| Faculty name | Areas of interest | Contact info |
Karen Frankel, PHD Director | - Infant and early childhood mental health services
- Child abuse and neglect
- Child trauma therapy
- Diagnosis and the DC: 0-3R Diagnostic Classification System
- Consultation to child care facilities
- Infant and toddler behavioral medicine
| Phone: (303)724-3725 Email: Dr. Frankel |
Ayelet Talmi, PHD Co-Director | - Integrated mental health services in pediatric primary care
- Babies and young children with special health care and developmental needs
- Early childhood system and policy issues
- Research interests include health systems outcome research, parent-infant relationship development, systems of care of children with special needs
| Phone: (720)777-6670 Email: Dr. Talmi |
| Sue Ammen, PhD | - Infant, family, and early childhood mental health
- Parent-child relationship assessment
- Play therapy and family therapy
- Reflective supervision & play therapy supervision
- LGBT families
| Email: Dr. Ammen |
| Jordana R. Ash, LCSW, IMH-E (IV-C) | - ECMH policy and stategic planning
- Infant and early childhood mental health
- Cross-systems collaboration
- Reflective supervision
| Phone: (303)866-6361 Email: Ms. Ash |
| Bethany Ashby, PsyD | - Integrated mental health services in pediatric primary care
- Perinatal mental health
- Adolescent mothers
- Research interests include the evaluation of integrated behavioral health services provided in obstetric and pediatrics settings, trauma-informced care, and the impact of trauma on the perinatal period
| Phone: (720)777-5041 Email: Dr. Ashby |
| Shannon K. Bekman, PhD, IMH-E (IV-C) | - Infant/early childhood trauma
- Infants/young children in foster care
- Dyadic infant-parent psychotherapies
- Reflective supervision
- Attachment theory
| Email: Dr. Bekman |
| Joy V. Browne, PhD | - Physiologic and neurobehavioral responses to environment and caregiving in high-risk infants
- Effects of long-term hospitalization on the infant and family
- Evaluation of the effects of a supportive program for infants and families transitioning from NICU to home
- Neurobehavioral regulation in infancy
| Email: Dr. Browne |
| Melissa B. Buchholz, PhD | - Pediatric primary care
- Co-location - pediatrics and mental health
- Standardized developmental screening
| Email: Dr. Buchholz |
| Maya Bunik, MD, MSPH | - Breastfeeding and lactation
- Pediatric nutrition
- Mental health consultation
| Phone: (720)-777-3890 Email: Dr. Bunik |
| Debbie Carter, MD | - Individual play therapy fundamentals
- Systems of care collaborations and consulting to mental health agencies and early childhood settings
- Young child psychopharmacology
- Assessment and treatment of pregnant mothers with comorbid conditions (mental health and substance abuse issues)
| Phone: (303)724-6022 Email: Dr. Carter |
| Shaleah N. Dardar, MSW, MD | - Infant and early childhood mental health services
- Integrated mental health services
- Perinatal mental Health
| Phone: (720)777-9507 Email: Dr. Dardar |
| Theodore J. Gaensbauer, MD | - Abused and neglected children
- Parent-child attachment
| Email: Dr. Gaensbauer |
| Kelly Glaze, PsyD | - Infant, family, and early childhood mental health
- Integrated mental health services in WIC and pediatric primary care
- Pregnancy-related mood and anxiety disorders
- Childhood trauma
| Email: Dr. Glaze |
| Evelin Gomez, PhD | - Culturally appropriate mental health services
- Child abuse and trauma
- Behavioral health consultation
- Community mental health services for immigrants and refugees
| Email: Dr. Gomez |
| Kimberly Kelsay, MD | - Assessment of young children using story stem narratives
- Psychiatric treatment of medically ill asthmatic children
| Phone: (720)777-4057 Email: Dr. Kelsay |
| Jennifer J. Paul, PhD | - Infant and early childhood assessment
- Child abuse and neglect
- Postpartum depression
- Parent-infant psychotherapy
- Infant mental health consultation
| Email: Dr. Paul |
| Betsy Rogers, LCSW, IMH-E (IV) | - Reflective supervision
- Trauma
- Secondary traumatic stress resilience
- Child-parent psychotherapy
- Parent-child interaction therapy
| Phone: (303)617-2458 Email: Ms. Rogers |
| Michelle Roy, Phd, IMH-E (IV) | - Trauma in infancy and early childhood
- Interactions with child welfare
- Postpartum depression
| Phone: (303)300-6194 Email: Dr. Roy |
| Ashley Sward, PsyD, IMH-E | - Infant mental health consultation
- Pregnancy-related mood and anxiety disorders
- Reflective supervision
- Child-parent psychotherapy
| Email: Dr. Sward |
| Celeste St. John-Larkin, MD | - Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders
- Infant and early childhood mental health
- Integrated care and consultation to pediatric clinics
- Telehealth and telephone consultation to providers
- Parent-infant relationships
- Medication evaluation and management during pregnancy, postpartum, and early childhood, when indicated
| Phone: (720)777-2538 Email: Dr. St. John-Larkin |
| Catherine Wolcott, PhD | - Early childhood integrated behavioral health services in primary care
- Access to culturally sensitive healthcare for Latino families and young children
- Addressing exposure to toxic stress and trauma in demographically at-risk populations
| Phone: (720)777-4931 Email: Dr. Wolcott |
