Cynthia A. Amyot, RDH, EdD

Discipline: Dental Hygiene

Title: Director, Division of Dental Hygiene

Affiliation: University of Missouri - Kansas City

Professional areas of interest: Dental hygiene theory, Dental and dental hygiene fears, Portfolio assessment of competency

Cherie Bledsoe, BS

Discipline: Consumers as Providers

Title: Consumer Affairs and Development Specialist; Executive Director, S.I.D.E., Inc. (Consumer-run organization)

Affiliation: Wyandot Center for Community Behavioral
Healthcare, Inc.

Professional areas of interest: Professional areas of interest: Mental Health and Wellness, Advocacy (state-wide and nationally) Educating and Training Regarding Recovery in Mental Health, Consumer rights and Living Healthy Lifestyles

Tana Brown, PhD, OTR

Discipline: Occupational Therapy

Title: Associate Professor

Affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center

Professional areas of interest: interventions that promote successful and satisfying community living for people with psychiatric disabilities, predictors of community outcome, sensory processing

Marne Sherman Ph.D.

Discipline: Clinical Psychology/Health Psychology

Title: Assistant ProfessorAssistant Professor and Director of Clinical Training

Affiliation: University of Missouri-Kansas City, Dept. of Psychology

Professional areas of interest: I am interested in topics of stress and coping, psychological adjustment, and quality of life, and investigate these within my specific research area of psycho-oncology.

Edna Hamera, PhD, RN

Discipline: Nursing

Title: Associate professor/ Nurse Practitioner

Affiliation: School of Nursing University of Kansas Medical Center. Practice at Research Mental Health Services

Professional areas of interest: Health promotion and health prevention interventions in individuals with psychiatric disabilities. Effectiveness of interventions that increase independent living skills and factors that predict successful acquisition of skills in individuals with psychiatric disabilities.

Tonya Hinman

Discipline: Social Work

Title: Service Coordinator for Wellness and Recovery

Affiliation: Wyandot Center for Community Behavioral Health Services, Inc.

Professional areas of interest: Mental Health Recovery as a life process, Consumer Practioners, and fighting stigma.

Debra K. Sullivan, PhD, RD

Discipline: Dietetics and Nutrition

Title: Associate Professor

Affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center

Professional areas of interest: My general area of interest within nutrition is how dietary intake impacts the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases.

Angela Van Sciver, BA

Discipline: Exercise Physiology

Title: Coordinator

Affiliation: University of Kansas Medical Center

Professional areas of interest: Health promotion and fitness programming in special populations

Karen B. Williams, RDH, PhD

Discipline: Dental Hygiene/Dentistry

Title: Professor, Director of Clinical Research

Affiliation: University of Missouri - Kansas City

Professional areas of interest: Interdisciplinary education, health promotion, clinical research, critical thinking, periodontal health