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Dr. Katie McLaughlin to Lead Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health; NAMI Los Angeles Adds Michele Broadnax to Board · Becker's Healthcare Behavioral Health

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  This is Randy Homan with Becker's Behavioral Health Podcast.
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  Here's your daily industry news brief for February 2nd. First,
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  Katie McLaughlin PhD will be the first executive director of the New
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  Institute for Children's Behavioral Health at the University of Oregon in
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  Portland, according to an Oregon Public Broadcasting report from Tuesday, Dr.
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  McLin joins the Balmer Institute from Harvard University where she served as a
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  psychology professor and director of the Stress and Development Laboratory.
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  The Balmer Institute will offer the first undergraduate child's behavioral
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  health program of its kind in the country.
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  It expects to graduate 200 students annually once it's running according
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  to a Tuesday report from KG W eight.
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  The University of Oregon receives state approval to create the bachelor's degree
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  program in child's behavioral health. In December 2nd,
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  the National Mental Health Medical Group Concert health names Camika Boyd as its
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  Chief Operations Officer.
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  According to a Tuesday News released from concert, Ms.
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  Boyd previously served as Senior Vice President of Operations at Mind Path
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  Health, which is an outpatient behavioral health treatment company.
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  In this role, Ms.
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  Boyd will manage expansion as continue integrate mental health services
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  primary care clinics. Finally,
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  the Alliance on Mental Illnesses Greater Los Angeles County chapter
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  appoints Michelle Broadnax to its board of directors.
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  According to a Tuesday release from a mi, Ms.
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  Broadnax has over 30 years of leadership experience.
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  She currently serves as the president and c e O of the Los Angeles Partnership,
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  which is a group dedicated to advancing educational equity.
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