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Erin R Barnett, PhD

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A. Current Support
US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
90CO1099/01 Jankowski and Barnett (co-m/PIs) 10/1/21 – 9/30/26
Improving Care for Children and Youth in NH with Trauma and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Our goal is to improve outcomes for children and youth ages 0-21 with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism (IDD) who are affected by trauma, across the state of New Hampshire.
Role: co/m-Principal Investigator

US DHHS Administration for Children & Families Barnett (PI) 10/1/24-9/30/26
90EV0603
Project Align: Aligning systems and practices to prevent domestic violence and support survivors and their children
This 2-year project aims to align best practice domestic violence, behavioral health, and child protection services to better serve survivors of domestic violence and their children
Role: PI

US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
1H79SM084710 Barnett (PI) 12/31/22-12/3026
Upstream 2: Increasing mental health and trauma identification and referrals for youth ages 12-18 years.
The Upstream2 project will provide evidence-based mental health and trauma training and consultation
to health, community, and service professionals serving youth ages 12-18 and their families across 6 counties in bordering NH and VT. Our primary goal is to increase the capacity for identification of trauma and mental health needs in youth and link families to needed services.
Role: Principal Investigator

B. Past Support
Charles H. Hood Foundation
Elwyn (PI), Barnett and McLaren(co-PIs) April 1 2022 - March 31 2024
A deprescribing protocol for youth receiving off-label antipsychotics or polypharmacy

NH Department of Health and Human Services
State contract Barnett (PI) 3/26/22 – 6/30/25
NH Rapid Response Behavioral Health Crisis Transformation
The primary goal of our work is to evaluate the new state rapid response/mobile crisis system.
Role: Principal Investigator, 20% FTE

US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children Youth and Families Children’s Bureau
90CU0109-01-00 Jankowski & Barnett (co-PIs) 10/1/19 – 9/30/24
Partners to Promote Safety, Permanency and Well-Being for Families Affected by Substance Use (P2P)
Role: Co Principal Investigator

US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration
1H79SM082302-01 Jankowski (PI) 9/1/19 – 8/30/24
Project Launch Upper Valley: Promoting a Healthy Start for Young Children and their Families
Role: Co-investigator

US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
1H79SM081151-01 Barnett (PI) 10/1/18-9/30/21
Upstream Upper Valley: Increasing early childhood mental health and trauma awareness among community health and service providers.
The Upstream project will provide evidence-based mental health and trauma training and consultation
to health, community, and service professionals serving young children and families across 3 counties in NH and VT. Our primary goal is to increase the capacity for identification of trauma and mental health needs in young children and link families to needed services.
Role: Principal investigator

US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office for Victims of Crime Barnett (PI) 10/1/18-9/30/21
Moving Upstream: Building a Trauma-Informed Community Response for Our Youngest Victims of the
Opioid Crisis in Cheshire County
2018-V3-GX-0078
Our overall goal is to enhance our community response to children ages 0-8 years victimized by
our opioid crisis through expert training, consultation and coalition activities that implement trauma-sensitive practices across multiple sectors serving young children and families across the county.
Role: Principal investigator

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Barnett (PI) 8/1/17 – 7/31/18
5093717-012
Developing Patient-Driven Research to Improve the Psychiatric Care of Youth in Foster Care
The goal of this PCORI project is to build community engagement and capacity toward the generation of comparative
effectiveness research ideas that build and evaluate patient-driven psychiatric practices for youth in foster care.
Pipeline to Proposal: Tier II. Role: PI $24,633

NH Innovation Research Center, Granite State Technology Innovation Grant Stanger (PI) 11/1/17 – 6/30/18
UNH 18-014
Integrating Coaches to Promote Engagement with an M-Health Collaborative Care App
The research collaboration seeks to test such a modification of an existing m-health collaborative care app
(Proxi) to include Mobile Coaches (MCs) to promote user engagement and maximize its utility for use with youth
aging out of foster care. Role: co-I $70,000

DHHS Administration for Children and Families Mullen, Jankowski (co-PIs) 10/1/13 – 9/30/18
90C01115/01
The NH Adoption Preparation and Preservation Project
The goal of this 5-year demonstration grant is to improve adoption stability for youth in NH through trauma-
informed workforce development. Role: Research Associate $2.5 million

DHHS Administration for Children and Families Jankowski ( PI) 10/1/12 – 9/30/17
90CO1099/01
The Partners for Change Project: Improving Well-Being for Youth in the NH Child Welfare System
The goal of this 5-year demonstration grant is to improve the well-being of children in the NH child welfare
and juvenile justice system through trauma-informed workforce development with child welfare and mental
health staff. Role: Research Associate $3.25 million

Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Barnett (PI) 8/1/16 – 4/30/17
Developing Patient-Driven Research to Improve the Psychiatric Care of Youth in Foster Care
The goal of this PCORI project is to build community engagement and capacity toward the generation of
comparative effectiveness research ideas that build and evaluate patient-driven psychiatric practices for
youth in foster care. Pipeline to Proposal: Tier 1. Role: PI $14,926

Neil and Louise Tillotson Foundation Barnett (PI) 7/1/16 – 6/30/17
Building a model of coordinated care toward safe and effective psychotropic medications for vulnerable
children in Coos County
The goal of the study is to develop and pilot-test a protocol that facilitates team discussions and decisions
centered on individual children regarding the use of psychotropic medications and other wellness topics.
Role: PI $68,305

Gary Tucker Jr Award, Psychiatry, Dartmouth Barnett (PI) 7/1/15 – 6/30/16
Our Minds Our Choice: Developing and Piloting an Option Grid around Interventions for Complex Behavior
Problems in Children
The goal of this project was to develop - with parents, clinicians, and stakeholders - and pilot-test a 1 page
Option Grid decision aid to improve decision-making related to the use of various classes of medications
and therapy for children’s complex behavior problems. Role: PI $19,993

Unfunded Barnett (PI) 7/1/15 – 5/31/16
Our Minds Our Voice: Understanding the role of foster parents in decisions related to psychotropic medications
for youth in foster care
The goal of this project was to gather, synthesize, and report qualitative perspectives from foster parents
regarding the use of psychotropic medications for the children in their care and the decision-making process.
Role: PI

Courses Taught

Master's of Public Health:
Capstone Research Adviser
Social and Behavioral Determinants of Health

Biography

Erin Barnett, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Health Policy and Clinical Practice at Dartmouth. She is a faculty member at the Dartmouth Trauma Interventions Research Center and Vulnerable Children’s Research Group. Her career as a clinical psychologist has focused on improving mental health services for vulnerable children and families. Dr. Barnett's work employs a mix of qualitative and quantitative research methods, community-based participatory strategies, program development, and implementation science, as well as teaching, training, mentoring, clinical care, and service . Her research and clinical interests lie in trauma-informed child welfare practices and shared decision-making and deprescribing in child psychiatry. Through this work she has changed practices and policies within multiple child-serving systems while building the evidence base for interventions and programs and improving the skills of hundreds of students, trainees, and professionals.