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Ask the experts: Mental and behavioral health during COVID-19
Monday, June 22
noon – 1 p.m. CDT
Zoom webinar
Register and submit questions
The impact of COVID-19 is evident in nearly every aspect of our lives, leading to increased stress and feelings of fear, sadness, loneliness, and helplessness for many. Recognizing and understanding these effects can help us manage our own mental and behavioral health concerns and address the needs of our families and our communities.
For this hour-long “Ask the experts” webinar, we invite you to submit your questions and participate in a panel discussion with University of Illinois experts. The panelists will answer questions based on their research and expertise developing evidence-based assessments and interventions for managing mental health and mood disorders, including depression, across the lifespan and among diverse populations. They will also recommend mental and behavioral health resources available during COVID-19 and beyond.
We want to hear from you! Please submit your questions for the panelists no later than June 19. You may submit questions using the Questions & Comments box on the Zoom registration form or by emailing CSBScience@illinois.edu. Your questions will remain anonymous when shared with the panelists.
This webinar is the second session in the Understanding Contemporary Challenges in the Time of COVID-19 series, hosted by the University of Illinois Center for Social and Behavioral Science and the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute. View the recording for the first session on exposure notification, privacy, and security.
Meet the experts
Ben Hankin, Professor, Department of Psychology
Prof. Hankin’s research focuses on understanding risk factors and mechanisms in depression and related internalizing emotional disorders, especially in children and adolescents. Much of his work focuses on translating the basic knowledge gained from longitudinal risk studies into evidence-based assessment and intervention work.
Heidemarie Laurent, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Prof. Laurent’s research focuses on defining stress regulation and identifying developmental paths shaping stress regulation, including prenatal and postnatal influences of parental depression. She offers expertise on how practices such as mindfulness can improve stress regulation, and whom such practices are most likely to benefit amid COVID-19.
Karen Tabb Dina, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Prof. Tabb Dina’s research examines women’s health and mental health with a particular focus on health disparities. Her current research focuses on identifying major risk factors associated with depressive disorders and approaches for identifying and assessing depressive symptoms in health care settings to improve health outcomes. She brings expertise in public health social work practice and health policy.
Shardé McNeil Smith, Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Prof. Smith examines the impact of racial discrimination on mental health outcomes, and the supportive resources used to combat these effects, within the African American family context. She contributes expertise in community healing and other supportive approaches to addressing mental health concerns among African America youth and their families.
Tara Powell, Associate Professor, School of Social Work
Prof. Powell studies trauma recovery and resilience in children, youth, and care providers. Her current research focuses on post-disaster behavioral health in disaster-affected communities. She provides expertise in stress-management and coping skills, psych-educational curriculum development, and talking with children about the COVID-19 pandemic.
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