ALACRITY Center for Health & Longevity in Mental Illness

Improving Health and Longevity Among People With Serious Mental Illness

The ALACRITY Center for Health and Longevity in Mental Illness at Johns Hopkins is funded as part of the National Institute of Mental Health Advanced Laboratories for Accelerating the Reach and Impact of Treatments for Youth and Adults with Mental Illness (ALACRITY) P50 Centers Program. Our Center uses cutting-edge transdisciplinary methods to advance short- and long-term strategies to reduce premature mortality in the population with serious mental illness.

People with serious mental illness currently die 10-20 years earlier than the overall population.  Early death in people with serious mental illness is driven by high rates of cardiovascular disease and other physical health conditions. Interventions shown to improve physical health among people with serious mental illness in clinical trials have not been widely adopted in community mental health programs. Through research, training, and community partnerships, the Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center seeks to speed translation of effective interventions to improve physical health and reduce premature mortality among people with serious mental illness into everyday practice.

Our Team

We have diverse staff members with a range of expertise working on ALACRITY Center projects.

ALACRITY Team

Our Work

Research The ALACRITY Center is an innovative research-to-practice translation center that uses transdisciplinary research methods to advance strategies to reduce premature mortality in the population with serious mental illness.
Training Opportunities Through various training opportunities, the Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center is developing a cadre of researchers and community partners focused on reducing premature mortality in serious mental illness.
Partnerships A Community Advisory Board comprised of community mental health program leaders, mental health advocates, and consumers with serious mental illness and other key stakeholders plays an integral role in the Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center’s work.

Announcements

CONGRATULATIONS to our ALACRITY Center team members, Joseph Gennusa and Stacy Goldsholl for their new appointment as Welch Center Associate Faculty!

Request for Proposals from the Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center - concept notes due 12/2/2024

The Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center for Health and Longevity in Mental Illness is pleased to announce Requests for Proposals for our 2025 Pilot Grant Program on topics related to improving physical health and addressing premature mortality for persons with serious mental illness. 

Johns Hopkins faculty at all levels are welcome to apply and can request funding for 1-2 years up to $50,000 per year. Concept notes are due 12/2/2024. 

For more information, see the Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center's R03 Pilot Grant RFP for 2025. Please contact us with questions at alacritycenter@jhmi.edu.

We are thrilled to announce our successful competitive renewal for the ALACRITY P50 Center for Translation of Interventions to Decrease Premature Mortality in Persons with Serious Mental Illness!

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events
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The next Johns Hopkins ALACRITY Center Research in Progress meeting 

Wednesday, December 18th from 11am to noon via Zoom.

We are honored to hear from Dr. Jiani Yu as she presents ‘Medicare Telehealth Delivery during the Public Health Emergency and Beyond.’

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