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Meet the Team! HYPE Faculty & Staff

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Michelle G. Mullen, PhD, CRC, CPRP

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Director & Founder of Helping Youth on the Path to Employment (HYPE)
Co-PI for the Tools for Work Success Study at Transitions ACR
michelle.mullen@umassmed.edu
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Debbie Nicolellis, MS, CRC, CPRP 

Training Director for HYPE and the Learning & Working RRTC Directed Training Program at Transitions ACR
debbie.nicolellis@umassmed.edu
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Louise Harkins

Training Associate for the FSST, HYPE on Campus, and HYPE Course programs, Learning & Working RRTC at Transitions ACR
louise.harkins@lilanconsultingllc.com
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Samantha Hersh

Clinical Research Coordinator for HYPE and the Learning & Working RRTC Directed Training Program at Transitions ACR
samantha.hersh@umassmed.edu
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Mei Pearlstein

Research Coordinator for HYPE, Co-Host of the S.T.A.Y. Tuned Podcast
mei.pearlstein@umassmed.edu
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Vanessa Mitchell-Wagner

Training Coordinator for HYPE and the FSST FSST at Work project at Transitions ACR
vanessa.mitchellwagner@umassmed.edu

Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge the effort and contribution of Katherine Holloway, Rachel Stone, Ally Murray, Katie Holloway, Sean Karyczak, Kenneth J. Gill, and special thanks to the young adults on our Participatory Action Council who have assisted in the ongoing effort to make the HYPE project what it is today.

Special Thanks to HYPE Manual Co- Authors: Patricia B. Nemec, Anne P. Sullivan-Soydan, Judy L. Thompson, Brittany Stone & Amy L. Banko.