Plenary Speakers

Shirley M. Glynn

Shirley M. Glynn, PhD, is a Clinical Research Psychologist at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System at West Los Angeles and an Associate Research Psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. A licensed psychologist in California, Dr. Glynn is committed to helping consumers with their recoveries from serious psychiatric illness. She oversees the national initiative on Behavioral Family Therapy Training, Supervision, and Consultation for the VA Office of Mental Health Services. She has been conducting clinical work and research on psychosocial interventions for serious and persistant psychiatric illnesses, including family interventions, for over twenty years and co-authored the book Behavioral Family Therapy for Psychiatric Disorders. She has worked to implement family interventions in a variety of settings including state hospitals, community clinics, academic settings, private practices, and the VA. She has written over 80 papers and chapters and has conducted trainings both nationally and internationally.

Molly Finnerty

Molly Finnerty, MD, is the Director of the Bureau of Adult Services Research in the New York State Office of Mental Health. Over the past 10 years, her research has focused on the implementation of evidence-based practices including prescribing practices, Assertive Community Treatment, Wellness (Illness Management and Recovery), Family Psychoeducation, and the adaptation of evidence-based practices for culturally diverse communities. Dr. Finnerty is interested in the use of Health Information Technology to support the implementation of evidence-based practices, and has led the development of web-based software program the Psychiatric Services and Clinical Knowledge Enhancement System, which has won state and national awards for innovation. She is a practicing board certified psychiatrist, who also teaches mental health advocacy to public psychiatry fellows at Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Tazuko Shibusawa

Tazuko Shibusawa, PhD, LCSW, is on the faculty at the New York University School of Social Work. Her current research focuses on the experience of aging among people with co-occurring disorders, and Asian immigrants. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the John A. Hartford Foundation Geriatric Social Work Faculty Scholars Program. Dr. Shibusawa’s clinical experiences include Director of Social Services for Keiro Nursing Home in Los Angeles; psychiatric social worker for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health; and co-director of Counseling International in Tokyo, Japan. She also serves as an associate faculty member at the Multicultural Family Institute in New Jersey.

C. Kimo Alameda

Kimo Alameda, PhD, is the Director for the Office of Multicultural Services in the State of Hawai‘i Department of Health’s Adult Mental Health Division (AMHD). In this capacity, he is responsible for developing a statewide multicultural strategic plan as well as providing statewide cultural competency technical assistance, policy development, and training to AMHD-funded service providers. Dr. Alameda also serves as a statewide Cultural Specialist and Trainer for the Department of Health’s Office of Health Equity where he is responsible for providing technical assistance, policy development, training, and consultation to the Department of Health as a whole. Dr. Alameda also teaches ethics, child and adolescent development, and multicultural counseling classes at Argosy University and is a guest lecturer at Hawai‘i Community College in Hilo, Hawai‘i.