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Serving Those Who Protect the Public: The Pitt Center for Emergency Responder Wellness

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Project Description 

Emergency Response Personnel (ERP) protect the public despite occupational hazards that threaten their mental health. This Center will be a clinical innovation hub that: 1) delivers accessible, culturally adapted, evidence-based mental health interventions; 2) trains the next generation of health science students to work with ERP; 3) fosters the success of local ERP peer support networks; and 4) as a future goal, make major contributions to the scientific understanding of post-trauma recovery processes. Goals for the seed phase are to establish our team, build collaborations with local ERP departments, demonstrate feasibility and initial clinical impact, and compete for federal funding.

Principal Investigator

Eric Meyer
Rehabilitation Science and Technology/Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling

Select Collaborators 

Melanie Cherry
Rehabilitation Science and Technology/Clinical Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling

Thomas Platt
Rehabilitation Science and Technology/Emergency Medicine

Sheila Roth
Rehabilitation Science and Technology/Emergency Medicine

 

Goal Area

Strengthen Communities