Meet the NAVIGATE Team

Experienced and Committed

Susan Gingerich, MSW

NAVIGATE Training Coordinator

Email: navigate.info@gmail.com

Susan Gingerich, MSW, is based in Philadelphia, PA. She is the training coordinator for the NAVIGATE First Episode Psychosis Treatment Program and has participated in NAVIGATE training in 28 states. Her research interests include Social Skills training, Illness Management and Recovery (IMR), Family Psychoeducation, and strategies for using technology to aid mental health recovery. Susan is the co-author with Kim Mueser of five books: Coping with Schizophrenia, Social Skills Training for Schizophrenia, The Coping Skills Group, The Complete Family Guide to Schizophrenia and Illness Management, and Recovery: Personalized Skills and Strategies for Those with Mental Illness.

Shirley M. Glynn, Ph.D.

Dr. Shirley M. Glynn is a licensed clinical psychologist in California who received her Ph.D. in clinical/social psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She joined the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences to begin a program of research on psychosocial interventions in 1989. This research continues, and is grounded in the critical importance of the family environment in recovery from psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar illness.

Her work has involved being principal or co-principal investigator on NIMH and VA funded studies examining the benefits of behavioral family therapy in schizophrenia, combat-related PTSD, and consumers with serious psychiatric disorders and co-occurring substance use disorders, as well as testing innovative strategies to involve families in the care of their loved ones with psychiatric illnesses.

Dr. Glynn also works with VA Mental Health Services developing policy and implementing national trainings to help VA clinicians partner more effectively with the families of Veterans with psychiatric illnesses, including PTSD and comorbid substance use disorders. Dr. Glynn oversaw the group responsible for the development and implementation of the family component of the Zucker Hillside Early Treatment team (John Kane, PI) funded by the NIMH RAISE (Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode) project, and has conducted much of the supported employment and education training in the NAVIGATE component of the work.

She has over 125 scientific publications.

Piper Meyer-Kalos, Ph.D., LP

Piper Meyer-Kalos, Ph.D., LP is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Dr. Meyer-Kalos specializes in working with persons with serious mental illness and first episode psychosis.

Her current research projects include the Epinet Project, early psychosis intervention network, linking clinical first episode psychosis sites with 7 other national hubs and examining how positive psychotherapy could improve outcomes for caregivers of persons with first episode psychosis.

Since 2009, she has been part of the psychosocial development team of the Recovery After Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) project and has co-led the development of the individual therapy component (Individual Resiliency Training).

Delbert Robinson, M.D.

Dr. Delbert Robinson is a Professor of Psychiatry and of Molecular Medicine at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in New York. He has led NIMH-funded studies focused upon first episode schizophrenia, tools to enhance antipsychotic medication adherence and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

His work on schizophrenia first episode treatment response, relapse prevention, and, in particular, recovery has been highly influential in the field. He is currently a Principal Investigator of an EPINET hub that supports first episode treatment at clinics in 5 states. For the RAISE-ETP study, he was a member of the Executive Committee and chaired the Psychopharmacological Treatment Committee.

He has served as a member of the Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee of the Food and Drug Administration and on multiple NIH review committees.

Free Initial Consultation

If you are interested in exploring implementing NAVIGATE at your agency or in your state, we offer a free one-hour phone consultation. You can set one up by e-mailing Susan Gingerich, MSW, by clicking the Contact Us button below.

Susan has worked with individuals with mental illness and their families for over 35 years, and for the past 23 years has also provided training and consultation for mental health professionals. She has worked with the NAVIGATE program since its inception. Susan has 13 years of experience working with multiple NAVIGATE sites across the U.S, Canada, and China.

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