The Department of Psychiatry’s faculty and staff are committed to partnering with the patients and the communities we serve to achieve positive mental health outcomes that make a difference in the lives of individuals and their families. The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) serves our departmental mission by conducting research into the prevention of psychiatric conditions of childhood as well as delivering high-quality clinical psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care to children and adolescents.
The CAP Community Advisory Board (CAB) helps identify and bridge the gaps between these clinical and research activities and the mental health needs of the communities we serve. We believe our work is more meaningful and impactful to local communities when it aligns with their needs and interests.
Purpose
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Community Advisory Board (CAP CAB) is made up of members of the communities we serve, including various service providers and individuals with lived experience engaging mental health services for their family. The goal is to guide the efforts of the division in understanding and working to meet the mental health needs of our children, adolescents, their families, and the communities in which they live. The CAB will achieve these goals by engaging in the following activities:
Community-Engaged Clinical Care and Research:
- Provide feedback on specific CAP research proposals and clinical programs.
- Offer perspectives on gaps in mental health services and research.
- Identify new and novel opportunities for community partnerships, community-based research, and projects focused on community collaboration.
- Suggest community and academic education and training needs and opportunities.
Community Outreach:
- Recommend community leaders and stakeholders for inclusion as CAB members.
- Supports the development of collaborative relationships between division members and the communities we serve.
- Help disseminate information about important issues and division initiatives in the broader community.
Commitment
CAP CAB members serve a two-year term and commit to attending 75% of up to six meetings per year. Elected Co-Chairs will set meeting agendas and distribute relevant material to be reviewed by members before each meeting. If selected for participation on the CAB, we ask each member to commit to the items outlined HERE.
Compensation
Members are compensated $75.00 for each attended meeting.
Interest Form
Those interested in membership in the CAP CAB are to complete a brief interest form HERE.
Contact
Email: ChildPsychCAB@wustl.edu
Our Board Members
Ryan Barker
Ryan is the Chief Program and Policy Officer for the St. Louis Integrated Network, where he oversees the non-profits Care Transitions Initiative and Justice Initiative as well as the organization’s health policy and advocacy work. He spent 22 years working in philanthropy, both at Interact for Health in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the Missouri Foundation for Health here in St. Louis. He is a St. Louis native who returned in 2002 and adopted his 8-year-old son in 2008. His son was a patient of the WashU Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Center, and his personal experiences with the behavioral health system in the region have made him a passionate advocate for improving the system of care. He began his career as a social worker serving unhoused adolescents in both Portland, Oregon, and Cincinnati, Ohio, before transitioning to policy and advocacy work in order to improve the systems that often fail our most vulnerable residents. He lives in Tower Grove East with his husband and is an avid gardener, book reader, and stained glass creator.
Lisa Greenstein, Ed.D.
Lisa is a retired elementary school principal who has been in a variety of education roles for over 35 years. During this time, she has worked hard to connect students and families to supports in the community. She often partnered with Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to advocate for families who were struggling to get the help they needed. She continues to support social and emotional learning in elementary and middle schools and also teaches health and wellness at the university level. Lisa enjoys spending time with her family, reading, and being outside in nature.
Stacy Marian, LPC
Stacy has been a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in the St. Louis area for 10 years, primarily working with students in the elementary and middle school settings. Outside of work, she enjoys her 4 dogs, sharing time with her partner and daughter, reading, and exploring new thoughts and ideas about human existence. Her passion is to do what she can to make this world a better place, one person and one moment at a time.
Kenneth McCain, LPC
Kenneth is a licensed professional counselor with nearly 20 years of experience specializing in court-directed treatment and care, as well as the management of aggressive behavior and thoughts of self-harm in Missouri and Illinois. He focuses on issues related to adjustment disorders, anxiety, and depression. Kenneth has published several works in this field, including “Aggression as a Social Instinct” (2005), “An Aggressive Nature: Overview of the Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis” (2006), and “Engaging in a Healthy Marriage” (2021).
Thomas McKinney, MD
Tom is a pediatrician with Affinia Healthcare, a community-based health system that provides comprehensive health care services in medically underserved areas, including mental health care. Before working at Affinia, he was a partner in a pediatric group practice in Chesterfield, Missouri, for nearly 30 years. In both practice settings, behavioral health issues have been a significant part of the medical care that children need, and providing that care has often presented challenges for both parents and care providers. When not working, Tom and his wife enjoy traveling and playing with their 4 grandchildren.
Paula Murphy
Paula applied for the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Community Advisory Board after experiencing the WashU Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Center services with her daughter. Paula is a retired St. Louis Children’s Hospital nurse and physician liaison, wife to a wonderful man, and mother to a young adult daughter who navigates life with several mental health diagnoses.
Rebekah Paz
Born and raised in St. Louis, Rebekah spent the last 16 years designing beautiful spaces for clients at The Great Cover-Up. Design has always been her passion, but when her son was diagnosed with early-onset schizophrenia, OCD, and epilepsy, it ignited a deeper calling to understand his reality and meet him on his level. Being a part of the CAB board surrounds her with like-minded individuals, all united by a common goal: to help others who struggle to help themselves. Rebekah hopes her personal experience brings compassion and understanding to a mental illness that is so often misunderstood. In her spare time, Rebekah loves being a mom to both her son and daughter and spending time with their pets.
Desiree Burke
Mia Henderson
Mustafa Rfat
Savanna Salvato
Robin Utz
Joshua White