2021 Conference Materials
In October 2018, DMH funded two new centers of research excellence. On June
14, 2021, the two research centers held a joint conference for DMH clients, their family members, DMH staff, and providers to learn more about the work these two centers are doing. The conference also allowed these centers to learn about how their research can best support DMH, its mission, and the people served by DMH. The conference emphasized stakeholder-engaged research, including the importance of engaging persons living with mental health challenges, their family members, and the providers and staff who serve them in all phases of the research process.
2021 Virtual Conference: How Stakeholder-Engaged Research Can Change Care Provision and Policy: An Inside Look at the Centers of Excellence
Hosted by UMass Chan Medical School’s Implementation Science & Practice Advances Research Center (iSPARC) & Massachusetts General Hospital’s Center of Excellence for Psychosocial and Systemic Research
Recorded live on June 14th, 2021
Breakout Session Presentation Slides:
| Topic | Format | Center(s) | Presenter |
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| Welcome/Virtual Housekeeping | Presentation Slides | iSPARC | Maryann Davis, Director of iSPARC |
| Commissioner’s Remarks | Brooke Doyle, Commissioner of DMH | ||
| Introduction to the Centers of Excellence → | Presentation | iSPARC and MGH COE |
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| Community Health Worker Support Improves Provision of Effective Treatment and Smoking Cessation Success → | Presentation | MGH COE | Eden Evins, Director of MGH Center for Addiction Medicine; Professor of Psychiatry, MGH/Harvard Medical School |
| Implementation Science: What Is It and What Does It Do For Me? → | Presentations | iSPARC and BU |
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| Engaging Persons with Lived Experience: Successes and Challenges from the Peer Perspective → | Panel Presentation | MGH COE and iSPARC |
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Learning from the Challenges of COVID-19
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Brief presentations |
MGH COE and iSPARC |
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| Wrap up | Presentation | MGH COE and iSPARC |
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