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2008 Award Recipients
Carol T. Mowbray Early Career Research Award- Dr. Kim MacDonald-Wilson, Sc. D., CRC, CPRP Dr.Kim MacDonald-Wilson is an Assistant Professor in the Rehabilitation Counseling Program at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is currently the Co-Investigator of a research study on the factors involved in the provision of reasonable accommodations in the workplace for people with disabilities and the Director of a Job Development and Job Placement Academic Certificate Program. Her research interests include employment issues, reasonable accommodations, disclosure of disabilities in the workplace, and assessment in psychiatric rehabilitation. Dr. MacDonald-Wilson received her BA in psychology from Albright College, her MS in Rehabilitation Counseling with a specialization in Psychiatric Rehabilitation from Boston University, and her Doctor of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling from Boston University in 2005. Since 1980, she has worked in an inpatient setting, at Horizon House (a psychosocial rehabilitation agency in Philadelphia), and has conducted research and directed individual psychiatric vocational rehabilitation services at the Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University, where she worked for over 14 years. She has published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and training materials on reasonable accommodations, assessing work functioning, employment support services, and Social Security Work Incentives. Armin Loeb Award-Dr. Steven Silverstein
Steven Silverstein, Ph.D. received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1989, and completed his internship and fellowship at Cornell Medical College. He is currently a Professor of Psychiatry at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School of the University of Dentistry of New Jersey (also known as UMDNJ), and is also Director of Research, and Director of the Division of Schizophrenia Research, at University Behavioral HealthCare, also of UMDNJ. Dr. Silverstein has published approximately 100 articles related to serious mental illness, which are evenly split between those involving the cognitive neuroscience of schizophrenia, and those involving psychiatric rehabilitation. He is particularly interested in services for people that are considered “treatment-refractory” to conventional psychiatric interventions, and has directed nationally recognized programs for this population, including the Second Chance Program at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. He is currently Chair of the American Psychological Association’s Task Force on Serious Mental Illness, and a Vice President of the Irwin Foundation, which focuses on recovery from SMI. Dr. Silverstein has received research grants from NIMH, NARSAD, the Scottish Rite Schizophrenia Research Program, and the Committee to Aid Research to End Schizophrenia, and investigator-initiated grants from Pfizer, Janssen, and AstraZeneca. John Beard Award-Dr. Judith Cook
Judith A. Cook PhD, is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) College of Medicine. She directs the Center on Mental Health Services Research and Policy (CMHSRP) which houses a federally funded National Research and Training Center examining self-determination and recovery, and a number of research and evaluation projects addressing severe mental illness. The UIC National Research and Training Center on Psychiatric Disability is funded for five years to conduct a series of research and training projects addressing evidence-based practice, consumer-directed services, and alternative financing mechanisms. Dr. Cook also led the Coordinating Center for the Employment Intervention Demonstration Program, the largest federal multi-site, clinical trials study of supported employment interventions for people with major mental illnesses. Dr Cook's published research includes over 150 articles, books, edited volumes, and federal monographs. She served as expert consultant to the President's New Freedom in Commission on Mental Health, as an advisory committee member and reviewer of the Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health, and as an expert consultant to the Institute of Medicine. Dr. Cook has consulted with numerous federal agencies and administrations. With staff at the CMHSRP, Dr. Cook has created a series of training manuals and curricula in areas such as: reduction of seclusion and restraint in inpatient settings, community safety for women with mental illness, hiring people in recovery as direct service providers, job coaching, assertive case management for homeless persons, vocational transitioning for youth with severe emotional disorders, and outreach to minority families of persons with mental illness.
Irvin Rutman Award-Dr. Donald Naranjo
Donald Naranjo is CEO of Pathways, Inc. in Albuquerque, NM. His experience as an executive director started in 1987 with one staff and twelve consumers. Twenty years later, the agency Pathways provides services to more than 600 individuals per year. Pathways was the first Psychiatric Rehabilitation program in the state to receive CARF Accreditation. The staff and Donald worked to ensure the success of an USPRA Chapter in New Mexico. Donald actively served as its Chapter Representative for the better part of 10 years and served as the 1994 Conference Chair for the 1994 conference hosted in Albuquerque.
During Donald’s 13 years on the Board of Directors of IAPSRS, he served as Secretary, President-elect, and President. In addition to holding office, he has served on numerous committees. At present, Donald serves as Chair of the USPRA membership committee. Donald’s leadership attributed to language changes for CARF’s Behavioral Health Standards that reflect a greater sensitivity to ethnic/racial minorities and people in recovery, and thereby increasing the involvement of people in recovery in programmatic decisions for agencies seeking accreditation. Additionally, Donald worked with the CARF Board of Trustees to ensure people in recover were involved and invited to become trustees.
Isaiah Uliss Advocate Award- Reneé Kopache, MS, CPRP
Renee Kopache is Coordinator of Wellness Management for Hamilton County Mental Health and Recovery Services Board (MHRSB) in Cincinnati, OH. Reneé participates in numerous recovery-oriented projects in Ohio and conducts workshops, training, and keynote presentations throughout the United States. She is the chair of the USPRA People in Recovery committee, a member of the Conference Committee and Certification Commission, the president of the USPRA – Ohio Board, and serves on various local and statewide committees/boards. She advocates for systemic change emphasizing thriving as opposed to stability. Reneé has worked exhaustively to facilitate the development of a peer-run Recovery Center that promotes wellness and personal growth and equips individuals to achieve challenging goals. An avid photographer, Reneé uses photography to combat symptoms, depict the recovery process, and fight stigma.
“A fervent advocate for those impacted by mental illness, Ms. Kopache does not yield to politics and ‘treatment du jour.’ She is mindful of real needs and proven methods, while always seeking innovative practices that will become the proven methods of tomorrow. She exhibits a level of integrity and vision witnessed in few others. And she shares that vision without reservation or inhibition and regardless of the audience. She is bound by nothing and fueled by hope.” --Erik Stewart, PhD, Vice President, System Performance, MHRSB.
USPRA will honor Joe Pantoliano as the recipient of its 2008 President’s Award. Pantoliano, best known for his work on the popular HBO series The Sopranos, was selected for his realistic portrayal of a husband’s struggle with his wife’s recovery from schizophrenia in the independent film Canvas and, more importantly, for his advocacy work within the entertainment industry to eliminate stigma through the nonprofit organization, No Kidding, Me Too! No Kidding, Me Too! is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization founded by Joe Pantoliano. Its mission is to educate Americans about the high prevalence of mental illness and to reduce the stigma and isolation of the individuals and families affected. It hopes to normalize mental illness and promote a hopeful future so that people are able to find millions of others like themselves and say, “No kidding, me too.” For more information, visit www.nokiddingmetoo.org
2008 President's Award: Each year, USPRA presents awards for outstanding contributions to the field of psychiatric rehabilitation. Please join us as we present this year’s awards at the Awards Reception on Tuesday evening.
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