Our IDEAS Team

IDEAS Center Co-Directors Kimberly Hoagwood, PhD, Cathy and Stephen Graham Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University, and Mary McKay, PhD, Dean, Brown School of Social Work at Washington University, lead a talented, multidisciplinary team of investigators, from mental health services researchers, psychologists, psychiatrists, to social workers, epidemiologists, systems science researchers, statisticians, data analysts, and health services economists. 

Read here about our collaborative work together over the last two decades to build better
mental health services for children and families in New York State and across the nation.

Kimberly Hoagwood, PhD

Mary McKay, PhD

Meet our IDEAS Center Faculty and Staff

Click here for a downloadable IDEAS faculty/staff directory, organized by core. 

New York University

IDEAS ALACRITY Center:
Eliana Castano, BA: Program Manager
​Paige Cervantes, PhD:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Argelinda Baroni, MD: Clinical Assistant Professor
Kimberly Hoagwood, PhD: Vice Chair of Research, Dept. of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Sarah Horwitz, PhD: Professor
Iriane Narcisse, BA: Research Program Coordinator
Robin Peth-Pierce, MPA: Communications Director
Dana Seag, BA: Research Assistant 
Julia Spandorfer, BA: Research Assistant
​Dara Weiss, MA: Senior Research Coordinator

Evidence-Based Treatment Dissemination Center:
Alissa Gleacher, PhD: Affiliated Faculty 
Aleta Angelosante, PhD: Affiliated Faculty
Kaitlin Happer, PhD: Affiliated Faculty
Gili Segall, PhD: Affiliated Faculty
Bethany Watson, PhD: Affiliated Faculty
Nicole Shapiro Wang, MA: Director of Training & Research
Robert Garvey, MS, MAT: Senior Research Coordinator
Elena Conte, BA: Research Associate 

Community Technical Assistance Center:
Mary Acri, PhD: Adjunct Assistant Professor 
Andrew Cleek, PsyD: Chief Program Officer, McSilver Institute
Anne Kuppinger, MEd: Senior Research Coordinator 
Michael Lindsey, PhD: Director, McSilver Institute
Geraldine Burton: Parent Advocate
Priscilla Shorter: Parent Advocate

Affiliated Programs:
​​Carly Baetz, JD, PhD: Clinical Assistant Professor
​Erum Nadeem, PhD: Affiliated Faculty
Molly Finnerty, MD: Affiliated Faculty

Washington University

IDEAS ALACRITY Center:
Derek Brown, PhD: Associate Professor 
Leo Cabassa, PhD: Associate Professor 
Sean Joe, PhD: Associate Dean for Faculty and Research
Mary McKay, PhD: Neidorff Family & Centene Co. Dean, Brown School
Byron Powell, PhD: Assistant Professor 
Enola Proctor, PhD:  Professor Emeritus 
Stacey McCrary, MSW: Administrative Coordinator

​​​Collaborating Universities
​
Lisa Dixon, MD: Professor (Columbia University)
​Robert Gibbons, PhD: Professor (University of Chicago)
Krista Kutash, PhD: Affiliated Faculty (University of South Florida)
Larry Palinkas, PhD: Professor​ (University of Southern California)
Jonathan Purtle, Dr.Ph: Assistant Professor (Drexel University)
Katherine Nelson, MPH: Doctoral Candidate (Drexel University)

Our IDEAS Sites

New York University

Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and The New York State Office of Mental Health

Washington University
​in St. Louis

Brown School of Social Work and The Center for Public Health Systems Science

Drexel University

Dornsife School of Public Health

University of Chicago

Center for Health Statistics
and Comparative Human Development

Columbia University

Department of Psychiatry​ and Center for Practice Innovations, and New York State Psychiatric Institute 

University of
​Southern California

Suzanne-Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, and Department of Children, Youth and Families

IDEAS Center and National Training Opportunities

children's mental health policy research fellowship ​for early career researchers

​national training opportunities in
​dissemination and implementation (D&I) science