The Evidence-Based Treatment Dissemination Center Staff
EBTDC staff share your goal of providing the best evidence-based care to children and their families in the state of New York. Our dedicated and dynamic staff look forward to providing training in evidence-based practices to all New York State behavioral health providers.
Alissa Gleacher, Ph.D., EBTDC Clinical Director & Lead Trainer. Alissa Gleacher, PhD is a research assistant professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the New York University Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She received her B.A. in psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Gleacher went on to study clinical psychology at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she received her M.A. and Ph.D under the mentorship of Bruce F. Chorpita, PhD.
Dr. Gleacher completed a pre-doctoral internship at Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center in the Child Program. Dr. Gleacher’s clinical training focused on working with children and adolescents across the diagnostic spectrum (including anxiety and mood disorders, pervasive disorders of development, and behavioral problems). Dr. Gleacher worked at the Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Anxiety and Stress Program before joining our staff. She specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy, behavior therapy, and functional behavioral assessment. Dr. Gleacher has received specialized training in the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders, autism spectrum disorders, school-based mental health interventions, and a multitude of assessment measures.
Dr. Gleacher completed a pre-doctoral internship at Didi Hirsch Community Mental Health Center in the Child Program. Dr. Gleacher’s clinical training focused on working with children and adolescents across the diagnostic spectrum (including anxiety and mood disorders, pervasive disorders of development, and behavioral problems). Dr. Gleacher worked at the Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Anxiety and Stress Program before joining our staff. She specializes in cognitive behavioral therapy, behavior therapy, and functional behavioral assessment. Dr. Gleacher has received specialized training in the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders, autism spectrum disorders, school-based mental health interventions, and a multitude of assessment measures.
Aleta Angelosante, Ph.D., EBTDC Trainer. Aleta Angelosante, PhD, is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the NYU Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Angelosante treats children and families with depressive disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), cognitive therapy, panic disorder, anxiety disorder, cognitive and behavioral therapy, phobia, anxiety disorder of childhood, dialectical behavior therapy, group counseling, mood disorder, and Tourette syndrome. She has published numerous articles on anxiety in young children, and currently is a Trainer at the Evidenced-Based Treatment Dissemination Center, training mental health practitioners in New York State.
Nicole Wang, M.A., EBTDC Director of Training and Research. Nikki is a Senior Research Coordinator at the IDEAS Center. She holds a Master's Degree in Applied Child Development from Tufts University and has experience in academic, mental health, school, and healthcare settings, both conducting research and providing direct services to children and families.
Nikki works on a variety of research and evaluation projects at the IDEAS Center, and assists with grant preparation and submission. She currently works as the Project Manager for the Evidence Based Treatment Dissemination Center (EBTDC), a New York State initiative to train mental health practitioners across the state in evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for youth. She previously worked with Dr. Serene Olin on the evaluation of a curriculum-based training program for family peer advocates, parents who provide peer-to-peer support for other parents/caregivers of children with mental health needs, in community-based and school settings. Nikki also worked with the research team on the National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ) consortium for Implementing and Improving (NCINQ II) behavioral health care for youth and families. This continuation of one of the original seven AHRQ-CMS CHIPRA Centers of Excellence in the AHRQ Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) focuses on antipsychotic medication management and depression care.
Nikki works on a variety of research and evaluation projects at the IDEAS Center, and assists with grant preparation and submission. She currently works as the Project Manager for the Evidence Based Treatment Dissemination Center (EBTDC), a New York State initiative to train mental health practitioners across the state in evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for youth. She previously worked with Dr. Serene Olin on the evaluation of a curriculum-based training program for family peer advocates, parents who provide peer-to-peer support for other parents/caregivers of children with mental health needs, in community-based and school settings. Nikki also worked with the research team on the National Collaborative for Innovation in Quality Measurement (NCINQ) consortium for Implementing and Improving (NCINQ II) behavioral health care for youth and families. This continuation of one of the original seven AHRQ-CMS CHIPRA Centers of Excellence in the AHRQ Pediatric Quality Measures Program (PQMP) focuses on antipsychotic medication management and depression care.
Eliana Castano, B.A., EBTDC Assistant Director for Training Resources and Support. Eliana is also the Administrative Manager at the IDEAS Center. She provides administrative oversight, coordination, management, and monitoring of all Center-related activities. These activities include coordination with NIH requirements, data tracking, oversight of projects and research units, preparation of progress reports, and communication with scientific collaborators across the country. Eliana is also involved in one of the research projects - “Brief Diagnostic Tool (Youth-CAT (Y-CAT)) for Use in Emergency Departments (EDs).” She provides assistance with the submission of IRB protocols, preparation of data collection materials, development of data collection and tracking procedures, assistance with web-based survey development and testing, implementation of data collection protocols, data entry and data management.
As an undergraduate, Eliana graduated with a B.A. in psychology from George Mason University. Prior to joining the IDEAS Center, Eliana worked as a Project Coordinator for Dr. Elisabeth Cohen on an NIH funded study in the Ophthalmology Department at NYU Langone. She then went on to work in the NYU Office of Science and Research (OSR) where she supported Faculty by managing the pre-award submission process of key program projects, cooperative agreements, and other large grants to Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) for National Institutes of Health (NIH) extramural funding consideration. This is how Eliana initially became involved with the Ideas Center; she managed and coordinated the submission for the recently NIMH-funded P50 ALACRITY Center on Implementation and Dissemination Science in States for Children, Adolescents, and Families (IDEAS). She is now happy to be a part of the IDEAS family!
As an undergraduate, Eliana graduated with a B.A. in psychology from George Mason University. Prior to joining the IDEAS Center, Eliana worked as a Project Coordinator for Dr. Elisabeth Cohen on an NIH funded study in the Ophthalmology Department at NYU Langone. She then went on to work in the NYU Office of Science and Research (OSR) where she supported Faculty by managing the pre-award submission process of key program projects, cooperative agreements, and other large grants to Sponsored Programs Administration (SPA) for National Institutes of Health (NIH) extramural funding consideration. This is how Eliana initially became involved with the Ideas Center; she managed and coordinated the submission for the recently NIMH-funded P50 ALACRITY Center on Implementation and Dissemination Science in States for Children, Adolescents, and Families (IDEAS). She is now happy to be a part of the IDEAS family!