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JUDITH COHEN
Judith Cohen, M.D., is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and serves as the Medical Director of the
Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh,
PA, and as a Professor of Psychiatry at Drexel University College of Medicine. With colleagues, Dr.
Cohen developed and tested Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for children and
caregivers who have experienced trauma. She has conducted extensive research, has written
extensively, and has provided training to innumerable mental health professionals and researchers on
assessing and treating trauma. In addition, Dr. Cohen is the principal author of the Practice Parameters for the
assessment and treatment of childhood Posttraumatic Stress Disorder published by the American Academy of Child &
Adolescent Psychiatry.
ERNESTINE BRIGGS-KING
Ernestine Briggs-King, Ph.D., a clinical community psychologist, is an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University Medical Center in Durham,
NC. She is the Director of the Data and Evaluation Program for the UCLA-Duke University National
Center for Child Traumatic Stress, sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration as well as the Director of the Trauma Treatment & Research Program at the Center
for Child and Family Health. Dr. Briggs-King has developed a national reputation for her research
and clinical work in the areas of child maltreatment and family violence, child traumatic stress, and resiliency in
military families.
BRIANNE MASSELLI
Brianne Masselli is the Director of Training and Continuous Quality Improvement for THRIVE, a
federally and state-funded system of care in Maine. Ms. Masselli coordinates training and technical
assistance to providers, organizations, and communities seeking to become trauma informed in order
to better serve the needs of families and youth who are experiencing mental health challenges. Ms.
Masselli was a co-author of the System of Care Trauma-Informed Agency Assessment that is now
required for all child-serving agencies in Maine. Previously, Ms. Masselli was the Youth Coordinator
for THRIVE and was instrumental in the promotion of youth-guided care and youth advocacy, as well as the creation of
a Youth MOVE chapter in Maine. In addition, Ms. Masselli has received recognition as an advocate who has first-hand
experience as a former youth consumer of mental health services.
Health Reform: Implications and Opportunities
for Children’s Behavioral Health
JOHN O’BRIEN
John O’Brien is the Senior Policy Advisor for the Disabled and Elderly Health Programs Group at the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Previously, Mr. O’Brien served as the Senior Advisor to
the Administrator on Health Care Reform at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration. Mr. O’Brien was the director of several national projects funded by the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation to develop strategies for coordinating funding for human services from federal,
state, and local dollars. He has worked with Medicaid, state mental health and substance abuse
authorities, and local human services authorities on strategies such as developing federal Medicaid Waivers, Medicaid
state plan amendments, and federal grant applications, including applications for federal children’s system of care
funding. Mr. O’Brien has also been a manager at KPMG Peat Marwick and has worked for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Center, the Massachusetts Developmental Disability Council, the Illinois Governor’s Office, and the Illinois Legislative
Commission on Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse.
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