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Larry Schonfeld, PhD
Lisa Brown, PhD
David Chiriboga, PhD
Donna Cohen, PhD
Amber Gum, PhD
Yuri Jang, PhD
William Kearns, PhD
Victor Molinari, PhD, ABPP

Courtesy Faculty
Marion A Becker, RN, PhD
Laurence Branch, PhD
Larry Dupree, PhD
Kathryn Hyer, PhD
Audrey Nelson, PhD, RN, FAAN
Hana Osman, PhD
Roger L Patterson, PhD
Thomas H Peake, PhD, ABPP
Sandra Reynolds, PhD
James E Robyak, PhD
Glenn Rohrer, PhD
Paul Stiles, JD, PhD

Research Post Doctoral Fellows
Deborah Hedgecock, PhD
Giyeon Kim, PhD

Research Support
Julio Herrera, MA
Peter Toyinbo, MSPH
Mary Watson, MSN, ARNP

Administrative/Support Staff
Sheryl Stire
Chhaya Amin
Julie Kuhn
Bill Pauline

Jini Hanjian, PhD

2003, Advanced Graduate Certificate in Gerontology, Univeristy of South Florida

2000, PhD, Applied Anthropology, University of South Florida

Jini M. Hanjian is the Research Coordinator of the Research and Demonstration Unit (RDU) in the Department of Aging and Mental Health, Louis de la Parte Mental Health Institute, USF. The RDU provides research, computer and technical support to the Department's research projects and activities. Dr. Hanjian has been the Managing Editor of the Journal of Mental Health Aging since 1997.

Currently Dr. Hanjian is involved in the following projects: the Florida Coalition for Optimal Mental Health and Aging conference and regional coalition development, and research support. She received her doctorate in applied anthropology, May 2000, from the Department of Anthropology, USF, and an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Gerontology from the School of Aging, USF in August 2003. Her primary research interests are family and practitioner interactions, mental health and social service systems (children and older adults), program evaluation and management, applied and rapid research methodologies, coalition development and impact, and quality improvement in social systems.

Recent publications include:

Hanjian, Jini M. (2003). Coalitions and Advocacy: Building Blocks of Successful Coalitions. Paper presented at the Florida Conference on Aging 2003, Orlando, Florida.

Hanjian, Jini M. (2003). Qualitative Rapid Assessment Procedures: Description of the Evaluative Process. Paper presented at the 15th Regional Conference of the Southeast Evaluation Association, Tallahassee, Florida.

Anderson, Sharon A., and Jini M. Hanjian (2002). Florida Coalition for Optimal Mental Health and Aging: Developing Regional Coalitions. Poster presented at the Florida Coalition for Optimal Mental Health and Aging 5th Annual Conference. Tampa, Florida.

Hanjian, Jini M., and Sharon A. Anderson (2002). Get the Facts! On Older Adults and Mental Illness. Poster presented at the Florida Coalition for Optimal Mental Health and Aging 5th Annual Conference. Tampa, Florida.

Hanjian, Jini M. (2001). Establishing an Aging and Mental Health Coalition: A Case Study. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America. Chicago, Illinois.

Pettijohn, Patricia C., and Jini M. Hanjian (2001). Qualitative Rapid Assessment Procedures for Academic and Research Libraries. Invited paper presented at the Association of Mental Health Librarians Annual Conference. Tampa, Florida.

Hanjian, Jini M. (2000) Families Seeking Help for Children with Serious Emotional Disturbances: A Qualitative Multiple-Case Study. Ph.D. dissertation, Department of Anthropology, University of South Florida.

Contact Information:
Telephone: (813) 974-5929
Fax: (813) 974-1968
Email: hanjian@fmhi.usf.edu

Mailing address:
     Dept of Aging and Mental Health, MHC1404
     Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute
     University of South Florida
     Tampa, FL 33612

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