Joanne Nicholson, Ph.D., is a clinical and research psychologist, and Adjunct
Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS), where
she directed the Child and Family Research Core of the UMMS Center for Mental Health
Services Research. She is currently Professor of Psychiatry at the Dartmouth Psychiatric
Research Center. Dr. Nicholson has established an active program of research on parents
with mental illnesses and their families, in partnership with people in recovery. Her
team is developing education and skills training materials for parents, integrating the
current knowledge on parents with mental illnesses, and evaluating interventions for
families, including the pilot Family Options intervention. Dr. Nicholson’s research
interests also include the study of collaborations, knowledge exchange, and the impact of
web-based interventions. Dr. Nicholson has received funding from the National Institute
on Disability and Rehabilitation Research, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration (SAMHSA), the National Alliance for Mental Illness Research Institute,
private foundations, and industry sources. In 2006, Dr. Nicholson received the Armin Loeb
Award from the U.S. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association for her significant career
contribution to research in psychiatric rehabilitation. She has been a W.T. Grant
Foundation Distinguished Fellow, and a NIDRR Switzer Distinguished Research Fellow. She
is the 2010 recipient of the UMMS Women’s Faculty Committee Outstanding Community Service
Award, and in 2011 received the Katharine F. Erskine Award in Medicine & Science for
her professional achievements, commitment to the advancement of women and girls, and her
contributions to the community.
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Parenting (with Laura Miller), The clinical handbook of schizophrenia (2008)
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