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General Meeting September 1, 2026 – 7:00 P.M.
“Understanding your medications and pharmacogenetic tests”
Vicki L. Ellingrod, Pharm.D., FCCP, is the Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Michigan. She is also a professor of Psychiatry and Psychology. Within the University of Michigan, helps to direct the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research (MICHR), which provides training to other health professionals wanting training to do clinical research. She obtained her bachelors and PharmD from the University of Minnesota and then completed a postdoctoral fellowship in psychopharmacology/pharmacogenetics at the University of Iowa, followed by joining the faculty there as an assistant professor. Her research has focused on identification of genetic markers related to drug response in mental illness and has been funded by NIMH (National Institute of Mental Health) the FDA, and industry. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Michigan, Dr. Ellingrod was a practicing clinical pharmacist working on the medical psychiatry unit at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Trinity Health (St. Mary’s) Hospital – 36475 Five-Mile Rd. Livonia, 48154
Follow signs for Emergency Entrance & South Entrance on Levan Rd. South of Five Hile Rd., Elevator “D” to lower-level auditorium.
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Dear Friends,
Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center is holding a Nine & Dine Golf Event that will in part benefit NAMI-Metro and it is open to the public, so we are sharing the invitation to participate with all of our golfing friends.
NAMI-Metro is honored to have been chosen as the joint beneficiary along with the Heritage Foundation of Fox Hills first Nine & Dine Golf Event.
Fox Hills Golf & Banquet Center was purchased by the Heritage Golf Group a few years ago and conducts these events at their properties around the country to benefit a locally selected charity and their own charity – the Heritage Foundation.
This event is very different than our own Skins and Pins Event, and the next Skins and Pins Event of which 100% of the proceeds goes to NAMI-Metro, is scheduled for Sunday, May 23, 2027.
Please hold that date – Sunday, May 23, 2027, for the next Skins and Pins for NAMI-Metro, and if you would like to get another round of golf in with friends before the snow flies, join us for Heritage Cares Nine & Dine Event on Friday, September 25, 2026.
Please see the Heritage Cares flyer for more information and to sign up. 50% of the proceeds from the Heritage Cares Nine & Dine will go to NAMI-Metro. 50% goes to the Heritage Foundation.
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Psychosis REACH, Recovery by Enabling Adult Caregivers at Home. If you are caring for someone with Psychosis you should join this FREE virtual training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Copy and paste below in your url to get registration form. https://redcap.iths.org/surveys/?s=KYX4H8YMFADHJ9AM for this very informative training and information.
Event Description:
Psychosis REACH (Recovery by Enabling Adult Carers at Home) is a training for relatives and close friends of individuals with psychotic disorders that aims to provide concrete skills to improve the quality of interactions between family members. The training supports larger efforts to make Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-an evidence-based treatment for psychosis-more widely available worldwide.
As part of this training you will learn:
- Key caring principles
- Normalizing and making sense of psychosis
- Communication practices
- Relapse prevention strategies
- Working with medication
- Evidence-based coping strategies