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Psychiatry & Behavioral Neurosciences

Tampa Bay Community Health Collaborative

Collaborative Members

Faculty

Professor and chair of the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine.

Nev Jones PhD 

Assistant professor in the department of Mental Health Law & Policy, a faculty affiliate of the Florida Mental Health Institute, affiliate clinical assistant professor at the Yale University School of Medicine, and  mental health services researcher. A mixed methodologist, Nev’s exertise includes youth/young adult behavioral health, coordinated specialty care for early psychosis, recovery from serious mental illness and racial/ethnic/structural disparities.  She has long-standing expertise in stakeholder-engaged and participatory research methods, including the training and mentoring of community-based co-researchers.

Linda Callejas PhD

Socio-cultural anthropologist with expertise in qualitative methodologies and community-engaged research. Her research interests include behavioral health disparities among underserved populations, health equity, community-derived behavioral health practices, and the community conditions that support or detract from individual well-being. She is particularly interested in studying the motivations that underlie social behaviors associated with health and wellness, as well as interventions that engage with social support networks and local indigenous knowledge.

Timothy L. Boaz, Ph.D.

Tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Mental Health Law & Policy, Louis De La Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the University of South Florida (USF). His primary research interests are in behavioral health services research with a focus on prescribing of psychotherapeutic medications, long-term care, and continuity of care. He has had a long-standing interest in the use of administrative data in research. Many of his research projects have involved combining multiple, disparate data sets using deterministic and probabilistic matching procedures to develop data regarding behavioral health service utilization and various outcomes (e.g., hospitalization, arrests & incarceration, death, etc.)

Medical Students

Organizational Partners

BayCare

A a leading not-for-profit health care system that connects individuals and families to a wide range of services at 14 hospitals and hundreds of other convenient locations throughout the Tampa Bay and central Florida regions.

Success for Kids & Families

A non-profit 501(c)(3) organization offering in-home treatment services for families in Hillsborough County. S4KF operates programs for new mothers, families and children, youth and young adults. 

Changing Minds Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay based non-profit corporation founded by legal and mental health advocates with the mission of restoring hope, healing and health to the lives of those confronting mental health challenges through community awareness and support, school interventions, and legislative and legal advocacy. 

Central Florida Behavioral Health Network

CFBHN is a not for profit 501 (c) (3) corporation and a CARF International Accredited Services Management Network organization* contracting with community service organizations to provide a full array of publically funded mental health and substance abuse services in the SunCoast counties of Charlotte, Collier, Desoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, Lee, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, and Sarasota. Services include acute care, residential treatment, housing, medical, outpatient, recovery support, and prevention.