The UWS Seminar Series is a professional development event that brings the UWS community together to learn about a relevant issue or topic related to our roles at University of Western States.

Tuesday, May 2, 2023, 11:40 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Live webinar on Zoom: register here
Topic: Trauma-informed practice/care/systems

Biography

Dr. Alisha Moreland-Capuia (Dr. AMC) graduated from Stanford University with a BS in biological sciences and minor in urban studies. She earned a Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She completed four years of residency training in psychiatry and a fellowship in addiction medicine, both at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU). She is the founder and director of McLean Hospital’s Institute for Trauma-Informed Systems Change, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, Affiliate Faculty for the Center for Law, Brain and Behavior/ Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School and Affiliate Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at OHSU School of Medicine.

She is an expert in trauma-informed systems change and has trained over 250 unique systems spanning not-for-profit organizations, education, criminal justice, healthcare, and government(s) (state, federal and international) in trauma-informed practices, approaches and systems change.

Dr. AMC is the sole author of Training for Change: Transforming Systems to be Trauma-Informed, Culturally Responsive, and Neuroscientifically Focused (2019) and The Trauma of Racism: Exploring the People and Systems Fear Built (2021). Website: https://www.mcleanhospital.org/profile/alisha-moreland-capuia

For more info about the event, contact Bola Majekobaje or Dr. Alisa Bates.