Instructors
Dr. Jim Hudziak
M.D., Director of the Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families at the University of Vermont Medical Center and University of Vermont’s College of Medicine
Jim is also Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, Pediatrics, and Communication Sciences & Disorders at UVM, and the Thomas M Achenbach Chair of Developmental Psychopathology. In addition he holds Professorships at Washington University in St. Louis MO, Dartmouth in Lebanon, NH, and Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He is known internationally for his work in genetic and environmental influences on developmental psychopathology and Wellness (and has a book by that title). He is also known for his work in developmental neuroimaging of adversity and wellness outcomes. Dr. Hudziak has created a number of clinical and health strategies aimed at developing healthy brains, so that healthy bodies will follow. He is the creator of the Vermont Family Based Approach, an innovative health promotion and illness prevention model for children and families. In addition, he created the innovative Wellness Environment (WE) program at the University of Vermont (https://www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news/uvms-we-program-featured-cbs-morning) which has garnered national and international attention for the approach of incentivizing young adults to pursue healthy lifestyle choices related to their physical and emotional health. He has been identified as being a member of the top 1% of Doctors in the United States, has published over 240 peer-reviewed publications and is considered by many to be a thought leader in the field of promoting brain health as a strategy to deal with the stress of life.
William (Bill) E Copeland, Ph.D.
Bill was trained as a clinical psychologist at the University of Vermont and then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in psychiatric epidemiology at Duke University Medical Center. As part of a NIMH K23 award and a NARSAD early-career investigator award, he received supplemental training in psychiatric genetics and biomarker analysis. Since then, Bill has been the PI or Co-I on grants from NIMH, NIDA, NICHD and the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation to support my work on the longitudinal, representative Great Smoky Mountains Study. He also is an investigator on the Duke Preschool Anxiety Study, the Fast Track Intervention Trial, the University of Vermont Wellness Study, and Project RAISE. Across all of these studies, his research program has focused on understanding the development of emotional and behavior health across the lifespan. This work includes understanding the interplay between early adverse experiences and genetic vulnerability with other individual, family, and contextual characteristics. The program of research has led to over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts including publications in JAMA, JAMA: Pediatrics, JAMA: Psychiatry, the American Journal of Psychiatry, American Journal of Public Health, Biological Psychiatry, Molecular Psychiatry, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Ellen McGinnis, PhD
Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry, Larner College of Medicine
Dr. McGinnis is an assistant professor of psychiatry in the Vermont Center for Children, Youth, and Families at the University of Vermont. She has a PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan and a BS in psychology from Lafayette College. Her research focuses on the physiology underlying anxiety and depression in children and young adults. In collaboration with colleagues in biomedical engineering, she uses machine learning techniques to develop digital phenotypes and therapeutics (smartphone apps!) to make mental health tools more accessible. Dr. McGinnis teaches courses such as “Healthy Brains, Healthy Bodies” on the neuroscience of wellness, and “Family Wellness Coaching” on how to conduct assessment and interventions for patients’ families. She grew up in Vermont and is thrilled to be back with her partner and two young boys.
Andy Rosenfeld, MD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CLINICAL DIRECTOR, CHILD PSYCHIATRY, LARNER COLLEGE OF MEDICI
Andy Rosenfeld is a family psychiatrist at the Vermont Center for Children, Youth and Families. He utilizes the Vermont Family-Based Approach to support families presenting with psychiatric issues. Andy enjoys teaching, from undergraduates to medical students, psychiatry residents, and faculty.
Education
- 2007 MD Harvard Medical School
- 2002 AB Harvard College Cognitive Neuroscience, Summa Cum Laude
Postdoctoral Training
- 2011–13 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry NYU School of Medicine
- 2007–11 General Psychiatry Residency
- Columbia University Medical Center & NY State Psychiatric Institute
Licensure
- Vermont State Medical Licensure (unrestricted)
- DEA Registration Schedules 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, 5
- Board-Certified in Psychiatry
- Board-Certified in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry