The Multicultural Conference for Belonging and Inclusion (MCBI) is proud to announce that this year we are partnering with theÌýÌýto bring their First Friday Forum event to the conference. The Deputy Director of the Michigan Roundtable for Just Communities, Joe Drew Hundley will be moderating a panel of experts, including º£½ÇÂÒÂ×’s Clinic Director Dr. Jim Maher and Schoolcraft College’s Department of Psychology Chair Dr. Lisa R. Jackson, discussing post Covid mental health struggles in minority communities.Ìý
Lisa R. Jackson, PhD
Dr. Jackson is professor and chair of Psychology at Schoolcraft College. She earned her doctoral degree from the University of Michigan in behavioral neuroscience.Ìý
She was appointed by Governor Whitmer to the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES) where she examines issues of training,Ìýselection, employment, and licensing of police officers across the state of Michigan.Ìý
She is a founding member of Care Based Safety which provides Washtenaw County with public safety that is community-led, grounded in providing care, evidence-based and progressive.Ìý
Through UofM Medical School’s Office of Health Equity and Inclusion, she investigated health disparities including social determinants of health and disparities in access to and delivery of health care.Ìý
At the Project for Research on Black Americans, in the Institute for Social Research, she investigated how affects the mental health of African American women. Through the University of Michigan Medical School’s Office of Health Equity and Inclusion, she looked atÌýhealth disparities including social determinants of health and disparities in access to and delivery of health care. She is interested in other health issues in young people including reproductive health, mental health and substance abuse.
Her neuroscience research focused on how sex differences in neural function affect behavior, including how ovarian hormones affect depression and cocaine addiction in women. Her research included an animal model of cocaine addiction and human brain imaging research.Ìý
Dr. Jackson is a Ford Foundation Fellow, a Society for Neuroscience Fellow, a Harry S. TrumanÌýScholarÌýand a recipient of an American Psychological Association Fellowship in Neuroscience.Ìý
Jim Maher, PhD
Dr. Maher joined the º£½ÇÂÒÂ× in August 2019 and helped create the new Psychology Training Clinic. He previously worked in Detroit area hospitals on psychiatric inpatient units and was at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital for 24 years. While there, he was Lead Clinician for Behavioral Services, conducted daily individual and group psychotherapy, and directed the training of psychology students in both internship and practicum. Dr. Maher also served as an Adjunct Professor and Supervisor at the University of Detroit Mercy for 15 years, teaching a variety of courses, including Group Therapy and Psychology in a Hospital Setting.
