CALM Study

05/11/2022

Happy School Nurse Day to all of our CALM Study school nurses! We are so appreciative of your commitment and enthusiasm in helping your students each and every day. From everyone on the CALM Study Team, we thank you!

04/26/2022

Meet Anneliese DeVito for this week's !

Anneliese is a Clinical Research Assistant in the Psychiatry Department at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She received her B.A. degree in Psychological Sciences from the University of Connecticut. During her time at the University of Connecticut, she volunteered with the CAMP Lab at UConn Health and assisted Dr. Ginsburg with many of the studies she works on now. Her current research interests include interventions for pediatric anxiety disorders, as well as school-based interventions for children with developmental disabilities.

04/05/2022

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This week, meet Tom Harrison, a Clinical Research Assistant in the Psychiatry Department at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Prior to his employment on the CALM Study, Tom completed a B.A. in Psychology at Albright College and an M.S. in Experimental Psychology at Saint Joseph's University. Much of his research to date has focused on depression, stress, and coping in vulnerable populations ranging from youth to adulthood. He has particular interests in stress generation and increasing access to evidence-based therapeutic services to at-risk youth.

03/22/2022

This week, we're introducing Carissa Orlando for !

Carissa received her Master's degree in Clinical Health Psychology from Appalachian State University and her Ph.D. in Clinical-Community Psychology from the University of South Carolina, specializing in work with children and families. She has a particular interest in school-based mental health, and has provided mental health services for students within multiple schools across three southeastern states. She believes schools to be an excellent context for providing much-needed services to students who might not receive intervention otherwise. During her time working in schools, Carissa found school nurses to be a vital component of the treatment team, often identifying students in need before other school staff and serving as a point of comfort and support for students. Carissa is very excited to help school nurses learn additional skills for intervening with students with anxiety as a part of her work with the CALM Team!

03/08/2022

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Meet Isaac Smith, a postdoctoral fellow in the Psychiatry Department at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Prior to his postdoctoral fellowship, Isaac completed his PhD at Virginia Tech, where much of his work focused on interventions targeting anxiety, depression, and emotion regulation difficulties in individuals with developmental disabilities. He has a particular interest in dissemination and implementation of evidence-based interventions for youth mental health, and works on the CALM team as a study coordinator, independent evaluator, and nurse coach.

03/01/2022

Meet our study team! Each Tuesday, tune in for to learn more about our staff and what we do!

Meet Dr. Golda Ginsburg, a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and one of the principal investigators of the CALM study. Dr. Ginsburg has been developing and evaluating interventions for youth who struggle with a range of psychiatric disorders for over 25 years. A primary focus of her research has been on identifying the best approach to treat and prevent pediatric anxiety disorders—one of the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in youth. Dr. Ginsburg’s work also focuses on the dissemination of evidenced-based treatments for pediatric anxiety for school-based providers and she has developed interventions for school clinicians, school nurses, and teachers.

You can read more about this work on Dr. Ginsburg’s lab website at UConn—the Child/Adolescent Anxiety and Mood Program (CAMP; website: https://health.uconn.edu/psychiatry/areas-of-care/child-and-adolescent/child-adolescent-anxiety-and-mood-program/).

02/23/2022

Principal Investigator, Dr. Golda Ginsburg, spoke with WTNH8 last summer about all things CALM. She highlighted the prevalence of child anxiety and how school nurses can help by using the CALM study modules. Get a full breakdown of what each letter in CALM stands for below!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z37C2JhkMTA

https://www.wtnh.com/on-air/connecticut-families/connecticut-families-extra-calm-school-nurses-save-the-day-for-anxious-kids/

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