Stephanie C. Acquilano, MA
Research Project Manager
The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice
Stephanie is a health services researcher working on projects comparing pediatric hospitalization through the emergency department vs. direct admission to the inpatient unit, understanding roles of mental health specialists and pediatric primary care providers in caring for children with behavioral health disorders, developing and evaluating protocols for de-prescribing inappropriate psychotropic medications among children with behavioral health disorders, and improving access to technology aimed at supporting recovery in adults with serious mental illness. She is also leading an evaluation of costs associated with implementing a patient decision aid at five sites across the country as part of a larger study of patient decision aids for women with uterine fibroids.
Stephanie earned her BA from Dartmouth College in 1988 and her MA in Clinical Psychology from the University of Missouri – Columbia in 1992. She began working at Dartmouth as the State Training Liaison at the Dartmouth Psychiatric Research Center in 1997 and continued there in various roles until 2017, when she transitioned over to The Dartmouth Institute. During her time at the Psychiatric Research Center she served as the Managing Editor of the Journal of Dual Diagnosis for 6 years and as a member of the New Hampshire DHHS Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects for 10 years.
Stephanie’s areas of interest include shared decision-making, patient-centered care, pediatric mental health and primary care services, coproduction of healthcare services, technology-based recovery support services, co-occurring disorders and providing care to marginalized populations.
Stephanie.Acquilano@Dartmouth.edu
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