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Ann Marie White, Ed.D.

Ann Marie White, Ed.D.

About Me

Dr. White is Director of the Office of Mental Health Promotion (OMHP) and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She leads department-level change initiatives to deepen Psychiatry's community engagement via service, education and research. OMHP oversees co...
Dr. White is Director of the Office of Mental Health Promotion (OMHP) and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester Medical Center. She leads department-level change initiatives to deepen Psychiatry's community engagement via service, education and research. OMHP oversees community, consumer and diversity affairs for Psychiatry faculty and staff.

Dr. White directs local and national training activities in collaborative research to infuse scientific inquiries with mental health-related policy and program activities of communities. She promotes mental health supporting behaviors, services utilization and mental illness prevention strategies within community-based settings. For instance, she developed participatory research with volunteer "natural helpers" seeking to strengthen urban neighborhoods' violence prevention activities. She conducts multimedia education to develop civic engagement among youth and young adults from traditionally disadvantaged backgrounds. Her research interests focus on system science methods in the application of community engagement in research, mental health promotion, and violence prevention systems in communities. She has an active research program involving social media data and successful transitions into adulthood. Her many years of research experiences in developmental psychology emphasized the role of community settings such as childcare, arts centers and after-school programs in the development of children and adolescents. Upon completion of her doctorate in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard's Graduate School of Education, she was a AAAS/SRCD fellow in the U.S. Senate and the National Institutes of Health.

Faculty Appointments

Associate Professor - Department of Psychiatry, Administration (SMD)

Associate Professor - Center for Community Health and Prevention - Joint

Associate Professor - Department of Clinical & Social Psychology (RC) - Joint

Associate Professor - Department of Public Health Sciences (SMD) - Joint

Credentials

Post-doctoral Training & Residency

AAAS/SRCD Executive Branch Science and Policy Fellow - National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director, Office of Behavior and Social Science Research, Washington, DC - Initiate, implement, and coordinate research agendas and funding initiatives to advance scientific knowledge of the social and behavioral components of health (e.g., authoring the program announcement with specialized review such as Community Participation in Research, PAR- 05-026, etc.) 2003 - 2004

AAAS/SRCD Congressional Science and Policy Fellow - U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Children and Families, Washington, D.C. - Develop policy positions by distilling and evaluating information provided by advocates, administrators, researchers, constituents, program providers and policy-makers; draft legislation; manage the legislative process of bills; analyze research findings; prepare and conduct discussion of pending legislation. 2002 - 2003

Education

Ed.D. | Harvard University. Human Development and Psychology. 2002

MA | Columbia University. Developmental Psychology. 1993

BS with Honors | Cornell University. Human Development and Family Studies. 1992

Awards

President's Diversity Award nominee, University of Rochester. 2012

NIH Institute on Systems Science and Health, Selected Attendee. 2012

Got Dreams Award (community leader award), Monroe County Office of Mental Health. 2012

Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Award Nominee. 2011

Dr. David Satcher Community Health Improvement Award Nominee. 2010

MHSR New Investigator Workshop and Poster Award. 2007

OBSSR 10th Anniversary Celebration Travel Scholarship Winner. 2006

Collier Award. 2006

Fellow of the NIH Summer Institute on Behavioral and Social Intervention Research. 2005

Publications

Journal Articles

Examining benefits academic-community research team training: Rochester's suicide prevention training institutes

White, A.M., Lu, N., Cerulli, C., Tu, X.

Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education and Action. 2014; 8(1): 125-137.

You know a tree by its fruit: Growing a fellowship program for community partnered mental health disparities research in an academic medical center

White, A.M., Castle, K., Sörensen, S., Briody, S., Dailey, H., King, D., Fogarty, C. & Duberstein, P.

International Public Health Journal. 2013; 5(3).

Does practice make perfect? A Randomized control trial of behavioral rehearsal on suicide prevention gatekeeper skills.

Cross, W., Seaburn, D., Gibbs, D. Schmeelk, K., White, A.M., Caine, E.

The Journal of Primary Prevention. 2011; 32(3): 195-211.

Does the Health-status of intimate partner violence victims warrant pharmacies as portals for public health awareness, advocacy and facilitation.

Cerulli, C., Cerulli, J., Santos, E., Lu, N., He, H., Johnson, K.A., White, A.M. & Tu, X.

Journal of the American Pharmacist Association. 2010; 50: 200-206.

Social support and self-reported health status of older adults in the United States.

White AM, Philogene GS, Fine L, Sinha S

American journal of public health.. 2009 October 99 (10):1872-8. Epub 08/20/2009.

Charting the course of student growth

Wolf, D. P., & White, A. M.

Education Leadership. 2000; 57(5): 6-11.

Building research and policy connections

Susman-Stillman, A., Brown,. J., Adam, E., Blair, C., Gaines,. R., Gordon, R., White, A. M., & Wynn, S.

Social Policy Report. 1996; 10(4).

Use of electronic technologies for promoting community and personal health for individuals unconnected to healthcare systems (in review)

Crilly, J., Keefe, R. H., White, A. M., & Volpe, F.

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Court perspectives on improving mental health and reducing suicide through community-based participatory research (in preparation for the Journal of Urban Health)

White, A.M., Nichols-Hadeed, C.,Steadman, H., & Cerulli, C.

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Books

Social Networking: Recent Trends, Emerging Issues and Future Outlook (2013)

Suicide: Risk Factors and Prevention (2012)

Chapter: Reducing Suicide Risk in the Justice System through Court Based Community-based Participatory Research

Building community capacity: Case examples from around the world (2012)

Chapter: You know a tree by its fruit: Growing a fellowship program for community partnered mental health disparities research in an academic medical center