Interdisciplinary Connections

Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding and Improving Self-injurious Behaviors Workgroup

This workgroup aims to develop and expand new and current activities with MIDB collaborators related to the utilization of telehealth technology to improve our understanding of and the quality of life for children and youth who engage in or are at risk for self-injurious behavior.

Workgroup Presentations on Self-injury

Watch the following presentations from members of our working group

Improving research on depression and self injury in adolescents

An interdisciplinary approach to self injury: From mental health to developmental disabilities

Self-injurious Behavior

MIDB Colloquium Katie Cullen, MD - January 25, 2024

Involved Collaborators, Labs, and Teams

Stacey Brandjord, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Pediatrics, MIDB Autism & Neurodevelopment Clinic

Laura Chubb, Department of Educational Psychology, PhD Student

Kathryn R. Cullen, M.D. Associate Professor, Division Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Adele Dimian. Ph.D. Research Associate, TeleOutreach Center, Institute on Community Integration

Julie B. Eisengart, Ph.D., LP, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Director, Neurodevelopmental Program in Rare Disease , Division of Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience

Amy Esler, Ph.D., LP, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Co-director of MIDB Clinical Services

Anne Floyd, TeleOutreach Center, Institute on Community Integration/Department of Educational Psychology

Rachel Freeman, Ph.D., Director of State Initiatives, Institute on Community Integration, Minnesota DHS Regional Organization-Wide Training and TA on Person-Centered Positive Behavior Support

Rebekah Hudock, Ph.D., LP, Department of Pediatrics, MIDB Autism & Neurodevelopment Clinic, Assistant Professor and Pediatric Neuropsychologist

Bonnie Klimes-Dougan, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, CLA

Tim Moore, Ph.D., LP. Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical School

Nikolaos Papanikolopoulos, Ph.D. Director of the Minnesota Robotics Institute, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor

Caroline Roberts, Department of Educational Psychology, MIDB Interdisciplinary Doctoral Fellow

Jessica J. Simacek, Ph.D., TeleOutreach Center + Service Hub, Institute on Community Integration/CEHD

Frank Symons, PhD., Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education + Human Development

Jason Wolff, Ph.D., Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education + Human Development

Get Involved in Interdisciplinary Work

Please email: telehealthstudy@umn.edu