C. Neill Epperson, MD, is the Robert Freedman Endowed Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the CU Anschutz School of Medicine. Dr. Epperson is internationally known for her unique lifespan approach to women's reproductive and behavioral health in both the clinical and research realms. Her work related to early life stress and its impact on risk for affective disorders during periods of hormonal change, in addition to projects relating to cognitive decline during menopause, and sex differences among smokers have been funded by the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Mental Health, the Office of Research on Women's Health, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Her body of work has led to a greater appreciation of the impact of childhood adversity on physiologic responses during times of hormonal fluctuation as well as gonadal steroid effects on brain and behavior. Dr. Epperson's research has been funded consistently by the National Institutes of Health for more than two decades. She is a mentor and independent investigator with more than 200 peer-reviewed publications and presentations. 

 Before being recruited to CU Anschutz, Dr. Epperson served as the founder and director of both the Penn Center for Women's Behavioral Wellness and Penn PROMOTES, Research on Sex and Gender in Health at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where she was a tenured Professor of Psychiatry, with a secondary appointment in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Epperson received her medical degree at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed her postdoctoral and research training in psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, where she rose to the level of associate professor before her recruitment to the University of Pennsylvania.

 

Dr. Jay Shore MD, MPH, is the founding Executive Director of the Brain and Behavior Innovation Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz. He is  Vice Chair for Innovations for the Department of Psychiatry, and a Professor in Departments of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health (CAIANH), Colorado School of Public Health.   Dr. Shore also is a Population Specialist at the VA’s Office of Rural Health Veterans Rural Health Resource Center Salt Lake City, leading efforts on work supporting rural Native Veterans.  He is the Chief Medical Officer for AccessCare Services which provides Telemental health services to Medicaid and rural populations in Colorado and Alaska. His career has focused on the use of technology in mental health across multiple organizations which include the ongoing development, implementation, and assessment of programs for Native, rural, and underserved populations aimed at improving both quality and access to care. Dr. Shore has consulted for tribal and state organization and consulted and served on planning, grant review, program and special project committees for numerous federal agencies  including the Department of Defense, the Indian Health Service, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration,  the National Academy of Medicine, and the National Institutes of Health.  From 2007 to 2013 he was the Behavioral Health Portfolio Manager for Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) at the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command in Fort Detrick, Maryland.   Dr. Shore has presented his work at numerous national forums and has authored clinical guidelines, manuscripts, books, and book chapters focused on clinical and research topics in physician health, telehealth, rural health care, Veteran and Native populations.   

He received his B.A. in Anthropology at Macalester College and undertook a Fulbright Fellowship in Australia. A graduate of Tulane University School of Medicine and Public health, he completed psychiatric residency at the University of Colorado Anschutz followed by an external NIMH research fellowship at CAIANH. Dr. Shore is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and served as the founding chair of the APA’s Telepsychiatry Committee. He is a Fellow of the American Telemedicine Association and served on its board and chaired its Telemental Health Special Interest Group.  A former Laughlin Fellow and current Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists Dr. Shore is currently a member of its Board of Regents.  

Allison G. Dempsey, PhD, serves as the Director of Informatics and the Director of Technology for the University of Colorado Anschutz Brain and Behavior Innovation Center (BBICen). She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, where she also serves in the roles of Director of the Connections Program for High-Risk Infants and Families and Interim Director of Perinatal and Family Services for Women’s Behavioral Health and Wellness.  She integrates her expertise in clinical psychology and technological innovation to drive advancements in mental health care delivery. She has received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and multiple other sources for projects involving innovative care approaches. She has further expanded her skill set by pursuing advanced coursework in human-centered design and obtaining certifications through EPIC Systems, including Advanced Physician Builder, Physician Builder Analyst, and Clinical Data Model for Physician Builders. As a member of the UCHealth Physician Informatics Group, she represents providers delivering behavioral health care across the health system.  

She received her B.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2002), graduating with comprehensive honors. She earned Masters degrees from Towson University (2004) and the University of Florida (2007) prior to obtaining her PhD from the University of Florida (2009). Dr. Dempsey has held previous faculty positions at the University of Houston and McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. She is a founder and past co-chair of the National Network of NICU Psychologists and was the 2022 recipient of the Society for Health Psychology’s Excellence in Clinical Health Psychology award.

 

Scott Thompson, PhD - I graduated from Cornell University in 1979 with a B.S. in Biology and a concentration in Neurobiology. From 1979-1981, I worked in the laboratory of Dr. Richard Robertson in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of California, Irvine. I performed my doctoral studies in the laboratory of Dr. David Prince in the Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences at Stanford University and received my Ph. D. in 1986. I was then a Postdoctoral Fellow in the labs of Prof. Beat Gahwiler in Zurich, Switzerland, and Dr. Robert Wong, then at Columbia University. In 1990, I returned to the University of Zurich, Switzerland, as an Assistant Professor at the Brain Research Institute. I completed my Habilitation in 1993 and was promoted to Associate Professor. In January, 1998, I joined the Department of Physiology of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine, where I received tenure in 2002 and was Chair from 2011-2022. I am currently a Professor and Director of the Center for Novel Therapeutics in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine.

Dr. Tiffany Love’s research uses deep phenotyping approaches to identify and understand the environmental, neurobiological, and socio-cultural factors that drive psychiatric disease and facilitate recovery.  Her work has employed a variety of behavioral, genetic, and neuroimaging techniques to explore the mechanisms that underlie sensitivity to stress, pain, and reward and, ultimately, contribute to the formation of psychiatric illness. 

Dr. Love’s current interests focus on addressing the translational gap between research and practice.  This includes developing methods and implementation strategies that enable providers to collect rich biopsychosocial, health, and digital phenotyping data in collaboration with their patients to drive personalized interventions.

Tereza Guedes, PhD is the Innovations Program Manager for BBICen at CU Anschutz. She received her M.Sc and PhD from the University of Manchester with a focus on Systems of Innovation and Technical Change and Industrial Strategy. With a background in agronomical engineering and economics Guedes began work at a science park supporting biotech startups, and later moved to innovation in healthcare administration.