sessions is not available. CE certificates for attending activities will be emailed no later than 4 weeks following the conference to all participants who pay the CE fee and complete the required evaluations. The CE fee is non-refundable. * Indicates session is eligible for CE throughout this program.

Target Audience

Psychologists, educators, and allied health professionals in medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic health centers.

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APAHC 2023 Conference Planning Committee

Sunnye Mayes, PhD, ABPP Co-Chair University of Michigan Medical School
Philip Fizur, PsyD Co-Chair Cooper University Health Care
Amy Williams, PhD Sponsorship Beaumont Health
Virginia Andersen, PhD Programming / CE University of Virginia School of Medicine
Yelena Chernyak, PhD Social Media/Marketing Indiana University School of Medicine
Joanna Yost, PhD Social Media/Marketing  University of Virginia School of Medicine
Sheila M. Dowd PhD Abstracts and Posters Rush University Medical Center
Melissa A. Faith, PhD, ABPP Abstracts and Posters Johns Hopkins University
Lisa Ramirez, PhD Abstracts and Posters The MetroHealth System

Keynote Speakers

Ron Brown, PhD, ABPP

Ronald T. Brown, Ph.D., ABPP is the Dean of the School of Integrated Health Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has served as the Executive Vice-President of Academic Affairs at Wayne State University and the President at the University of North Texas at Dallas. He has been the dean at two universities including Temple University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he currently serves. In these positions, Dr. Brown has raised a total of $30,000,000. in philanthropy support. He is a board certified clinical health psychologist of the American Board of Professional Psychology. Dr. Brown’s clinical and research interests include attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, pediatric psychopharmacology, cancer and sickle cell disease. Dr. Brown served as the editors of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice and the Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings. He was an inaugural member of the Behavioral Medicine and Intervention Outcomes study section of the National Institutes of Health and served on this study section for 8 years. Dr. Brown’s research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the U.S. Office of Education, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. He is the past President of the Society of Pediatric Psychology and the Association of Psychologists in Academic Health Centers. He is the recipient of the Martin P. Levin Mentorship Award, the Logan Wright Distinguished Research Award of the Society of Pediatric Psychology of the American Psychological Association and the Joseph D. Matarazzo Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in Academic Health Centers. Currently, Dr. Brown serves as the Chair of the Fellows Committee of the American Psychological Association.

Stephen Gillaspy, PhD

Dr. Stephen R. Gillaspy is a licensed psychologist and since August of 2019 has served as the Senior Director for the Office of Health & Health Care Finance within the Practice Directorate at the American Psychological Association APA). Prior to joining APA, Dr. Gillaspy was a Professor of Pediatrics within the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center since 2005. Within the Section of General & Community Pediatrics he served as the Associate Section Chief and Director of Clinical Psychology. Dr. Gillaspy also served as the Director of the Oklahoma Tobacco Helpline. He completed his graduate training in Clinical Psychology at Oklahoma State University and completed his Clinical Internship and a Post-doctoral fellowship in Primary Care and Health Psychology at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. At the state level Dr. Gillaspy has served on the Board of the Oklahoma Psychological Association and served as President. Nationally, Dr. Gillaspy has served as the American Psychological Associations Advisor for the Health Care Professional Advisory Committee to the American Medical Association’s Relative Value Update Committee (RUC).

Atul Grover, MD, PhD

Atul Grover, MD, PhD, is the inaugural executive director of the AAMC Research and Action Institute. The institute convenes national experts to examine the most critical issues affecting the missions and institutions of academic medicine; develop policy and programmatic solutions; and harness member medical schools, teaching hospitals and academic health systems, and academic societies to test, validate, and scale effective change. Dr. Grover is an internal medicine physician, health services researcher, and nationally recognized expert in health policy. Dr. Grover joined the AAMC as the associate director for the Center for Workforce Studies in 2005, where he managed research activity and directed externally funded workforce studies. He became a director of government relations and health care affairs in 2007 and served as the association’s chief public policy officer from 2011 to 2016. From 2016 to 2020, he served as executive vice president, where he provided strategic leadership in the areas of medical education, academic affairs, health care affairs, scientific affairs, learning and leadership programming, diversity and inclusion, public policy, and communications. Previously, Dr. Grover held positions in health care finance and applied economics consulting and worked with the U.S. Public Health Service, Health Resources and Service Administration National Center for Health Workforce Analysis. Dr. Grover earned his medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences (GW SMHS) and his doctorate in health and public policy from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Grover holds faculty appointments at GW SHMS and JHU Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Katherine McGuire, MS

Katherine McGuire, MS - Katherine B. McGuire is APA’s first chief advocacy officer, responsible for implementing a unified, strategic vision for the association’s government relations efforts and coordinating APA’s broader advocacy initiatives in nongovernmental sectors. Her mandate will include working with APA and its companion APA Services, Inc. to merge the approximately 24 government relations staff into a single department and ensuring that APA speaks with one voice before Congress, federal agencies and the White House. She will also be responsible for growing psychology’s political action committee, Psychology PAC. With more than 25 years of senior-level policy experience in Congress, the executive branch and the private sector, McGuire was most recently assistant secretary for congressional and intergovernmental affairs at the U.S. Department of Labor. In that post, she focused on appropriations, budget priorities and regulatory matters. She was responsible for all external communications to Congress, governors and interdepartmental stakeholders and for providing technical assistance on issues ranging from workplace rules and regulations to prison re-entry programs. She has also been actively engaged in federal policy solutions to address the opioid epidemic since initiating the first congressional public health model opioid roundtable in the Chicago region in 2015. Before joining the Department of Labor in January 2018, McGuire served five years in the House of Representatives advising on science and technology issues. Prior to that, she spent five years as vice president for government affairs at the Business Software Alliance, a trade group comprising the world’s leading software companies, including Apple and Microsoft. She served almost 18 years in the U.S. Senate where she held numerous senior leadership roles, including Republican staff director of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions where led legislative efforts and perfected the art of legislating through the mentoring and leadership of Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., and then-Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass. She also previously served as staff director for two subcommittees of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs and as legislative director for Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo. McGuire’s ability to work with members of both parties has been widely recognized

Date	Start Time	End Time	Event	Room
Thu, 03/16/23	7:00 AM	8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast	Mezzanine Foyer C/D
Thu, 03/16/23	7:00 AM	7:00 PM	Registration	Medallion BR Foyer
Thu, 03/16/23	8:00 AM	4:00 PM	Early Career Boot Camp	Mezzanine Salon D
Thu, 03/16/23	8:00 AM	4:00 PM	Mid-Career Boot Camp	Mezzanine Salon C
Thu, 03/16/23	5:00 PM	5:30 PM	Welcome and opening remarks	Medallion Salon A/B
Thu, 03/16/23	5:30 PM	6:30 PM	“Fearless leadership with integrity and vigor changes reality” - Ronald Brown, PhD, ABPP	Medallion Salon A/B
Thu, 03/16/23	6:30 PM	8:00 PM	Poster Session and Reception	Medallion Salon C/D

Fri, 03/17/23	7:00 AM	9:00 AM	Continental Breakfast	Medallion Salon A/B
Fri, 03/17/23	7:00 AM	5:00 PM	Registration	Medallion BR Foyer
Fri, 03/17/23	8:30 AM	9:00 AM	Welcome and Housekeeping	Medallion Salon A/B
Fri, 03/17/23	9:00 AM	10:00 AM	“What makes mental health policy different?” - Atul Grover, MD, PhD	Medallion Salon A/B
Fri, 03/17/23	10:00 AM	10:15 AM	Break
Fri, 03/17/23	10:15 AM	11:15 AM	"Improving Metrics for Quality Improvement Initiatives in Sickle Cell Disease." - Lanetta Bronté-Hall, MD, MPH, MSPH	Medallion Salon A/B
Fri, 03/17/23	11:15 AM	12:15 PM	“All things (Un)equal: Strategies to improve gender equity and inclusion in academic health centers” - Helen L. Coons, Ph.D., ABPP, Stacy A. Ogbeide, PsyD, ABPP, Ayelet Talmi, PhD, Wendy L. Ward, Ph.D., ABPP	Medallion Salon A/B
Fri, 03/17/23	12:15 PM	1:30 PM	Lunch	Medallion Salon A/B
Fri, 03/17/23	1:00 PM	1:30 PM	Awards Ceremony	Medallion Salon A/B
Fri, 03/17/23	1:30 PM	2:30 PM	“Health care financing for mental health and health behavior: New codes, advocacy efforts, and the future” - Stephen Gillaspy, PhD	Medallion Salon A/B
Fri, 03/17/23	2:30 PM	2:45 AM	Break	-

Fri, 03/17/23	2:45 PM	3:45 AM	Concurrent Sessions “Opportunities for Psychologists in Informatics Leadership” - Allison Dempsey, PhD, Britt A. Nielsen, PsyD, Stephon N. Proctor, PhD “Championing Trauma-Informed Medical Care in Healthcare Settings: Opportunities for Psychologists” - Meghan L. Marsac, PhD, Nancy Kassam-Adams, PhD, Lindsay B. Ragsdale, MD, Tess E Smith-Thomas, PhD	Medallion Salon A/B Mezzanine Salon A/B/C
Fri, 03/17/23	3:45 PM	4:45 AM	Concurrent Sessions “Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academic Health Care Settings: Roles and Opportunities for Psychologists” - Alyssa M Vela, PhD. Elizabeth L. Addington, PhD, Karlene Cunningham PhD, Danielle Henderson, PhD, Irma Corral, PhD “The Flexibility of Clinical Health Psychologists in Academic Health Centers: Adapting to World Changes” - Anastasia Bullock, PsyD, Shannon Myers Virtue, PsyD, Caitlin LaGrotte, PsyD, Christina Goodwin, PhD, Phil Fizur, PsyD	Medallion Salon A/B Mezzanine Salon A/B/C
Fri, 03/17/23	5:00 PM	6:00 PM	SIG Meetings	Medallion Salon A/B
Fri, 03/17/23	6:00 PM	7:00 PM	Social Hours	TBD

Sat, 03/18/23	7:00 AM	8:30 AM	Continental Breakfast	Medallion Salon A/B
Sat, 03/18/23	8:15 AM	8:30 AM	Introductions and Housekeeping	Medallion Salon A/B
Sat, 03/18/23	8:30 AM	9:30 AM	“Leveraging federal and state advocacy in the 118th Congress” - Katherine B. McGuire APA’s Chief Advocacy Officer	Medallion Salon A/B
Sat, 03/18/23	9:30 AM	9:45 AM	Break

Sat, 03/18/23	9:45 AM	10:45 AM	“Advocacy, Allyship, and Advancement: Recognizing and Creating Opportunities for Psychologist Advocacy in Academic Health Centers” Sarah J. Roane, PhD, Lauren E. Szkodny, PhD, Sivan Rotenberg, PhD, Mary Kay Jankowski, PhD	Medallion Salon A/B
Sat, 03/18/23	10:45 AM	11:45 AM	“Gender Affirming Treatment Letters: Advocacy over Pathology” - Sarah E. Benuska, PhD, Kathleen M. Alto, PhD	Medallion Salon A/B
Sat, 03/18/23	11:45 AM	12:45 PM	Lunch	No boxed lunch provided, explore Louisville!
Sat, 03/18/23	1:00 PM	2:00 PM	Concurrent Sessions “Leading Local Change through an Academic Medical Center-Community-Accountable Care Organization partnership: Developing a Consultation Model for Pediatric Primary Care” - Cody A. Hostutler, PhD. Sindhia Colburn, PhD "Suicide Deaths of Psychologists and Other Health Professionals: National Violent Death Reporting System Data, 2003-2018” - Megan Petrik, PhD, William Robiner, PhD	Medallion A/B Mezzanine Salon B
Sat, 03/18/23	2:00 PM	2:10: PM	Break	Medallion Salon A/B
Sat, 03/18/23	2:10 PM	3:10 PM	Concurrent Sessions “Development and advocacy for health psychology and pediatric psychology careers and training programs in academic health care systems” - Michelle Drerup, PsyD, Yelena C. Chernyak, PhD, Amy Williams, PhD “Responding to the Youth Mental Health Crisis: Universal Suicide Screening in Primary Care” - Alex Nyquist, PhD, Melissa A. Young, PsyD	Medallion A/B Mezzanine Salon B
Sat, 03/18/23	3:10 PM	4:10 PM	“Ethics of provider influence on health decisions” – Mariella Self, PhD	Medallion Salon A/B
Sat, 03/18/23	4:10 PM	-	Conference Adjourns	Medallion Salon A/B

Full Conference Schedule

Scientific Poster Session

Thursday, March 16, 2023

2023 Poster Committee

Sheila M. Dowd PhD - Rush University Medical Center
Melissa A. Faith, Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Johns Hopkins University
Lisa Ramirez, PhD - The MetroHealth System

Posters

Poster #1 The Patient Perspective of Managing Type 2 Diabetes during Breast Cancer: A Qualitative Analyses of Semi-Structured Interview Authors: Shannon Virtue, PsyD, Jessica Deutel, Tiffany Whary RD, Emily Donahue RD, James Lenhard MD, Allison Karpyn PhD
Poster #2 Screening for Developmental Concerns in a Pediatric Oncology Clinic: The Difference a Psychologist can Make Authors: Strickland, M. G., Pereira, L., Piedra, W., Hilbert, S. H. Young, M., Ghosh, S., Bono, M.
Poster #3 Implementing a Collaborative Care Approach in Transplant Care Authors: Alexandra Gee, PsyD
Poster #4 The Mystery of MALS: Implementing Patient Informed Education Materials Authors: Lynn Kannout, MS., Hayley Goldenthal, PhD., Collen Stiles-Shields, PhD., Grace Mak, MD., Christopher Skelly, MD., Tina Drossos, PhD.
Poster #5 Improving Access to Neuropsychological Testing for At-Risk Pediatric Patients Authors: Lauren Hayes, Ph.D., Spencer Moorman, MSSW, LCSW, & Sunnye Mayes, Ph.D., ABPP
Poster #6 Mark 16 - 18, 2023 — Louisville, KY www.ahcpsychologists.org 2023 Poster Committee Sheila M. Dowd PhD - Rush University Medical Center Melissa A. Faith, Ph.D. - Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Johns Hopkins University Lisa Ramirez, PhD - The MetroHealth System Assessing the Relationship between Spirituality and Trauma on Latina Mothers’ PostTraumatic Stress and General Stress Symptoms Authors: Bryn Krivashei, M.A., Claire Milligan, PhD
Poster #7 Examination of Behavioral Emergencies and Communication in D/deaf and Hard of Hearing Individuals during Inpatient Medical Hospitalization Authors: Denise Coltson (Fedlan) Ph.D. & Joanna S. Yost, Ph.D.
Poster #8 Psychosocial predictors of health outcomes following weight reduction surgery Authors: Virginia Andersen, Ph.D.
Poster #9 Predictors of Retention in a Pediatric Psychology intervention for Children with Chronic Illness Authors: Claire E. Niehaus, Ph.D., Morgan L. Daffin, Ph.D., Olivia Campbell, M.A., Bryan Carter, Ph.D., Kayla N. LaRosa, Ph.D.
Poster #10 The Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Sickle Cell Disease Patients & Families Authors: Jeffrey Karst, Meghan Miller, Alyssa Gonzalez, Nina Linneman, Kristin Bingen, Jenny Hoag
Poster #11 The Relationship between Trauma, Pain, and Psychosocial Functioning in MALS Patients Authors: Hayley Goldenthal, Lynn Kannout, Colleen Stiles-Shields, Christopher Skelly, Grace Mak, and Tina Drossos
Poster #12 Chronic Pain Patients’ Willingness to Disclose Psychological and Psychosocial Concerns in Treatment Authors: Zhanttal Castro, PsyD
Poster #13 Outcomes of Intensive Pain Rehabilitation for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth Authors: Jennifer A. Scheurich, Ph.D.; Leslie Sim, Ph.D.; Karen Weiss, Ph.D.; Peg J. Dokken, R.N.; Amber T. Willette, R.N.; & Cynthia Harbeck-Weber, Ph.D.
Poster #14 Heart Transplant Recipient - Donor Family Communication: Current Status, Future Needs, and Psychologists’ Role Authors: Alyssa M. Vela, Ria Jindal, Adam Hill, & Kim Feingold Mark 16 - 18, 2023 — Louisville, KY www.ahcpsychologists.org
Poster #15 Expanding the Role of Psychology in Transplant Care: Evaluation of a New Service Authors: Heather Bruschwein, Denise Coltson, & Casey Cavanagh
Poster #16 Development of a workshop series to enhance communication skills and perceived support for junior anesthesiologists Authors: Amanda L. Stone, PhD, Gloria T. Han, PhD, Emily B. Riley, BS, Arna Banerjee, MD, Susan Eagle, MD
Poster #17 The Role of Psychologists in the Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Facilitated Group Interventions for Medical Residents Authors: Alexa Hays, PhD; Philip Fizur, PsyD; Caitlin LaGrotte, PsyD, MEd; Maya Bass, MD, MA, FAAFP
Poster #18 The Role of Counseling Psychologists within Health Psychology and Healthcare Authors: Danielle Miller
Poster #19 Understanding the Landscape of Consultation Liaison Psychologists in Academic Medical Centers Authors: Caitlin LaGrotte, PsyD, MEd; Anastasia Bullock, PsyD; Corey Doremus, MA; Carissa Aricola, PsyD
Poster #20 The Many Roles of Psychologists in Developing, Supporting, and Sustaining Well-Being Programs within Academic Health Centers Authors: Alexa M. Hays, PhD; Kelly L. Gilrain, PhD; Philip J. Fizur, PsyD; Anthony L. Rostain, MD, MA; Jennifer L. Moughan
Poster #21 Roles and opportunities for psychologists in addressing healthcare provider and learner burnout, well-being, and resilience in academic health care settings Authors: Abbie O. Beacham, PhD, Andrea Westfall King, PsyD and Brenda Nash, PhD
Poster #22 How are we (really) doing? Well-being of psychologists in academic health centers during the COVID-19 pandemic Authors: Amy M. Williams; Caitlin LaGrotte; Anastasia Bullock; Sheila Dowd; William Robiner; John Yozwiak; Marshia Allen
Poster #23 Ethical Self-Care Authors: Del Corral Winder, S., Rinner, A. E., & Moore, M. B.

Advocacy in Action:The Role of Academic Health Center Psychologists as Leaders in Local and Global Change

Sunnye Mayes, PhD, ABPP Co-Chair University of Michigan Medical School

Philip Fizur, PsyD Co-Chair Cooper University Health Care

Amy Williams, PhD Sponsorship Beaumont Health

Virginia Andersen, PhD Programming / CE University of Virginia School of Medicine

Yelena Chernyak, PhD Social Media/Marketing Indiana University School of Medicine

Joanna Yost, PhD Social Media/Marketing University of Virginia School of Medicine

Sheila M. Dowd PhD Abstracts and Posters Rush University Medical Center

Melissa A. Faith, PhD, ABPP Abstracts and Posters Johns Hopkins University

Lisa Ramirez, PhD Abstracts and Posters The MetroHealth System

Sponsors

$1000 Donation - National Register of Health Service Psychologist

$1000 Donation - The Society of Clinical Neuropsychology

$500 Donation - Division 12, The Society of Clinical Psychology

$500 Donation - Division 38, The Society for Health Psychology

$500 - The American Board of Clinical Health Psychology

Wendy Ward, PhD, ABPP Past President

Laura Shaffer, PhD, ABPP President

Liz Cash, PhD President-Elect

John A. Yozwiak

Amy Williams, PhD Member-at-Large

Leila Islam, PhD Member-at-Large

Donna LaPaglia, PsyD, ABPP Div 12 Representative

Amit Shahane, PhD Junior AAMC CFAS Representative

William Robiner, PhD Senior AAMC CFAS Representative

Andrea Bradford, PhD Journal Editor

Ashley Junghans, PhD Newsletter Editor

Joanna Yost, PhD Communications

Staci Grant, PsyD Early Career Psychologists

Ronn Johnson, PhD Diversity & Health Disparities Co-chair

Lyndsay Smart, PhD Diversity & Health Disparities Co-chair

Sebastian Del-CorralWinder, PsyD Trainee Committee

Virginia Anderson, PhD Education & Training Chair

John A. Yozwiak, PhD Research Cochair

Gabriela GibsonLopez, PsyD Membership Co-chair

Ashley Rhodes, PhD Membership Co-chair

Lanetta Bronté-Hall, MD, MPH