Acute, Intensive, & Residential Services Special Interest Group Update

Acute, Intensive, & Residential Services Special Interest Group Update

By Alysha Thompson, PhD
SIG Chair

The AIRS SIG completed elections at the end of 2022 and are pleased to welcome our new Executive Board members for the 2023-2024 board cycle. Election results are as follows:

Chair: Alysha Thompson, PhD

Chair-Elect: Elisabeth Frazier, PhD

Secretaries: Ana Ugueto, PhD and Stephanie Clarke, PhD

Treasurer: Jennifer Wolff, PhD

Communications Members at Large: Katelyn Affleck, PhD and Cassandra Esposito, PhD

Membership and Marketing Members at Large: Jaclyn Aldrich, PhD and Carl Waitz, PsyD

Education Committee Co-Chairs: Rachel Schein, PsyD and Nathaniel Van Kirk, PhD

Science Committee Chair: Elizabeth Reynolds, PhD

Practice Committee Co-Chairs: Jennifer Hellmuth, PhD and Caroline Hodgson, PhD

Diversity Committee Chair: Leyla Erguder, PhD

Early Career Members at Large: Meredith Reiman, PhD and Mackenzie Sommerhalder, PhD

Trainee Member at Large: Patricia Garibaldi, BA

Past Chairs: Jarrod Leffler, PhD, ABPP and Aaron Vaughn, PhD

We are excited to continue to have an engaged community in the AIRS SIG and excited to welcome our newest board members. The AIRS SIG continues to hold regular coffee hours on topics specific to acute, intensive, and residential settings. Our most recent coffee hours focused on post-doctoral fellowships and discussed training standards in AIRS settings. An upcoming coffee hour will highlight a new program focused on rapid stabilization in inpatient psychiatry. Our Executive Board continues to meet monthly to focus on ongoing work, including dissemination of science. We also have an active list serv where AIRS SIG members share recent publications and get community input about issues arising in their settings. We are looking forward to another great year!