Lisa Razzano, PhD, CPRP

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Short Bio/Past Experience: 
Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Deputy Director, UIC Center on Mental Health Services Research and Policy, Chicago, IL
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Lisa is a tenured Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) and has worked in mental health services research and training for more than two decades. She also serves as Director of Graduate Education at the UIC College of Medicine, providing oversight for the James Scholar Program for advanced medical student researchers. Lisa is a recognized expert on mental health services research and psychiatric rehabilitation, having lead funded projects exploring co-occurring psychiatric disabilities and physical health, vocational rehabilitation and employment, the mental health aspects of HIV/AIDS and treatment adherence, and special topics, including adaptations to evidence-based practices and transforming medical education.
 
For more than 20 years, Lisa has been a leading investigator at the UIC National Research and Training Center (RTC), one of three federally funded RTCs focused on psychiatric disability. She is the author of numerous peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, technical reports, and training materials regarding services research and psychiatric rehabilitation, and is a member of the editorial boards of the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services, and the Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.
 
Lisa has been a PRA Board member since 2006, is a past Board Secretary and past Board Treasurer. She also is a member of the PRA Research (Chair 2004-2006), Conference, and Multicultural Committees; she also obtained her CPRP credential in October 2008. Lisa received the PRA Armin Loeb Research Award in May 2005 and the Lifetime Achievement Award for promoting recovery from the PRA GLBT subcommittee in 2009. Lisa also has been recognized for her research and service to the field as a recipient of the John M. Davis Research Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Greater Chicago (2007); the UIC Mentor of the Year Award (2009); the UIC Excellence in Teaching Award (2011); and most recently, was named Researcher of the Year by the Health and Medicine Policy Research Group (2012).

Position: 
Academy Co-Chair