2022 Conference Speakers
Daniel Morehead, MD
Daniel Morehead, MD
Daniel Morehead, MD
Dr. Daniel Morehead is Residency Director for the General Psychiatry Training Program at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Dr. Morehead received psychiatry training at the Menninger Clinic, and remained on staff for several years as Assistant Residency Director and Clinical Researcher, receiving the William C. Menninger Teaching Award and
Dr. Daniel Morehead is Residency Director for the General Psychiatry Training Program at Tufts Medical Center in Boston. Dr. Morehead received psychiatry training at the Menninger Clinic, and remained on staff for several years as Assistant Residency Director and Clinical Researcher, receiving the William C. Menninger Teaching Award and Herbert C. Modlin Professorship. For 20 years subsequent to this, Dr. Morehead maintained a private practice in Austin, Texas, specializing in psychotherapy and comprehensive evaluations of complex and difficult to treat cases. He joined the Tufts Medical Center on a full-time basis in 2021.
He is author of Science Over Stigma: Education and Advocacy for Mental Health, published by American Psychiatric Press. He speaks regularly for mental health advocacy, and publishes a monthly column in Psychiatric Times called “Affirming Psychiatry.” He is board certified in both general psychiatry and neuropsychiatry, and maintains interests in brain science, psychotherapy and spirituality. In his leisure time, he is a student of kung fu, and has managed to attain black belt level without seriously injuring himself. He and his wife Carol are parents of three sons, and Carol is also a mental health advocate who serves as priest and rector of Grace Episcopal Church, Medford Massachusetts.
Tim Wilens, MD
Daniel Morehead, MD
Daniel Morehead, MD
Dr. Timothy Wilens is chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is co-director of the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is the MGH Trustees Chair in Addiction Medicine and a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wilens earned his MD at the University of Michigan Medica
Dr. Timothy Wilens is chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is co-director of the Center for Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is the MGH Trustees Chair in Addiction Medicine and a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Wilens earned his MD at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor and completed his residency in child, adolescent and adult psychiatry at Mass General.
Dr. Wilens’ research interests include the relationship among attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder, and substance use disorders; embedded health care models, and the pharmacotherapy of ADHD across the lifespan. He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed articles, concerning these and related topics. He has also coedited more than 80 book chapters, 4 books, and 300 abstracts and presentations for national and international scientific meetings.
Dr. Wilens is a distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is on the editorial boards or is a scientific reviewer for more than 35 journals.
Greg Brown, MD
Daniel Morehead, MD
Greg Brown, MD
Dr. Gregory Brown is a Research Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry, the Director of the Penn Center for the Prevention of Suicide and the Co-Director of the Penn Innovation in Suicide Prevention Implementation Research Center in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Brown is also a
Dr. Gregory Brown is a Research Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry, the Director of the Penn Center for the Prevention of Suicide and the Co-Director of the Penn Innovation in Suicide Prevention Implementation Research Center in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Brown is also a Research Psychologist at the Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center and co-developer and master trainer of several VA evidenced-based psychotherapy training programs including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression, Safety Planning Intervention and Problem Solving Therapy for Suicide Prevention.
Dr. Brown is an internationally renowned expert in suicide prevention whose work has led to transformational advances in the treatment of suicidal individuals. His research aims to develop and evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of innovative, targeted interventions designed to reduce vulnerability factors associated with suicide behavior in high-risk populations. Dr. Brown is the co-developer of several widely used evidence-based practices to prevent suicide including the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale and the Safety Planning Intervention. He has a history of grant funding from the National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Drug Abuse, Department of Veterans Affairs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and has over 150 peer-reviewed, research publications.