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The Department of Aging and Mental Health Disparities (AMHD) has been dissolved as part of a College reorganization and restructuring. Many of our faculty and staff transferred to other departments or schools within the College as follows:

Department of Child and Family Studies: Drs. David Chiriboga, Donna Cohen, and Dina Martinez-Tyson, have joined the faculty, along with staff member Ms. Claudia Aguado Loi.

Department of Mental Health Law & Policy: Drs. Amber Gum and Larry Schonfeld have joined the faculty, along with staff members Chhaya Amin and William Pauline. Schonfeld will also continue his administrative responsibilities as Interim Executive Director of FMHI. Dr. Deborah Hedgecock and Mr. Julio Herrera will continue working with Dr. Schonfeld on his research projects until the end of the Fall semester.

Department of Rehabilitation & Mental Health Counseling: Dr. William Kearns joined the faculty.

School of Aging Studies: Dr. Lisa Brown, Dr. Yuri Jang and Dr. Victor Molinari joined the faculty. Post doctoral scholars Kathryn Frahm and Kyunghwa Kwag are continuing to work with their mentors, Drs. Brown and Jang, respectively.

School of Social Work: Dr. Marion Becker joined the faculty.

Dean's Office: Ms. Sheryl Stire and Julie Kuhn have joined the administrative group to work on pre- and post-award assistance for faculty.