Polly Y. Gipson, PhD, is our new Community Engagement Faculty Director. Dr. Gipson was selected following a university-wide search, including four rounds of interviews with staff, faculty, and community partners.
Dr. Gipson is a Clinical Associate Professor, Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and Director of the Trauma and Grief Clinic in the Department of Psychiatry. She is the principal investigator for a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars award focused on the promotion of resilience and implementation of trauma-informed interventions in an urban Southeastern Michigan school/community.
Dr. Gipson is also a co-investigator for a NIH-funded study focused on the warning signs of youth suicide attempters. She is a site principal investigator for a SAMHSA-funded investigation focused on the development of bereavement-informed best practices for youth. Dr. Gipson is a member of the Youth and Young Adult Depression and Suicide Prevention Research Program. She is a licensed clinical psychologist with expertise in child and family evidence-based clinical practices; trauma-and bereavement-informed assessment and intervention; suicide risk assessment and intervention; universal screening; brief interventions; and community-based participatory research approaches.
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Gipson.