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Presentations with CHN Authors 2022-2023

May 2023 APA Meeting, San Francisco: The UME, GME, and CME Continuum in Psychiatry from an IMG's Perspective

Presented by Dr. Roberto Orozco, MD, Justin Singh, MD, Erick Acosta Heredia, MD, Joshua Tapia, MD; and Chaired by Dr. Daniel Castellanos, MD (DIO of Creighton University, SOM)

Federally Funded Research Studies 2018-2019


  1. IH: National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number U54MD012393

7/1/2019-6/31/2019

The impact of ancillary services on compliance with substance use treatment, abstinence from substances, and child safety among substance-using parents involved in the child welfare system

PI: Hui Huang, PhD, MSW, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University (FIU)

CHN Co-Investigator: Beverly Jean-Jacques, PsyD


     2. NIH: National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH)

4/4/2019-3/31/2020

Impact of clinician Virtual Human Interaction training in Emotional Self-Awareness on patients Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Crisis Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial

PI: Igor Galynker, MD, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai, NY.

FIU/CHN Subaward PI: Adriana Foster, MD, CHN Psychiatrist and Professor and Vice-Chair for Clinical and Research Programs, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, FIU; 

CHN co-investigator: Karina McCoy, PsyD


     3.  NIH- NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

04/24/19 – 4/24/20

 “Effect of Soluble Corn Fiber supplementation for 1 year on bone metabolism in adolescents (MetA-Bone Trial)”

PI: Cristina Palacios, PhD., Associate Professor, Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Stempel School of Public Health , FIU

CHN Co-investigator: Thresia B Gambon, MD, Pediatrician


CHN- Funded Research Studies 2018-2019


  1. 9/19/2017

Housing First (HF) Outcomes: A Longitudinal Pilot Study of Individuals who Are Homeless and are serviced by Citrus Health Network (CHN)

Co-PIs: Francisco Quintana PhD, Clinical coordinator, KIVA and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, FIU and Adriana Foster, MD


Peer Reviewed Publications with CHN Authors in 2018-2019

Hannan, J. L., Sanchez, G., Musser, E., Ward-Peterson, M., Azutillo E, Goldin, D., . . . Foster, A. (2019). Role of empathy in the perception of medical errors in patient encounters: A preliminary study. BMC Research Notes (12), 327. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4365-2


Salgado, C., & Castellanos, D. (2018). Autism spectrum disorder and cannabidiol: Have we seen this movie before? Global Pediatric Health, 5, 1-5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2333794X18815412


Sibley, M.H., Ortiz, M., Graziano, P. Estrada E (2019).  Metacognitive and motivation deficits, exposure to trauma, and high parental demands characterize adolescents with late-onset ADHD. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-019-01382-w


Alonso, M., Jardon, M., Pizarro, M., Castellanos, D., Aponte, X., Esposito, K., & Foster, A. (2018). The community value of academic psychiatry: The development of a psychiatry residency program in a federally qualified health center. Academic Psychiatry, 42(4), 572-577.


Presentations with CHN Authors in 2018-2019


Sandhu, S., Barzilay S., Yao, H., Luna, A., Rodriguez, C., Lok, B., Foster, A., Galynker, I., Using a Virtual Patient Interaction to Connect with Patients at Risk of Suicide, International Academy of Suicide Research/Academy for Suicide Prevention (IASR/AFSP) International Summit on Suicide Research, October 27-30, 2019, Miami Beach, FL.


Quintana F. and Mooss A., Housing First Outcomes: A Longitudinal Pilot Study of Individuals who Are Homeless and are Serviced by Citrus Health Network (CHN), Oral presentation Florida Behavioral Health Conference Aug 21-23 Orlando, FL.


Trieu M., Quintana F., Foster A., Machado J., Luna AM., Martin R., Mooss A., Housing First Outcomes: A Longitudinal Pilot Study of Disability, Psychiatric Symptoms, Daily Functioning, and Self-Stigma in Homeless Individuals, poster, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, May 2019, San Francisco, CA.


Foster, A and Sanchez G, Empathy in Healthcare: A Core Competency, Citrus Health Network Psychiatry/Psychology Grand Rounds, May 8, 2019.


Rivas A, Hughes Pontier C, Romillo J, Mooss A, Teacher Child Interaction Training: Outcomes and lessons learned from a quasi-experimental trial, USF 32nd Annual Children's Mental Health Conference, March 2019


Michaels M, Hoy E, Salgado C, Visser M, Cantero C, Implementing an Empirically Supported Risk-Assessment Screening Protocol, FSPC 2019 Annual Florida Taking Action for Suicide Prevention, March 2019


Quintana F, Aponte X, Guzman V, Gonzalez Mayo A, Larrauri C, Foster, A, Re-solving the Puzzle of Psychiatric Readmissions: Variables Versus Predictors, workshop, American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, May 2018.