Welcome to the Psychiatry Research Office

Providing support for early career researchers at CHA

The Psychiatry Research Office (PRO) provides mentoring, analytic and administrative support to early career researchers in the CHA Department of Psychiatry - faculty, trainees and post-docs.

What We Do

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The Psychiatry Research Office helps department reserachers advance their careers by:

  • Providing mentoring and support to early career researchers, trainees and post-docs
  • Facilitating proposal submissions and project support for independent clinician researchers in the department
  • Coordinating the mentoring and training programs for clinician researchers
  • Conducting quarterly research development seminars
  • Providing infrastructure support to facilitate opportunities for collaboration across the Research Centers and clinician researchers

Areas of Focus

Our major areas of focus are relevant to the health of our clinical populations:

  • Health Equity to reduce disparities in access and quality of healthcare.
  • Addictions- improving treatments for gambling, opioids, and other illicit substances.
  • Incorporating mindfulness and compassion practices in psychiatric treatments.
  • Early Childhood Development - to advance tracking trajectories for infants raised in under-resourced environments.
  • Clinical and Community-embedded prevention and implementation to assess and address psychiatric conditions, including ADHD, schizophrenia, psychosis, suicide, and others.

Our Funding

Researchers in the CHA Department of Psychiatry have received funding from:

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  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIDA, NIAAA, NIMHD, NIMH, NCI, NCCIH, NICHD
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
  • Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)
  • Private foundations such as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, and more

News and Events

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Vee Faller receives funding from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

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Azeesat Babajide named Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership Faculty Fellow

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Gili Grunfeld joins the Psychosis Research Team

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