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Psychiatry Residency Grants

Cheryl Bonica, PhD

  • Role: Co-Investigator
    Grant Title: Pilot Study of Combined Duloxetine and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT-A) for Adolescents with Treatment-Resistant Major Depression
    Funding: Baystate Health Incubator Grant
    Project Period:
    2006-2008

Lewis Cohen, MD

  • Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant Title: End-of-Life Care: Health Professionals and Patient Deaths
    Funding: The Greenwall Foundation
    Project Period: 2006-2008


  • Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant Title: A Hospice Intervention for Older Adults with ESRD: Sharing the Caring
    Funding: National Institute for Aging and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
    Project Period: 2006-2008

John Fanton, MD

  • Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant Title: Adderall XR vs. PBO in Preschool Youth with ADHD
    Funding: CBR Grant
    Project Period: 2007-2008


  • Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant Title: Placebo Vs. Extended Release Stimulant Crossover Trail in Preschoolers with ADHD
    Funding: National Institute of Mental Health F32 Research Training Fellowship
    Project Period:2007-2008

Steven Fischel, MD, PhD

  • Role: Team Member
    Grant Title: Patient Safety and Medical Errors: Enhancing Communication Skills of Third Year Medical Students
    Funding: Macy Mentorship Program in Health Communication Education at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, a program funded by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation with a matching grant from Tufts University School of Medicine
    Project Period:
    2004 – 2006


  • Role: Co-Investigator
    Grant Title:
    A Randomized Trial of Fixed-Dose vs.Symptom-Triggered Therapy for Hospitalized Patients at Risk for Alcohol Withdrawal
    Funding: Baystate Health Research Incubator
    Project Period: 2006 - 2007

Benjamin Liptzin, MD

  • Role: Co-Investigator
    Grant Title: Quality Improvement in LocalHealthcare Organizations:  Aligning Quality Measures with Organizational Factors for Better Results
    Funding: Baystate-Tufts Collaborative Research Program
    Project Period:
    2004-present

Donal O'Hanlon, MD

  • Role:
    Grant Title: Ziprasidone for the treatment of psychosis/severe agitation in Alzheimer’s Disease and other dementias
    Project Period: 2005

Barry Sarvet, MD

  • Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant Title: Promoting Best Practice in the Detection, Assessment, and Treatmentof Adolescent Depression in the Primary Care Setting: Implementation of the GLAD-PC in Two Large Primary Care Practices
    Funding: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Foundation for America's Kids
    Project Period: 2006-present


  • Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant Title: CAPTN An Open Label, Prospective, Cohort Study of Antidepressants inChildren and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorders, Eating Disorders or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (CAPTN-SSRI)
    Funding: Duke Clinical Research Institute
    Project Period: 2006-present


  • Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant Title: Campaign for Kids Access Initiative Grant
    Funding: American Academy of Adolescent Psychiatry 
    Project Period: 2008-2010


  • Role: Principal Investigator

    Grant Title: Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Project
    Funding: Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership
    Project Period: 2006-present

Bruce Waslik, MD

  • Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant Title: Pilot Study of Combined Duloxetine and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT-A) for Adolescents with Treatment-Resistant Major Depression
    Funding: Baystate Health Incubator Grant
    Project Period: 2006-2007


  • Role: Site Principal Investigator
    Grant Title: A Phase IV, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized, Flexible-Dose Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Emsam® in Adolescents with Major Depression
    Funding: Somerset Pharmaceuticals
    Project Period: 2007-2009


  • Role: Site Principal Investigator
    Grant Title: An Open-label, Prospective Cohort Study of Antidepressants in Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders, Depressive Disorders, Eating Disorders, or Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
    Project Period: 2006-2008

Garry Welch, PhD

  • Role: Principal Investigator
    Grant Title: Computerized Motivational Interviewing in Type 2 Diabetes
    Funding:
    NIDDK
    Project Period: 2003-2008