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Treatment at WHP is provided and supervised by experienced clinicians, dedicated to helping women who have problems with both substance abuse and other emotional difficulties. Below is information about our core staff. Denise Hien, Ph.D., Executive Director & Principal Investigator Lisa Litt, Ph.D., Clinical Director Sharon Sageman, M.D., Medical Director Danielle Vinocur, Ph.D., Supervising Psychologist Kim Hall, Ph.D., Supervising Psychologist Andrea Johnson, LCSW, Social Work Supervisor Lisa Cohen, Ph.D., Research Program Director Aimee Campbell, MSW, Research Coordinator Indira Disla , Administrative Coordinator Dr. Hien is the Executive Director of the Women's Health Project Treatment and Research Center, overseeing all of its research and treatment services and mentoring the professional staff, doctoral, and post-doctoral trainees. Dr. Hien is nationally recognized for her studies of women, violence, and substance abuse. She is the recipient of numerous research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for her work on the predictors of -- and treatments for -- interpersonal violence, substance use disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among urban women. Her articles have appeared in peer-reviewed medical journals and books. Through Dr. Hien's leadership, the Women's Health Project has received numerous research grants from (NIDA), (NIAAA) and Office of Research on Women's Health, and has sponsored many pre and postdoctoral training awards. Dr. Hien is a Research Scholar at Columbia University at the School of Social Work, Social Intervention Group and Supervising Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry at St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center. She also maintains a private practice on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Dr. Hien completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology and Feminist Literature at Cornell University in 1984, and received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University in 1992. She completed her Internship Training in Child Psychology at Roosevelt Hospital and a Post Doctoral Fellowship in the Division of Substance Abuse at The New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Hien can be reached at: 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, Rm 836, New York, NY 10027. (212) 523-4853. You can e-mail her at: dah26@columbia.edu. Dr. Litt is the Clinical Director of the Women's Health Project Treatment and Research Center, overseeing the clinical services and professional training offered by the program. Previously Dr. Litt was the Program Director of a WHP psychotherapy outcome study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse entitled, "PTSD Treatment Outcomes for Cocaine Dependent Women." Dr. Litt was a Postdoctoral Fellow in Group Psychotherapy at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center. She is an Adjunct Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University Teachers College and Instructor in Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Litt has expertise working with individuals traumatized in childhood or adulthood and is trained in several methods developed specifically for the treatment of trauma, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy. She is also experienced using integrated models of treatment for mental health and substance use issues. Her private practice is in New York City. Dr. Litt can be reached at: 411 West 114th St. #6C, New York, NY 10025. (212) 523-2990. You can e-mail Dr. Litt at LLitt@chpnet.org. Dr. Sageman is the Medical Director of the Women's Health Project and is board certified in adult psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, and geriatric psychiatry as well as being certified in holistic medicine by the American Board of Holistic Medicine. Dr. Sageman is the author of numerous publications in the fields of trauma, alternative approaches in mental health, and psychotherapy, including Women With PTSD: The Psychodynamic Aspects of Psychopharmacologic and "Hands-On" Psychiatric Management, The Rape of Boys and the Impact of Sexually Predatory Environments: Review and Case Reports, a book chapter: Group Therapy for Patients With AIDS published in the book Group Psychodynamics New Paradigms and New Perspectives (1989),How Sudarshan Kriya Can Treat the Cognitive, Psychodynamic, and Neuro-Psychiatric Problems of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Breaking Through the Despair: Spiritually Oriented Group Therapy as a Means of Healing Women With Severe Mental Illness. Dr. Sageman can be reached at: 411 West 114th St. #5D, New York, NY 10025. (212) 523-4075. You can e-mail Dr. Sageman at: SSageman@chpnet.org Dr. Cohen is the Research Program Director of the Women's Health Project, overseeing the development and ongoing activities of projects in the WHP research program. She is also a clinical supervisor for externs in the WHP program. Dr. Cohen received clinical and research training at Yale University and Cornell University Medical College. She is a licensed clinical psychologist who has participated in and coordinated a variety of NIMH-funded treatment trials (e.g. PTSD, binge eating disorder, depression and anxiety disorders). She has expertise working with women who have PTSD related to chronic abuse beginning in childhood and is a co-author of a treatment manual for this population ("Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse").Dr. Cohen has a private practice based in New York City. She is trained in exposure therapy for trauma related disorders as well as cognitive-behavioral and interpersonal psychotherapy for anxiety, depression and eating disorders. Dr. Cohen can be reached at: (212) 851-2488. Her e-mail address is: lc2130@columbia.edu. Ms. Campbell is part of the research staff at WHP and the Project Director for a NIDA Clinical Trials Network funded national multi-site study testing two interventions for women with co-morbid substance dependence and PTSD. Ms. Campbell received a M.S. in Social work from Columbia University in 2003 and has been involved in intervention research since 1995. She has extensive experience on protocols testing HIV prevention interventions, motivational enhancement therapies, including a role as a counselor on a pilot study with marijuana dependent adolescents and as a project coordinator on a NIDA funded brief intervention for marijuana dependent adults. She is lead author on a recruitment outcomes paper and has co-authored several papers dealing with gender specific issues, including trauma, addiction and sex work. Ms. Campbell can be reached at: 212-851-2417. Her e-mail address is: anc2002@columbia.edu Ms. Johnson is currently the Social Work Supervisor at the Women's Health Project. I previously worked as the Senior Social Worker at the Community Counseling and Mediation Mental Health and Substance Abuse Clinics practicing individual and family therapy to children, adolscents and adults. Prior to this I worked as a Social Worker at Long Island College Hospital Rape Crisis Intervention/Victims of Violence Program practicing individual and group therapy to survivors of rape, incest, and domestic violence. I also worked in the hospital's Emergency Department providing crisis intervention and advocacy to survivors of rape and domestic violence. I am currently a student at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies One Year Evening Program. Ms. Johnson can be reached at: 212-523-7693. Her e-mail address is: AnJohnso@chpnet.org Ms. Disla is the Administrative Coordinator of the Women's Health Project and Research Center, providing administrative support for all research and clinical staff at the WHP. She has worked as a Human Resource Coordinator at an Internet Service Provide and Spanish Portal and has an extensive background in Administration. Ms. Disla can be reached at: 411 West 114th Street #6C, New York, NY 10025 (212)523-3061. Her e-mail address is: idisla@chpnet.org. Staff Psychologists Danielle Vinocur, Ph.D., can be reached at: 212-523-7698. Her e-mail address is: DVinocur@chpnet.orgKim Hall, Ph.D., can be reached at: 212-523-1072. Her e-mail address is: Khall@chpnet.org Post-Doctoral Fellows Alexis Cohen, Ph.D., can be reached at: 212-523-5198. Her e-mail address is: AlCohen@chpnet.org Externs Maggie Wood
can be reached at: 212-523-5219. Her e-mail address is:mawood@chpnet.org Lisa Grinfeld
can be reached at: 212-523-3059. Her e-mail address is: lgrinfel@chpnet.org Patrice Francois
can be reached at: 212-523-7722. Her e-mail address is: cfrancoi@chpnet.org Social Work Interns Kristin Niver can be reached at: 212-523-1864. Her e-mail address is:kniver@chpnet.org
ACES Case Managers Sheila Salmon can be reached at: 212-523-2170. Her e-mail address is:SSalmon@chpnet.org Julian Wallace can be reached at: 212-523-2170. Her e-mail address is:JWallace@chpnet.org |
