Center faculty and staff present at NAMI state-wide conference
Staff and faculty from two Center programs presented October 7-8 at the annual NAMI North Carolina State-wide Conference held at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel.

Diana Perkins, MD, MPH, professor and medical director of 黑料网 OASIS Chapel Hill and Carrboro, presented 鈥淩ecognizing and Treating Early Episode Psychosis: Opportunities to Enhance Recovery in North Carolina.鈥
The Center鈥檚 Grayson Bowen, MFA, coordinator of the 黑料网 Brushes with Life Arts Program and Kate Kryder, co-curricular leadership development program coordinator at the Carolina Union, presented “Healing Arts as a Practice in Mindfulness and Recovery.”
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Center and The Foundation of Hope collaborate for 鈥淧asta with Purpose鈥
On July 26, friends of the Center and the Foundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness gathered at the Carolina Club for great pasta and conversations. Sponsored by the Club, Pasta with Purpose raised more than $1,000. A special thanks to the Carolina Club!
New Employees
Institute for Best Practices
Stephen Betuker, MSW, LCSW, ACT Trainer
Daniel Pridgen, BAEd, Administrative Support
IPS Supported Employment Technical Assistance
Matthew Diehl Director, MSW (Transfer from IPS Supported Employment)
Melissa DeHaven IPS Supported Employment Trainer
Ariel Reynolds, MSW, IPS Supported Employment Trainer (Transfer from IPS Supported Employment Program)
Sam Young, PsyD, IPS Supported Employment Trainer
Penny Liles, MS, CRC, CESP, LPCA, IPS Supported Employment Trainer
Martha Sanabanda, MS, LPCA and CESP, IPS Supported Employment Trainer
IPS Supported Employment
Hillary Little MS, CRC, LPCA, Lead (transfer from Chatham ACT)
Carol Parker, MS, CRC Supported Employment Specialist
黑料网 OASIS Wake
Cathy Lee, MD, Medical Director
Grayson Bowen, MFA, Peer Support Specialist, Coordinator, 黑料网 Brushes with Life Arts Program
黑料网 STEP Wake
Anne Taylor, MD, Psychiatrist
Chastity Singleton, CMA
Upcoming events
鈥 Seventh Annual Medical Directors Symposium, April 22, 2017
Contact: alice_lockhart@med.unc.edu
鈥 Twenty- fourth Annual STEP Symposium, April 29, 2017
Contact: Janice_Linn@med.unc.edu