Faculty and Staff

Shayne Bargman, B.A.
BCI Coordinator
Shayne.Bargman@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Shayne Bargman is the Program Manager at the Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science. As an undergraduate, Shayne studied History and English at the University of Pennsylvania. Most recently, he spent several years as a community mental health provider in Philadelphia, working first in Quality Improvement before moving into a role supporting Program Operations within the agency. Prior to working in the mental health field, Shayne had extensive experience at local non-profits in a variety of areas including public benefits access, arts education, and community media. He plans to pursue a Master's degree related to public policy in order to improve access and outcomes for historically marginalized and other under-served populations.

Amber Calloway, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, BCI Instructor
Amber.Calloway@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Amber Calloway, Ph.D is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and a research associate at The Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Boston in 2018. She completed her APA internship and a clinical postdoctoral fellowship at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia, PA. Much of her work has centered on culturally responsive approaches to the implementation of CBT as well as examining mechanisms and processes of change in Cognitive Behavioral Therapies for anxiety disorders in the service of improving treatment effectiveness. Overall, she is passionate about enhancing the quality of behavioral health treatments provided to historically marginalized populations.

Hilary Cantiello, MLA
Project Manager
Hilary.cantiello@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Hilary Cantiello is a Project Manager and Instructor for the Certified Older Adult Peer Specialist (COAPS) training program, and she also manages systems level evaluation projects for the Center for Mental Health. Before joining the Center, she worked in Prevention and Intervention for a co-occurring program for women and their children in West Philadelphia. She holds a Master’s of Liberal Arts from the University of Pennsylvania, where she focused on maternal and child health. She is interested in trauma informed care, peer delivered services, and community health services.

Lauren Carone, MA
Manager of BCI Operations, BCI Instructor
Lauren.Carone@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Lauren Carone, M.A. is an Instructor with the Beck Community Initiative in the Penn Collaborative at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine.  Lauren earned her undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh and earned her Master’s in Community Counseling from The College of New Jersey.  Prior to working with the Beck Community Initiative, Lauren provided direct care and clinical supervision within community mental health settings.  She is eager to continue her work in training community-based clinicians in evidenced based practices and in bolstering access to effective treatment amongst underserved populations.  Much of Lauren’s experience and work focused primarily on substance use treatment, co-occurring populations, resiliency, grief issues, and trauma.

Torrey A. Creed, Ph.D.
Founder and Director
tcreed@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Torrey A. Creed, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and a licensed clinical psychologist. She founded the Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science, a Center that emphasizes public-academic partnerships to increase equitable access to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and other evidence-based practices (EBPs). Under this umbrella, Dr. Creed directs the Penn Beck Community Initiative, a program of implementation and research to foster high-quality, sustainable CBT in community mental health for clients with pressing mental health needs. Dr. Creed also directs the COAPS (Certified Older Adult Peer Specialists) training and employment initiative, with the goal of helping older adults with behavioral health issues improve their quality of life. She serves as Health Policy Advisor to Partners in Health, implementing CBT and other EBPs in low- and middle-income countries.

Her research focuses on pragmatic and sustainable strategies to increase access to high-quality mental health care - particularly in low-resource contexts. A fundamental challenge in this work is one of scaling.  Over the past decade, Dr. Creed has collaborated with community partners, industry leaders and tech start-ups, and other implementation science researchers to explore the role technology can play in scaling up access to high-quality mental health care. She serves as the Senior Implementation Consultant for Lyssn.io, emphasizing the development, evaluation, and implementation of artificial intelligence-based tools to allow therapists to learn and practice new skills, to evaluate the use of those skills in their regular therapy sessions, and to facilitate targeted and efficient supervision. In addition, she and her colleagues have several federally-funded grants including the integration of behavioral economics principles to improve the delivery of cognitive behavioral therapy in telehealth, the development of a natural language processing-based therapist tool to improve culturally responsive mental healthcare. She has also provided expert consultation for Google, Psych Hub, and other companies seeking to leverage technology to improve people's access to high quality care. She serves on several scientific advisory boards, teaches, mentors students and postdoctoral fellows, and provides workshops and consultation around the world.

Ana DeCesare, B.A.
Clinical Research Coordinator
ana.decesare@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Ana DeCesare is a Clinical Research Coordinator for Project AFFECT at the Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science. She earned her B.A. in Neuroscience with an honors distinction in Psychology from Duke University in 2023. Her thesis examined parental beliefs regarding children’s technology use in the household and the impact of these beliefs on monitoring and screen time use. Her research interests culminate at the intersection of technology and data privacy, health policy, and applied community interventions in clinical psychology. Ana hopes to someday pursue a doctoral degree in psychology, focusing on addressing both root causes of developmental psychopathology and interventions to strengthen and empower community health systems.

Betsy Feinberg, Psy.D.
Fidelity Evaluator

Dr. Betsy Feinberg, Psy.D., is a licensed psychologist, and holds k-12 school counselor certifications. She received her Doctoral and Master’s Degrees in Clinical Psychology from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and a Master of Science in Education in Psychological Services, from the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Feinberg is a Beck Institute Certified Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Clinician (BICBT-CC). Completing her Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Penn Collaborative, Dr. Feinberg is experienced in providing CBT training, consultation, and session evaluations. Dr. Feinberg also trained at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia’s Center for Management of ADHD, Community Schools violence prevention programs, and Cardiology Departments. She has written peer reviewed research articles on school-based relational aggression and cognitive-behavioral therapy and has taught graduate-level courses. Dr. Feinberg is Clinical Director of a private practice, where she specializes in the evidence-based treatment of children, adolescents, and adults, and provides psychological treatment, evaluation, program development, clinical supervision, and community education. 

Anne Futterer, M.S.
Research Coordinator
Anne.Futterer@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Anne Futterer is a Research Coordinator supporting various projects at the Center. Anne received a B.A. in History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2015, and a M.S. in Social Policy from the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. Her master’s studies focused on public health policy, and she is particularly interested in the intersections of gender and socioeconomic status with health.

Jesslyn Jamison, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, BCI Instructor
jesslyn.jamison@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Jesslyn Jamison, PhD is a postdoctoral fellow at the Penn Center for Mental Health and an instructor for the Beck Community Initiative. Jesslyn is a licensed psychologist who completed her doctoral training at the University of Texas at Austin in School/Clinical Child Psychology and her predoctoral internship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her clinical experiences include working across a range of clinical settings including hospitals, schools, and primary care clinics.  Her research interests broadly relate to increasing the reach of evidence-based interventions with a specific interest in studying the impact of peer-to-peer support for caregivers of children with mental health needs.

James Klasen, CPS, CRS
Learning and Development Specialist
klasen.james@gmail.com

James Klasen (Jim) is a Certified Older Adult Peer Specialist  (COAPS) trainer and an Advanced Level WRAP Facilitator. He brings over 35 years of experience from the workforce development field. Jim has worked with youth, persons returning home from prison, and persons impacted by trauma, mental health, and substance related challenges. Jim is also a Certified Peer Specialist (CPS) and brings lived experience sharing his recovery journey openly as evidence that recovery and wellness are both possible and probable. His journey has led naturally to his “encore career” lending his expertise to several organizations, including the Penn Collaborative.

Patty Kuo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, BCI Instructor
Patty.Kuo@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Patty Kuo, Ph.D is a postdoctoral fellow in The Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science at the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her Ph.D at the University of Utah’s Counseling Psychology program in 2022, and her APA internship at the VA Puget Sound, Seattle. Patty completed her master degree at the University of Louisville, and her undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland, College park. Her research focuses on (a) understanding therapeutic processes that contribute to mental health care disparities for racial-ethnic minorities and other marginalized communities, and (b) application of advanced statistical techniques to examining therapist-client interactions. Patty’s clinical interests center on working with survivors of trauma, and in community and behavioral health settings. She is excited to continue pursuing a career researching factors that contribute to mental health care disparities for underserved communities. 

Cierra Moore, B.A.
Web-Based Training Coordinator
Cierra.Moore@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Cierra Moore is a Clinical Research Coordinator within the Beck Community Initiative at the Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science. She earned her B.A. in Spanish with a concentration in Psychology from Princeton University in 2021. Following graduation, Cierra embarked on a year-long research fellowship in Medellin, Colombia to explore practices of resilience and mental health maintenance among indigenous women. Her research interests lie in decolonial, community-based mental health research and intervention, particularly within Black and Latinx communities. She aims to pursue a career in clinical psychology centered around investigating mental health conceptualizations and practices in marginalized communities and developing effective, culturally consistent interventions.

Sara Rothschild, Psy.D.
BCI Instructor
Sara.Rothschild@Pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Sara Rothschild, PsyD is a licensed psychologist and instructor at the Penn Collaborative for CBT and Implementation Science. Dr. Rothschild completed her undergraduate training at New York University before earning her doctoral degree from Yeshiva University in 2018. While at Yeshiva she gained experience across New York City working with children, adolescents, and adults struggling with anxiety, depression, eating disorders, and trauma across a multitude of settings. After completing her APA internship at Northwell Health, Dr. Rothschild moved back to her hometown of Philadelphia where she completed her Postdoctoral training in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy at the CARES Institute. Dr. Rothschild is passionate about training others in and providing CBT to children, adolescents, and families in need.

Michael Williston, Psy.D.
Senior BCI Instructor
wimi@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Dr. Williston earned his PsyD from La Salle University in 2011.  He completed his APA internship at Connecticut Valley Hospital, with rotations in forensic psychology and dialectical behavior therapy.  He completed his psychology residency at John F. Kennedy Behavioral Health Center’s methadone clinic in Philadelphia.  Prior to working at the Penn Collaborative he worked exclusively in community mental health settings.  He is passionate about bringing cognitive behavior therapy to underserved populations and specializes in the treatment of adults and adolescents with substance use challenges.  His dissertation study attempted to increase intake attendance at a university-funded community clinic by means of an acceptance-based letter intervention.  The results of this research were presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies and an article based on this study was published in Psychological Services.