Faculty Bios
Matthew Hurford, M.D.
Medical Director of the Hall-Mercer Community Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center of Pennsylvania Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of
Pennsylvania
matthew.hurford@uphs.upenn.edu
Dr. Hurford performs mental health services research with particular emphasis on
medical comorbidities in individuals with serious mental illness (SMI)
and psychoeducational efforts to promote recovery/resiliency among the
SMI population. He received his undergraduate degree from Swarthmore
College and his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine
where hew was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha National Honor Medical
Society. Dr. Hurford completed his residency in Psychiatry at the
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania where he also served as Chief
Resident. Prior to joing the faculty at Penn, Dr. Hurford was a medical
officer with the Indian Health Service on the White Mountain Apache
Reservation in Eastern Arizona.
Sara Ann Steber, PhD
Director, Technical Assistance and Education Center
ssteber@mail.med.upenn.edu
Dr. Steber is a former policy and program development specialist for the Pennsylvania Office of Mental Health and a consultant for state and local mental health, substance abuse, and aging programs. She is experienced in planning, program development and evaluation activities related to the improvement of community-based services through system change. Dr. Steber conducts management and system change training for mental health and substance abuse professionals and has been principal investigator on several federally and foundation funded research grants focussed on substance abuse and HIVprevention and treatment and CJ involvement.
Kevin Stevens
Business Administrator
sdkevin@mail.med.upenn.edu
