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About The Consultation Center Faculty

Courtenay E. Cavanaugh, Ph.D.,  is a NIDA-funded, postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Prevention and Community Research of the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine. Her clinical/research interests focus on the impact of violence on women and children’s health and development, including risk and resilience for psychiatric disorders (substance abuse, PTSD, dissociation), and HIV. Her interests also include the development, application, and evaluation of interventions to improve trauma survivors’ health. She is actively involved in research focusing on intimate partner violence and substance use in a diverse community sample of women and intervention research for HIV-positive adult survivors of child sexual abuse.

Desreen Dudley, Psy.D., is a NIDA post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at The Consultation Center, Yale University School of Medicine. She is a member of a research team investigating the relationships among women’s victimization, PTSD, substance use, and their use of violence in intimate partner relationships. In addition, Dr. Dudley is part of a team working to develop psychotherapeutic interventions for addressing traumatic symptoms and preventing HIV transmission risk behavior (unprotected sexual behavior and substance abuse) among people living with HIV infection who were sexually abused as children and adolescents. Dr. Dudley has worked with female victims of trauma as well as male perpetrators of violence in inpatient and outpatient and group and individual psychotherapeutic settings. Her research and clinical interests include intimate partner violence, women’s sexual and physical abuse, risk behavior intervention and prevention of victimization and perpetration of violence.
    
Donna B. Fedus, M.A., is a Gerontologist and Coordinator of Elder Programs at The Consultation Center, Yale University School of Medicine. Ms. Fedus develops health promotion programs to meet the needs of elders and families in the community, and provides training and consultation to private non-profit agencies and businesses. Previously, Ms. Fedus directed one of the largest hospital-based health promotion programs for seniors in the country, and has worked with private clients regarding gerontological training, event and program development, customer service initiatives, marketing, public relations and media strategies. Since earning her Master’s degree in Social Gerontology from the University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Fedus has nearly two decades of experience as a Gerontologist. Her interests in the field of aging are varied, including business and aging, aging workforce issues, health promotion and wellness, customer service excellence, customer-focused research, communicating with older adults, intergenerational programs, caregiving, advance directives, medical insurance, and promoting the field of gerontology.

Meghan Finley, Ph.D., is currently employed at Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, The Consultation Center in New Haven, CT where she is an Evaluation Consultant. Dr. Finley has nine years of experience in program evaluation, human services, and early educational fields. She is interested in preventive interventions for children and families in the areas of early education and human services fields. Dr. Finley's research areas of interest include evaluations of early education settings as well as environmental and family-of-origin violence influences on the successful delivery of services for families experiencing violence.

Terry Freeman, M.A.T., LCSW, CPP-R, is currently the Director of Adolescent Programs at The Consultation Center. She has over 30 years of experience in education and social service, with special interests in urban education, youth development, group work, management and supervision. Ms. Freeman, a certified secondary school teacher in Connecticut, is a trainer/facilitator for the Youth Development Training and Resource Center, and also serves as a consultant and trainer for schools and community based agencies in the region.

Amy Griffin, M.A., is an Evaluation Consultant at The Consultation Center. She has more than 10 years of experience evaluating prevention programs at the local, state, and national levels. Ms. Griffin also has extensive experience in providing technical assistance and training to state departments and community-based organizations. Her evaluation-related interests include participatory and democratic evaluation methods as well as ecological measurement strategies. 

David L. Snow, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Child Study Center, and Epidemiology & Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine and serves as Director of The Consultation Center and Division of Prevention and Community Research in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Snow has extensive experience in the design and evaluation of preventive interventions in community settings, primarily the workplace and schools, and in research aimed at identifying key risk and protective factors predictive of psychological and substance use outcomes. Dr. Snow has special interests in the protective and stress-mediating effects of coping and social support, methodological and ethical issues in prevention research, service system development, and technical assistance and organizational consultation. His workplace research has been conducted in various types of work settings ranging from manufacturing to utility to telecommunications companies. Coping with Work and Family Stress: A Workplace Preventive Intervention was developed as part of this research and has been designated as an Evidence-Based Intervention through the National Registry of Effective Programs and as a SAMHSA Model Program.

Deborah S. Stewart, B.A., CPP, is Project Manager of Connecticut for Community Youth Development (CCYD), Director of the Youth Development Training and Resource Center (YDTRC), and a Staff Consultant for Child and Adolescent programs. Ms. Stewart has worked at both local and state levels advocating for children and their families in four states. In her various capacities at The Consultation Center, responsibilities have included training and consultation to school districts and community agencies; project planning and program development, and successful grant applications to local foundations, state agencies, and national organizations. Ms. Stewart also serves on the board of Public Allies CT and the CT School Age Care Alliance.

Tami P. Sullivan, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor and Director of Family Violence Research and Programs at The Consultation Center and Division of Prevention and Community Research, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine. Dr. Sullivan directs programs for domestic violence offenders, including a pretrial educational program for men and women arrested for a domestic violence offense and an intensive intervention program for men with more serious domestic violence histories. Dr. Sullivan’s research interests focus on understanding the relationships between intimate partner violence, posttraumatic stress, and co-occurring substance use. She actively is involved in research examining precursors, correlates and outcomes of intimate partner violence for women in the community, and is particularly interested in risk and protective factor research.

Jacob Kraemer Tebes, Ph.D, is an Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Child Study Center, and Epidemiology & Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine. He also serves as Deputy Director of The Consultation Center and Co-Director of the Yale Division of Prevention and Community Research. Dr. Tebes is a leading authority in prevention research, and the development of interventions and services to promote resilience. He has over 20 years of experience in the design and evaluation of community-based programs and services for at-risk populations, conducted several federally funded prevention trials, and has served as an evaluation consultant in several states. His interests include the promotion of resilience, the prevention of adolescent substance abuse, and community science methodology.

Susan Ottenheimer Zimmerman, L.C.S.W., is Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine. She is the Director of Adult and Elder Programs at The Consultation Center, Project Director for the Coping With Work and Family Stress Program, and a member of the Division of Prevention and Community Research. Ms. Zimmerman has extensive experience providing organization development and technical assistance consultation, serving as a senior consultant and lead trainer in the development and implementation of preventive interventions particularly in the workplace, and in the behavioral health field. She has designed and implemented a wide array of preventive and community-based programs for adults at-risk for psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, and/or homelessness. She has special interests in service system development aimed at facilitating access to needed services, minimizing duplication of effort and promoting inter-agency collaboration and coordination.

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