Engage with Dr. LoPilato
Read below to find out more about Dr. LoPilato’s areas of expertise, leadership and volunteer efforts, existing programs, and more.
She looks forward to opportunities for partnership and education in the movement towards improving youth mental health care.
Professional Involvement
Board of Directors, Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Chair- Education & Training Committee, American Psychological Association's Society for Clinical Psychology (APA Division 12)
Chair- Early Career Psychologists Committee, Georgia Psychological Association
LEADERSHIP
ADVISORY ROLES
Skyland Trail: a non-profit residential mental health treatment facility
Consultant for the Behavioral and Mental Health Program at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Curriculum consultation as a youth mental health content expert for K-12 education
Emory Women’s in Medicine and Science
Emory School of Medicine DEI Week)
Research Advisory (department)
Women’s, Child & Adolescent Quality Improvement (department)
Educational Advancement
Therapy Manuals
Research, Innovation, Support, & Education for Underrepresented Populations
This year-long program provides historically underrepresented Georgia high school students with research experience, advocacy training, and professional development opportunities.
CARES
The Clinic for Anxiety Resilience Education & Support
This clinic developed to address long wait times in our outpatient clinics. This lifespan, stepped-care model ensures efficient allocation of resources via brief, personalized treatment modules for mild-to-moderate anxiety cases and a training platform to equip other allied healthcare professionals in the community.
Emory CAMP Bridges Program
This program offers bi-monthly community workshops for parents and caregivers. These workshops, led by faculty experts, go beyond basic psychoeducation and offer practical tools like communication scripts and resources for finding providers.
AWARDS
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Service Award – Regional/Institutional 2023
Emory Child & Adolescent Psychology Teaching Award- 2019
K23 Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award from the National Institute of Mental Health
COMMITTEES & VOLUNTEERING
National Conference Program committee, Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Public Education Committee, Georgia Psychological Association
Clinician-scientist representative, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) task force
Mentor- Career Development and Leadership Program, Anxiety and Depression Association of America
Ad hoc reviewer for leading journals (e.g, American Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology) and major society conferences (i.e., APA, ABCT, and ADAA).
This innovative approach was developed at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and offered frontline healthcare workers across Emory access to on-demand telehealth support from 6am to midnight, seven days a week. A description of this novel program was published in Focus: The Journal of Lifelong Learning in Psychiatry.
COPE with Courage
This therapeutic summer camp was created in response to the need for more short-term and engaging treatment options for youth This innovative model uses activities and games as strategic vehicles for evidence-based interventions for youth with anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, and emotion dysregulation in a week-long camp format.
Adolescent adaptation of Behavioral Activation therapy
Parent-based intervention for adolescent depression
National
Clinically-relevant workshops that integrate experience as a clinical researcher and practicing psychologist e.g., APA, ABCT
Program Development
RISE UP
Lead workshops for the Georgia Psychological Association on youth depression, treatment, and suicide risk
Lectures and small group teaching sessions for psychiatry residents, fellows, medical students, and clinical psychology doctoral students
Clinical supervision for doctoral psychology interns, which includes intensive training in treating youth mood disorders and suicidality