Meet the Speakers
Keynote Speaker
KARESTAN KOENEN
Professor
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Karestan Koenen
Professor
Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health
Karestan C. Koenen, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist, epidemiologist, and author. She is Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health where she aims to reduce the population burden of mental disorders. She is passionate about using science to overcome violence and trauma, which are major preventable causes of health problems globally. She has written for the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, the Huffington Post, Thrive Global and Psychology Today. Her most recent book is Treating Survivors of Childhood Abuse and Interpersonal Trauma, Second Edition: STAIR Narrative Therapy with Drs. Marylene Cloitre, Kile Ortigo, Lisa Cohen and Christie Jackson. Follow her on twitter @karestankoenen
Keynote Speaker
DANIEL RUSYNIAK
Secretary
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Daniel Rusyniak
Secretary
Indiana Family and Social Services Administration
Daniel Rusyniak, M.D., was appointed as secretary of the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration by Governor Eric J. Holcomb, effective August 1, 2021. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Rusyniak served as FSSA’s chief medical officer. He is also continuing his work as a professor of emergency medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine.
Dr. Rusyniak graduated from Villanova University and earned his medical degree from Wake Forest University. He completed an emergency medicine residency and medical toxicology fellowship at the IU School of Medicine. Dr. Rusyniak served several roles at the IU School of Medicine including vice-chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine, medical director of the Indiana Poison Control Center, division chief of Medical Toxicology, and a term as faculty president. In addition, Dr. Rusyniak was a National Institutes of Health-funded researcher studying the medical impact of substance use disorders. He has had over 100 publications, a podcast and a blog and is a nationally recognized expert in the field of toxicology.
As the FSSA chief medical officer, Dr. Rusyniak was one of the leaders during the statewide COVID-19 response serving as the point person for long-term care facilities. He was the executive sponsor for the state’s efforts to reform Indiana’s long-term services and supports system and was the project director for the state’s Pregnancy Promise Program – a program funded by a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services grant to improve health outcomes in pregnant women with opioid use disorder.
He is married to his wife Janet and together they have three kids and two dogs. Along with spending time with family he loves hiking, fly-fishing and making pizza.
LESLIE HULVERSHORN
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Interim Co-Chair Department of Psychiatry
IU School of Medicine/IUH/DMHA
Leslie Hulvershorn
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Interim Co-Chair Department of Psychiatry
IU School of Medicine/IUH/DMHA
I am a child and adolescent and addiction psychiatrist and tenured Associate Professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine. I serve as the Director of the Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and am currently serving as the interim Co-Chair for the Department of Psychiatry. I also serve as consulting medical director for Indiana’s Division of Mental Health and Addiction. I remain dedicated to translational neuroimaging research as my career focus. Over a decade, my work has uncovered brain-based deficits in reward learning as key risk factors for escalation of addiction in high risk youth.
DANIELLE HENDERSON
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine & Indiana University Health
Danielle Henderson
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine & Indiana University Health
Dr. Henderson earned her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Louisville. She completed both her pre-doctoral clinical internship and postdoctoral fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine. Her postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Health Psychology emphasized Cardiac-Pulmonary Behavioral Medicine. In October 2018, she began her clinical-track faculty position in the Department of Psychiatry at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Henderson works as a clinician and supervisor in a variety of clinical settings at IU School of Medicine and IU Health, including the Advanced Pain Therapies Clinic, integrated care, and the Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic.
Dr. Henderson is committed to diversity work. She brings this passion to her role as a member of the IU School of Medicine Psychology Internship Program’s Executive Committee, spearheading diversity efforts. Additionally, she co-chairs the Department of Psychiatry’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and the Indiana Psychological Association’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.
OLAWALE OJO
Medical Director, Methodist Hospital Addiction Psychiatry Program
Indiana University School of Medicine
Olawale Ojo
Medical Director, Methodist Hospital Addiction Psychiatry Program
Indiana University School of Medicine
Olawale Ojo earned his medical degree at Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria. He completed his general psychiatry residency at Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn New York. He is ABPN board certified in general psychiatry and currently an addiction psychiatry fellow at the Indiana University.
MELISSA BUTLER, PhD, HSPP
Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychiatry
IU School of Medicine
Riley Hospital at IU Health
Melissa Butler, PhD, HSPP
Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychiatry
IU School of Medicine
Riley Hospital at IU Health
Melissa Butler, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). Dr. Butler has over 20 years of clinical practice specializing in treating adolescents who engage in non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behaviors. She has worked in a variety of settings including in a state hospital, an acute inpatient unit, a traditional outpatient clinic, a primary care clinic, an adolescent juvenile correctional facility, and private practice. She currently is providing both inpatient and outpatient services for IU Health and Riley Hospital for Children. She is an assistant training director for the IUSM psychology internship program. She is the Clinical Director for the CHOICE program which is an integrated care program through IU Health. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. Butler has also held several leadership positions with the Indiana Psychological Association including President, Continuing Education Committee Chair, and Fall Conference Chair.
MALLORI DESALLE, MA, LMHC, NCC, CMHC, MATS, CPS, CHP
School of Public Health Faculty and Professional Speaker
Indiana University – Bloomington
Mallori DeSalle, MA, LMHC, NCC, CMHC, MATS, CPS, CHP
School of Public Health Faculty and Professional Speaker
Indiana University – Bloomington
Mallori DeSalle is a licensed mental health counselor, nationally certified counselor, medication-assisted treatment specialist, an internationally certified prevention specialist and a certified humor professional. As a speaker and trainer, she has sparked curiosity in both the young and young-at-heart. Her passion for creating a lasting impact led her to the public health field and for the past 13 years she has worked at Prevention Insights, a center within the School of Public Health at Indiana University, Bloomington. Mallori works with people all over the world and even serves on the Board of Directors for the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor. When she isn’t laughing, listening or learning, she is spending time with her husband of nearly 20 years and three children. Her credentials don’t impress her family, but occasionally her corny jokes do make them laugh.
TRACY GUNTER
Professor Clinical Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine
Tracy Gunter
Professor Clinical Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine
Dr. Gunter is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and provides behavioral health care in an integrated care setting at IU Health LifeCare, which is the largest provider of HIV treatment and medical prevention services in the state of Indiana. It serves as a medical home for around 1200 individuals living with HIV.
CORISSA DIONISIO
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Indiana University
Corissa Dionisio
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Indiana University
Dr. Corissa Dionisio (she/her/ella) is a board certified pediatrician and psychiatrist currently serving the LGBTQ+ population in the Riley Gender Health Program. She has previously worked in the Eskenazi Health Transgender Health & Wellness Program as well as served as a consultant for transgender/gender diverse patients in the Indiana Department of Corrections. She is also heavily involved in supporting patients with autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders as well as Indianapolis’s large latinx community.
DANA HARDIN
Consult Liaison Psychiatrist
Ohio Health
Dana Hardin
Consult Liaison Psychiatrist
Ohio Health
Dr. Hardin was a full Professor with Tenure at the Ohio State University in the field of Pediatric Endocrinologist before going back to residency to become a Psychiatrist. She finished her Psychiatry residency at Indiana University School of Medicine in 2021. She is currently practicing consult liaison psychiatry and is a national Consultant for transgender patients in the Department of Corrections. Her professional interests include transgender health and personality disorders; as well as, service dog training for both mental health and for diabetes.
RYAN GREENE
Subspecialty Psychology Program Manager
Veteran Health Indiana
Ryan Greene
Subspecialty Psychology Program Manager
Veteran Health Indiana
I am currently employed as the lead clinical neuropsychologist and psychology subspecialty program manager at the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center. I received my PsyD in clinical psychology from Wheaton College, completed an internship focused on neuropsychology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and furthered my subspecialty training at Indiana University’s Neuropsychology Fellowship. I truly enjoy helping provide diagnostic clarity to my patients and their providers, as well as offering guidance to the specialized mental health treatments within our VA system. Outside of my work at the VA, I enjoy teaching neuropsychology courses through the University of Indianapolis, finding the newest “trendy” restaurant in the city, and spending time with my family.
MICHELLE L. MILLER, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine
Michelle L. Miller, PhD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine
I am an Assistant Professor and licensed clinical psychologist in the IU School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry. I completed a postdoctoral fellowship specializing in Women’s Mental Health and Traumatic Stress at Rush University Medical Center after completing my doctoral training in the Clinical Psychology program at the University of Iowa.
My long-term research and clinical interests are at the intersection of women’s mental health, with a specific focus on internalizing disorders, perinatal psychopathology, and trauma exposure. I have investigated women’s mental health and trauma-based psychopathology across populations, including veterans, underserved women, community adults, and trauma counselors. I am currently researching the acceptability and effectiveness of various individual, group, and intensive interventions aimed at reducing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptoms in the perinatal period (during pregnancy and the first two years postpartum). I am interested in how reducing perinatal traumatic stress may improve maternal health outcomes (e.g. reduced perinatal complications, improved infant outcomes), which can ultimately improve outcomes for the entire family across the lifespan.
SUSAN CONROY
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine
Susan Conroy
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Indiana University School of Medicine
Dr. Conroy received her MD and PhD in Medical Neuroscience at the Indiana University School of Medicine. She specializes in the treatment of mood disorders, particularly treatment-resistant depression, with an interest in neurostimulation treatment modalities. Clinically, she is the medical director of the Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) service at IU Health Methodist Hospital and the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) service at IU Health Adult Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic. She has a particular interest in how neurostimulation methods might improve dysfunctional neurocircuitry in depression.nder health and personality disorders; as well as, service dog training for both mental health and for diabetes.
DAVID A KAREKEN, PhD
Professor & Vice Chair for Research, Department of Neurology
Director, Indiana Alcohol Research Center
Indiana University School of Medicine
David A. Kareken, PhD
Professor & Vice Chair for Research, Department of Neurology
Director, Indiana Alcohol Research Center
Indiana University School of Medicine
Dr. Kareken received his PhD in clinical psychology from Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, PA in 1992. He subsequently completed a research fellowship (T32, NIMH) in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania in neuroimaging and schizophrenia. He has been a faculty member in Neurology and Director of its neuropsychology section since 1997 and is now the department’s vice chair for research. Dr. Kareken is also the director of the Indiana Alcohol Research Center (2P60AA007611), which has been funded by NIAAA for over 30 years across three different directors. Dr. Kareken’s laboratory uses functional neuroimaging to understand the human brain’s reward system as it relates to alcohol use disorders, natural rewards (food) and other drugs of abuse. The lab’s work is targeted toward understanding the brain and genetic vulnerabilities that predispose individuals to alcoholism and obesity. His research has been funded by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) since 2000. Dr. Kareken is jointly appointed in the Departments of Psychiatry and Radiology and Imaging Sciences.
JAY CHAUDHARY, JD
Director of the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction
Jay Chaudhary, JD
Director of the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction
Jay Chaudhary is the Director of the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction. He was previously the managing attorney for Indiana Legal Services where he focused on improving health outcomes by addressing the individual and systemic legal needs of Hoosiers with mental health and substance use disorder. He is a graduate of Ball State University and the Indiana University Maurer School of Law.
ERIC DAVIS, PhD, LCSW, LCAC, ICGC-II, BACC
Executive Director
Life Recovery Center
Eric Davis, PhD, LCSW, LCAC, ICGC-II, BACC
Executive Director
Life Recovery Center
Eric L. Davis, PhD, LCSW, LCAC, ICGC-II, BACC is the co-founder and Executive Director of Life Recovery Center in Indianapolis, IN. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Addiction Counselor, International Certified Gambling Counselor, and Board-Approved Clinical Consultant on problem gambling. Eric is currently serving his third term as President of ICAADA and is Board Chair-Elect of Mental Health America of Indiana. He also serves on the board of directors of the Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence and the Indiana Council on Problem Gambling. In addition to his work as a clinician, Eric teaches mental health and addiction-related courses for the University of Indianapolis and the Indiana University School of Social Work at IUPUI. To learn more about Eric and his work, visit LifeRecoveryCenter.net
KRISTA BROSHEARS
Wellness Coordinator
Recovery Centers of America
Krista Broshears
Wellness Coordinator
Recovery Centers of America
- RYT 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher (instructor since 2010)
- Certified Reiki Level 3 Practitioner
- Certified Personal Trainer & Group Fitness Instructor
- Lifestyle Wellness Coach
- BS -Exercise Science & Wellness /Minor- Psychology/Counseling Psychology
- 12 years Director level management in the Health & Wellness industry
- 20+ years total experience in the Health & Wellness industry