University of Toronto Department of Psychiatry City-Wide Grand Rounds

City-Wide Psychiatry Grand Rounds

Friday, September 30th 2022

Hosted by: Dept. of Psychiatry

Paul Garfinkel Distinguished Scholar Lecture

12:00 - 1:00 pm

via Zoom

Speaker: Dr. Lisa Dixon, Columbia University

"An Innovative Model of Care for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms in Severe Dementia: Virtual Behavioural Medicine Program"

Brief Bio

Lisa Dixon, M.D., M.P.H. is the Edna L Edison Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York-Presbyterian Hospital. She directs the Division of Behavioral Health Services and Policy Research within the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Dixon is an internationally recognized health services researcher with over 25 years of continuous funding from the National Institute of Mental Health and the VA. She oversees activities for the New York State Office of Mental Health in implementing evidenced based practices for persons diagnosed with serious mental illness. Dr. Dixon's grants have focused on improving the quality of care for individuals with serious mental disorders. Dr. Dixon's work has joined individuals engaged in self-help, outpatient psychiatric care, as well as clinicians and policy makers in collaborative research endeavors.

Dr. Dixon assumed the role of editor in chief of the journal, Psychiatric Services in January 2017. She has published more than 350 articles in peer-reviewed journals and has received numerous awards including the 2009 American Psychiatric Association Health Services Senior Scholar Award and the Wayne Fenton Award for Exceptional Clinical Care. In 2016, the Mental Health Section of the American Public Health Association recognized her work with the Carl A. Taube Award. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors for the National Alliance on Mental Illness

Learning Objectives

• To describe the role of Intermediary Organizations in scaling evidence-based practices in large systems of care

• To describe the tools and strategies used to scale evidence-based practices in a large system of care

**If you have any questions you would like to ask Dr. Dixon you can send them in advance to: facdevcppd.psych@utoronto.ca

PROGRAMME HERE

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Questions? Contact facdevcppd.psych@utoronto.ca