Northeast Regional Breakfast Meetings
*Breakfast meetings are typically the second Friday of each month from 8:30-10am and will include a presentation wth local trans-disciplinary speakers. Please thinka bout attending the meeting wthere a PA-AIMH member or exploring the option of membership. Please email us with any questions at pa-aimh@pa-aimh.org.
Dates to Save
(all events to be held at Lehigh University on second Friday of the month)
Friday, May 29, 2020: Infant Mental Health Day-Long Symposium.
(Save the date—details to come)
Speaker will be
Hendrée Jones, Ph.D.
Director, Horizons Program and Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Hendrée Jones, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in the development and examination of both behavioral and pharmacologic treatments for pregnant women and their children in risky life situations. She is the director of the trauma-informed Horizons Program, a comprehensive program for pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder and/or other substance use disorders (as well as mothers’ substance-exposed children). The Horizons Program provides a family-centered model of care.
Dr. Jones has received continuous NIH funding since 1994 and has published over 145 peer-reviewed publications. She has authored two books, and multiple textbook chapters on the topic of pregnancy and addiction, editorial letters and non-peer reviewed articles for clinicians. In 2012 she won the Betty Ford Award from Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse for her scientific contributions in advancing women’s addition treatment. She is a consultant for the United Nations and the World Health Organization. Dr. Jones leads or is involved in projects focused on improving the lives of children, women and families in Afghanistan, the Southern Cone, the Republic of Georgia, South Africa, and the United States.
(Save the date—details to come)
Speaker will be
Hendrée Jones, Ph.D.
Director, Horizons Program and Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Hendrée Jones, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized expert in the development and examination of both behavioral and pharmacologic treatments for pregnant women and their children in risky life situations. She is the director of the trauma-informed Horizons Program, a comprehensive program for pregnant and parenting women with opioid use disorder and/or other substance use disorders (as well as mothers’ substance-exposed children). The Horizons Program provides a family-centered model of care.
Dr. Jones has received continuous NIH funding since 1994 and has published over 145 peer-reviewed publications. She has authored two books, and multiple textbook chapters on the topic of pregnancy and addiction, editorial letters and non-peer reviewed articles for clinicians. In 2012 she won the Betty Ford Award from Association for Medical Education and Research in Substance Abuse for her scientific contributions in advancing women’s addition treatment. She is a consultant for the United Nations and the World Health Organization. Dr. Jones leads or is involved in projects focused on improving the lives of children, women and families in Afghanistan, the Southern Cone, the Republic of Georgia, South Africa, and the United States.
