ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS, PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS, AND HONORS
Positions and Employment:
Triple Board Training in Pediatrics, General Psychiatry, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Kentucky Hospital, Lexington, KY, 1995-2000
Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Tulane School of Medicine, 2001-2002
Clinical and Research Post-doctoral Fellowship, Tulane Institute for Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health, New Orleans, LA, 2001-2002
Assistant Professor, Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Tulane University Medical School, Psychiatry, Neurology, & Pediatrics, 2002-2005
Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist, Tulane University Hospital, New Orleans, LA, 2002-2005
Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA, 2002-2005
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, 2005-present
Medical Director, Perinatal Mental Health Program, The Kempe Center, 2005-present
Medical Director, Project CLIMB, The Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO, 2005-present
Perinatal Consult-Liaison Psychiatrist, The Children’s Hospital, Denver, CO, 2005-present
Director, UCHSC Perinatal Mental Health Research Collaborative, 2005-present
Director, Child & Adolescent Services, University of Colorado Depression Center, 2009-present
Honors:
Tulane University Outstanding Young Researcher, 2004
NIMH/Stanford/Pittsburgh Career Development Institute, 2004
Future Leaders in Psychiatry Program, 2003
Abraham Wikler Outstanding Psychiatry Resident, 2000
University of Kentucky, Chief Resident, 1999-2000
Child Prite, 98%ile, 1999
Jannsen Award of Excellence, 2000
Cincinnati Psychoanalytic Institute Suzannah Park Memorial Psychotherapy Award, 1998
Pfizer Outstanding Resident, 1998
Outstanding Genetics Resident, 1996
Tulane Student Psychiatry Research Competition, 1st Place, 1995
Public Health Scholarship, 1992-94
Teaching Activities:
Former Training Director for Tulane School of Medicine’s Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program
Extensive teaching of Pediatricians on Psycho-social Pediatrics
Extensive teaching of psychiatrists on early childhood and consultation-liaison psychiatry
Extensive community teaching record on perinatal mental health issues
National speaker on perinatal and infant mental health issues
SCHOLARSHIPS AND PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications:
Stafford. B (2009). Loved, Valued, and Included: Some Implications of Neurobiological, Systems, and Psychotherapeutic Research for Social Welfare. Journal of Loss and Trauma, pp. 280-86.
Stafford, B. Troha. C., and Gueldner, B. (2009, at press). Intermittent Abdominal Pain in a 6 year old child: the psycho-social-cultural evaluation. Current Opinions in Pediatrics; 21 (5), pp. 480-82.
Sheeder, J. , Kabir, K, and Stafford, B. (2009) Screening for Postpartum Depression at Well Child Visits: Is Once Enough During the First 6 Months of Life? Pediatrics, June123;e982- e988.
Talmi, A., Stafford, B, & Buchholz. M. (2009). Perinatal mental health where the babies are, in pediatric primary care. Zero to Three Journal, May, pp 28-41
Bross, D.C., Stafford, B., & James-Banks. T. (2008). Uses and Misuses of Psychiatric Knowledge for Children’s Advocacy. NACC Children’s Law Manual, 2008 Edition. pp 171 – 207.
Stafford, B, Hagman, J. and Dech, B. (2008). Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders & Psychosocial Aspects of Pediatrics. In Hay, W., Levin, W. Sondheimer, J. and Deterding, J. (Eds). Current Diagnosis and Treatment in Pediatrics, 19th Ed. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Stafford, B. Leavitt, L. Lopez-Stewart, C, & Keselman, L. (2008). The Emotional Impact of Disasters on Children and Their Families. In S. Berman (Ed). Pediatrics in Disasters. American Academy of Pediatrics. Also translated into Spanish.
Stafford, B and Zeanah, C.H. (2008). Forensic Issues in Infant Mental Health: Challenging Systems, Clinical Risk, Future Collaborations. Infant Mental Health Journal, 28, 1-4.
Zeanah CH, Stafford B, Boris N, and Scheeringa MS. (2008). Infant Development in the First Three Years of Life. In A. Tasman, J. Kay, J. Lieberman, M. First, and M. Maj (Eds.). Psychiatry 2nd Ed. pp.91-103. Philadelphia : Wiley and Sons.
Abraham, A., Stafford, B. and N. Boris (2007). Eating Disorders. In Nelson’s Textbook of Pediatrics. 17th Edition. Behrman, R, Kliegman, R, Jenson, H (Eds.). Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders Company.
Gleason MM, Egger HL, Emslie GJ, Kowatch RA, Lieberman AF, Luby JL, Owens J, Scahill L, Scheeringa MS, Stafford B, Wise B, Zeanah CH (2007), Psychopharmacological treatment for very young children: Contexts and guidelines. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 46:12, 1-41.
Stafford, B. (2006). Reactive Attachment Disorder. In The Crisis in Youth Mental Health: Critical Issues and Effective Programs. Fitzgerald, H. E., Zucker, R. A. & Freeark, K. (Volume Editors). Praeger Series on Child Psychology and Mental Health. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
Stafford, B and Zeanah, C.H. (2006) Reactive Attachment Disorder. In Joan Luby (Ed.). Handbook of Preschool Mental Health. New York, Guilford Press.
Zeanah, P., Stafford, B., Nagle, G., and Rice.T. (2005) Addressing Socio-Emotional Development and Infant Mental Health in the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative. Los Angeles, CA. National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy. January. Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series, No 12.
Zeanah, P., Stafford, B., Nagle, G., and Rice.T. (2005) Executive Summary. Addressing Socio-Emotional Development and Infant Mental Health in the State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Initiative. Los Angeles, CA. National Center for Infant and Early Childhood Health Policy. January. Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series, No 12.
Zeanah, P., Stafford, B., and Zeanah, C.H. (2005) Clinical Intervention to Enhance Infant Mental Health: A Selective Review. Building State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems Series; 2005.
Stafford BS, Scheeringa MS, and Zeanah CH. (2003). Exploring Psychopathology in Early Childhood: PTSD and Attachment Disorders in DC: 0-3 and DSM-IV. Infant Mental Health Journal, 24, 394-409.
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Research Grants:
NIMH R03 funding. $50,000 Validity of Reactive Attachment Disorder PAR-0019 BSTART,
Principal Investigator, 8/02-8/05
The goal of this study was to provide pilot data for the discriminate, criterion, and procedural validity for the RAD diagnosis in a sample of abused 18-4 year olds. Data and project destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
AACAP Access Initiative Grant, $25,000
Principal Investigator, 7/06–12/07
Evaluation of Project CLIMB
NINR1R01NR011278 Psychoneuroimmune Contributions to Postpartum Depression
Co-Principal Investigator (Corwin PI), 9/08-6/13
The goal of this study is to identify the biological underpinnings of postpartum depression.
Service Grants:
Colorado Kaiser Foundation, $50,000 Postpartum Depression System of Care, 7/07-6/09
Rose Community Foundation, $85,000 Project CLiMB Sustainability, 8/08-7/09
Colorado Health Foundation, $300,000 Project CLIMB, 7/08-7/11
Rose Community Foundation $50,000, Postpartum Depression Awareness Campaign, 8/08-7/09