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CURRICULUM VITAE
MARY F. CWIK
PERSONAL DATA
Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Department of International Health
621 N. Washington Street
Baltimore MD 21205
Phone: (410) 502-5612
Fax: (410) 955-2010
Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Ph.D.
2005
Southern Illinois University, Department of Psychology
Child Clinical Psychology, APA-accredited program
 Dissertation Title: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills
Training Group Adapted for Learning Disabled Adolescents
Advisor: Brenda Gilbert, Ph.D.
Internship
2005
Children’s National Medical Center
Child Clinical Psychology
 APA-accredited internship program
M.A.
2002
Southern Illinois University, Department of Psychology
Child Clinical Psychology, APA-accredited program
 Thesis Title: An Examination of the Construct Validity of the
BRIEF-P
Advisor: Kimberly Andrews Espy, Ph.D.
B.A.
1999
Johns Hopkins University
Majors Psychology & Philosophy
Postdoctoral
Fellowship
2006-2008
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA),
Institutional Training Grant (T32)
Faculty Mentor: John Walkup, M.D.
Postdoctoral
Fellowship,
2005-2006
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Faculty Mentor: John Walkup, M.D.
Certification 2007
Maryland Licensed Psychologist - License No. 04309
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Scientist (primary), 7/08-Present
Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, Baltimore, MD
Instructor (secondary), 4/09-Present
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
 Serve as PI/Co-I on studies of youth suicide, non-suicidal self-injury and binge-drinking in
American Indian and local Maryland communities including responsibilities described below
 Additionally, manage and analyze data from these studies
 Summarize results and write manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication
 Help with grant management including budgetary issues and lead development of new funding
 Advise Masters degree students and supervise Masters degree faculty
 Help to oversee and manage field-based personnel on these projects
T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, 7/06-6/08
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine/Center for American Indian Health, Baltimore, MD
 Assisted with research projects examining risk and protective factors among Apache youth at
risk for suicide, and using community based participatory research methods to adapt and evaluate
prevention interventions for Apache youth suicide attempters
 Conducted ongoing training with tribal partners on the collection of suicide registry data
 Provided supervision to AI case managers during weekly conference calls
 Provided consultation regarding study participant safety issues
 Conducted on-going training in qualitative interviews with local AI staff
 Coordinated and participated in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
 Worked with tribal partners and consultants to culturally adapt a brief emergency department
intervention and life skills training program for use in the home
Postdoctoral Fellow, Treatment of Adolescent Suicide Attempters Study, 2005-2006
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
 Served as site project coordinator and cognitive behavioral therapist for this multi-site NIMH
funded feasibility and efficacy study comparing medication, cognitive behavioral therapy, and
combination treatment for depressed adolescent suicide attempters
 Coordinated site-level recruitment, supervised research assistants, participated in cross-site
conference calls, and maintained institutional review board (IRB) paperwork
 Assisted in preparing professional presentations, publications, updated CBT manual, and future
grant submissions
Research Assistant, 8/00-5/04
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale, IL
 Recruited subjects for research related to executive functions in preschool age children
 Conducted laboratory assessments of preschool children
 Scored, entered, managed, and analyzed (SAS) laboratory task and parent-report data
 Supervised and trained undergraduate and graduate research assistants
 Prepared posters, presentations, and papers
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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Professional Societies:
2000-present
Member, American Psychological Association
2005-present
Member, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
2007-present
Member, Maryland Psychological Association
2009-present
Member, American Association of Suicidology
2003-2009
Member, Society for Research in Child Development:
 Student & Early Career Council (2005-2009)
 Publications Committee, Student Representative (2005-2007)
Participation on Advisory Panels:
2010-present
Commissioner, Maryland Commission on Suicide Prevention
2007-2010
Member, Maryland Youth Suicide Prevention Task Force
 Helped update the state suicide prevention plan including data
 Assisted with grant submission in the potential role of evaluator
 Serving on executive group for implementing state plan and grant
EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES
Journal Reviewer (Ad Hoc):
2009-present
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
2008-present
Archives of Suicide Research
Conference Reviewer:
2011
American Association of Suicidology
2007
American Psychological Association
 Division 53
2007
Society for Research on Adolescence
 Psychopathology & Problem Behaviors Panel
Guest Reviewer:
2007
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
2006
Psychological Medicine
HONORS AND AWARDS
 Doctoral Fellowship, 2002-2004
 Masters Fellowship, 2001-2002
 Polish Heritage Scholarship, 1999-2000
 Morris Goldseker Scholarship, 1999-2000
 Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society
 Golden Key National Honor Society
 Phi Beta Kappa Society
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PUBLICATIONS
Under Review:
Cwik, MF, Barlow, A, Tingey, L, Goklish, N, Larzelere-Hinton, F, Craig, M, Walkup, JT.
Correlates of risk in a community-based study of American Indian youth who attempted suicide.
Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Journal Articles:
Cwik, MF, Barlow, A, Tingey, L, Larzelere-Hinton, F, Goklish, N, Walkup, JT. Non-suicidal
self-injury in an American Indian reservation community: Results from the White Mountain
Apache Surveillance System, 2007-2008. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, 2011, 50 (9), 860-869.
Brent, D, Greenhill, L, Compton, S, Emslie, G, Wells, K, Walkup, J, Vitiello, B, Bukstein, O,
Stanley, B, Posner, K, Kennard, B, Cwik, M, Wagner, A, Coffey, B, March, J, Riddle, M,
Goldstein, T, Curry, J, Barnett, S, Capasso, L, Zelazny, J, Shen, S, Guggia, S, Turner, B. The
Treatment of Adolescent Suicide Attempters (TASA): Predictors of re-attempts and new-onset
suicidal events. Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2009,
48(10), 987-996.
Mullany, BC, Barlow, A, Goklish, N, Larzelere-Hinton, F, Hinton, D, Cwik, M, Craig, M,
Walkup, J. Toward understanding youth suicide: Results from the White Mountain Apache
tribally mandated suicide surveillance system, 2001-2006. American Journal of Public Health,
2009, 99(10), 1840-1848.
Stanley, B, Brown, G, Brent, D, Wells, K, Poling, K, Curry, J, Kennard, B, Wagner, A, Cwik,
M, Goldstein, T, Vitiello, B, Klomek, AB, Barnett, S, Daniel, S, Hughes, J. Cognitive Behavior
Therapy for Suicide Prevention (CBT-SP): Treatment model, feasibility and acceptability.
Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2009, 48(10), 1005-1013.
Vitiello, B, Brent, Greenhill, LL, Emslie, G, Wells, K, Walkup, JT, Stanley, B, Bukstein, O,
Kennard, BD, Compton, S, Coffey, B, Cwik, MF, Posner, K, Wagner, A, March, JS, Riddle, M,
Goldstein, T, Curry, J, Capasso, L, Mayes, T, Shen, S, Gugga, S, Turner, JB, Barnett, S,
Zelazny, J. Depressive symptoms and clinical status during the Treatment of Adolescent Suicide
Attempters Study (TASA). Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
2009, 48(10), 997-1004.
Cwik, MF, Walkup, JT. Can randomized controlled trials (RCTs) be done with suicidal youth?
International Review of Psychiatry, 2008, 20(2), 177-182.
Miller, CL, Llenos, IC, Cwik, MF, Walkup, JT, Weis, S. Alterations in kynurenine precursor
and product levels in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Neurochemistry International, 2008,
52(6), 1297-1303.
Espy, KA, Cwik, MF. The development of a trail making test in young children: The Trails-P.
The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 2004, 18(3): 411-422.
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Espy, KA, McDiarmid, MD, Cwik, MF, Senn, TE, Hamby, AF, Stalets, MM. The contributions
of executive functions to emergent mathematic skills in preschool children. Developmental
Neuropsychology, 2004, 26(1): 465-486.
Espy, KA, Stalets, MM, McDiarmid, MD, Senn, TE, Cwik, MF, & Hamby, AF. Executive
functions in preschool children born preterm: Application of cognitive neuroscience paradigms.
Child Neuropsychology, 2002, 8(2): 83-92.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
MARY F. CWIK
Part II
TEACHING
Advisees:
Rebecca Wilkinson, MHS Candidate, 2010Patricia Clay, MD, MPH Candidate 2010
Miraya Jun, MHS Candidate, 2009-2010
Yinka Fawole, MD, MPH Candidate 2009
Elizabeth Hammond, MHS Candidate, 2008-2009
Shannon McMahon, MHS Candidate, 2008-2009
Departmental Oral Examination Committee:
Sarah Meyer, PhD Candidate, Dept of International Health, Health Systems, 2011
Classroom Instruction:
2011
Lecturer, Public Health Practice Grand Rounds
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
 Delivered lecture with Henry Westray, titled: “Maryland’s Youth
Suicide Prevention Program: A Caring Community Saves Lives.
2011
Lecturer, Johns Hopkins Bayview, Community Psychiatry
 Delivered talk on “CAMS Approach to Suicide Risk Assessment: SSF-II-R”
to outpatient program staff (~10 to 12 masters-level therapists, plus available staff
psychiatrists).
2011
Lecturer, Suicide as a Public Health Problem,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
 Delivered lectures on the White Mountain Apache and Maryland SAMHSA
GLS grants, and facilitated group discussion for a class of 26 students.
2010
Lecturer, Social and Behavioral Interventions Seminar,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
 Delivered lecture on “Professional Development: Time and Stress Management” and
facilitated group discussion for a seminar of MHS students in this concentration.
2009
Lecturer, Research and Ethics Seminar on Mental Health and Displacement,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
 Delivered lecture on “Feasibility and Ethical Issues Working with
Disenfranchised Populations: Case example of suicide among the White Mountain
Apache Tribe” for a seminar of SPH students.
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2008,
2009
Lecturer, Global Mental Health Seminar,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
 Delivered lectures on “Towards Prevention of Suicide and Self-Injury: A Model
for International Application” and facilitated group discussion for a seminar of
students in the Health Systems Department.
2008
Lecturer, Social and Behavioral Interventions Seminar,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
 Delivered lecture on “Adapting and Evaluating Evidence-Based Practices for
Apache Youth Suicide Attempters” and facilitated group discussion for a seminar
of MHS students in this concentration.
2007,
2008,
Lecturer, Suicide as a Public Health Problem,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
 Delivered a lecture on the Treatment of Adolescent Suicide Attempters (TASA)
study, and facilitated group discussion for a class of 26 students.
2007,
2009
Faculty, Mental Health in American Indian Communities,
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
 Course in certificate program for training American Indian students in public
health. Delivered lectures on topics such as assessment of mental health
problems, and facilitated small group discussions for a class of 15 students.
2005,
2006
Lecturer, Introduction to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children,
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
 Training course for 8-10 child psychiatry residents. Delivered lectures on topics
such as the CBT model and the treatment of depression and suicidality.
RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION
Current:
IHS/NIH, R01: “Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Prevention of NonSuicidal Intentional Self-Injury in Apache Youth,” $661,904 (2010-2014), Study manager/coinvestigator.
Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): "Youth Suicide
Prevention and Early Intervention (for White Mountain Apache Tribe)," $1,300,170 (2009-2012),
Clinical trainer and evaluator/co-investigator.
SAMHSA: "Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention (for State of Maryland),"
$1,500,000 (2008-2011), Evaluator/co-investigator.
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Past:
Study Manager, Co/Principal Investigator (2009-2011): IHS/NIH, R01 U26IHS300286“Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Prevention of Non-Suicidal Intentional
Self-Injury in Apache Youth,” PI: John Walkup, MD, 2009-2011. Total Direct Cost $190,409.
Effort 40%.
Study Manager, Co/Principal Investigator (2008-2010): SAMHSA/MACRO sub-contract 5
SM057835-01 (parent grant)- “Youth Suicide Prevention and Early Intervention-Enhanced
Evaluation,” PI: John Walkup, MD, 2008-2010. Total Direct Cost $287,000. Effort 60%.
Study Manager/Co-Investigator (2008-2009): SAMHSA 5 SM057835-01- "Youth Suicide
Prevention and Early Intervention," PI: John Walkup, MD, 2006-2009. Total Direct Cost
$984,000. Effort 40%.
Study Manager/Co-Investigator (2008-2009): IHS/NIH, R01 1S06 GM074004-02- “Using a
CBPR Model to Prevent Apache Youth Suicide,” PI: John Walkup, MD, 2005-2009. Total
Direct Cost $669,233. Effort in kind.
Postdoctoral Fellow (2006-2008): NIMH 2T32 MH20033-06-“Intervention Research Training
Grant (T32),” PI: Mark Riddle, MD, 1999–2009. Total Direct Cost $1,346,306. Effort 100%.
Site Coordinator, Cognitive Behavioral Therapist (2005-2006): NIMH 1 U10MH66769-01A1“Research Units on Pediatric Psychopharmacology and Psychosocial Interventions (RUPP-PI),”
PI: John Walkup, MD, 09/05/02-07/31/07. Total Direct Cost $1,743,286. Effort 80%.
Cognitive Behavior Therapist (2005–2006): NIMH 1 UO1MH64089-01A1-“Child/Adolescent
Anxiety Multimodal Treatment Study (CAMS),” PI: John Walkup, MD, 09/01/02-05/31/06.
Total Direct Cost $1,313,496. Effort 10%.
Behavior Therapist (2005-2006): NIMH/Tourette Syndrome Association 5R01MH070802“Child Habit Reversal Therapy,” PI: John Walkup, MD, 6/1/04-5/30/08. Total Direct $612,515.
Effort 10%.
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Global Mental Health Collaborative Group, Johns Hopkins University
Social and Behavioral Interventions, Department of International Health
Health Systems, Department of International Health
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins University
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PRESENTATIONS
Scientific Meetings:
Using CBPR methods to adapt and evaluate evidence-based practices for a Tribal Community:
Programs targeting school youth and adolescents who made a suicide attempt from the White
Mountain Apache Tribe. Annual Native Health Research Conference, Niagara Falls, NY, 2011.
Use of a community-wide surveillance system to inform self-injury policy and prevention among
the White Mountain Apache. Annual Native Health Research Conference, Niagara Falls, NY,
2011.
Adaptation of evidence-based practices for a Tribal Community: Programs targeting school
youth and adolescents who made a suicide attempt from the White Mountain Apache Tribe
Annual SAMHSA Grantee Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2011.
Use of a community-wide surveillance system to inform self-injury policy and prevention in an
American Indian community. World Mental Health Conference, Washington, DC, 2010.
An innovative partnership to understand suicide risk at community, family and individual levels
among American Indian youth. World Mental Health Conference, Washington, DC, 2010.
Adaptation, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based interventions for the prevention of
suicidal behaviors in an American Indian population. World Mental Health Conference,
Washington, DC, 2010.
A community based participatory research approach to understand patterns of non-suicidal selfinjury among White Mountain Apache youth: Results from a community-wide surveillance
system. Annual NIH/NARCH Grantee Meeting, Bethesda/Rockville, MD, 2010.
Celebrating Life: A community-based participatory research approach to examining risk factors
among White Mountain Apache youth who made a suicide attempt. Annual NIH/NARCH
Grantee Meeting, Bethesda/Rockville, MD, 2010.
Examining risk and protective factors among Native American youth who made a recent suicide
attempt. Annual American Psychological Association Conference, San Diego, CA, 2010.
Empowering our spirits: Using CBPR to adapt interventions for White Mountain Apache youth
suicide attempters. Annual Indian Health Service (IHS) Behavioral Health Conference,
Sacramento, CA, 2010.
Celebrating life: A tribal-university partnership to understand suicide risk at individual, family
and community levels among White Mountain Apache youth. Annual American Association of
Suicidology Conference, Orlando, FL, 2010.
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Cognitive behavioral therapy for suicide prevention (CBT-SP): A new treatment for suicidal
adolescents. Annual American Association of Suicidology Conference, Orlando, FL, 2010.
Empowering our spirits: Adapting and evaluating evidence-based practices for Apache youth
suicide attempters. Annual American Association of Suicidology Conference, Orlando, FL,
2010.
Patterns of self-injury among White Mountain Apache youth: Results from a community-wide
surveillance system. Annual American Association of Suicidology Conference, Orlando, FL,
2010.
Support for suicide prevention in Native communities: What is working? Annual American
Association of Suicidology Conference, Orlando, FL, 2010.
Empowering our spirits: Process evaluation of a CBPR approach to prevent White Mountain
Apache youth suicide. Annual SAMHSA Grantee Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 2010.
Celebrating Life: A community based participatory research approach to preventing suicide
among White Mountain Apache youth. Annual NIH/NARCH Grantee Meeting, Bethesda/
Rockville, MD, 2009.
Family-based approaches to promoting health in American Indian communities. Annual
National Indian Health Board Consumer Conference, Washington, DC, 2009.
Patterns of completions and attempts among the White Mountain Apache Youth: Results from a
community-wide suicide surveillance system. American Association of Suicidology, San
Francisco, CA, 2009.
Empowering Our Spirits: A tribal-university CBPR partnership to prevent youth suicide through
surveillance and paraprofessional-delivered intervention. Annual NIH/NARCH Grantee
Meeting, Bethesda/Rockville, MD, 2008.
Empowering Our Spirits: Adapting and evaluating evidence-based practices for Apache youth
who made a recent suicide attempt. Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,
Orlando, FL, 2008.
Employing community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods to prevent youth suicide on
the White Mountain Apache reservation. Joint Annual Meeting of the State and Territorial Injury
Prevention Directors Association (STIPDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Core
State Injury Grantees Program, Oklahoma City, OK, 2008.
A community-wide suicide Surveillance System to Identify Patterns of Completions and Attempts
among the White Mountain Apache Tribe. Joint Annual Meeting of STIPDA and the CDC Core
State Injury Grantees Program, Oklahoma City, OK, 2008.
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Interventions for suicidal teens: Research design challenges. American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, Boston, Massachusetts, 2007.
Gender differences in depressive symptoms in a clinically depressed sample of adolescents.
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2007.
Involving families in CBT-TASA. American Psychological Association, San Francisco,
California, 2007.
Executive components of Trails-P performance in young children. International
Neuropsychological Society, Baltimore, Maryland, 2004.
Contributions to early mathematics skills in preschoolers: Role of inhibition, working memory,
and flexibility. Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, Florida, 2003.
External validity of the BRIEF-P in normally-developing preschoolers. International
Neuropsychological Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2003.
Understanding executive functions in preschoolers: The “Baby” Bias Task. International
Neuropsychological Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2003.
Assessing executive functions in preschoolers: Trails-P. American Psychological Association,
Chicago, Illinois, 2002.
Development of the prefrontal cortex in the preschool period: Performance on the Baby Bias
task. Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Combined Research Symposium,
Springfield, Illinois, 2002.
Prematurity and executive functions in preschoolers. International Neuropsychological Society,
Toronto, ON, Canada, 2002.
Sex-related developmental differences in executive functions: Bias task performance in preschool
children. Midwest Neuropsychology Group, Chicago, Illinois, 2002.
Predictors of attrition in a longitudinal study of preterm infants. American Psychological
Association, San Francisco, California, 2001.
Invited Talks:
Community Driven Approach to the Prevention of Suicide. Webinar for the Native Streams
Institute, 2011.
Documenting Students at Risk for Suicide: Implementing the Early Identification, Referral, and
Follow-up (EIRF) tool. Annual Maryland Suicide Prevention Conference, Baltimore, Maryland,
2011.
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Multicultural Panel: Suicide prevention among American Indians. Annual Maryland Suicide
Prevention Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, 2011.
Youth Suicide Prevention in Maryland. Annual Maryland Suicide Prevention Conference,
Baltimore, Maryland, 2010.
The Impact of Suicide on Cultural Systems. Annual American Association of Suicidology
Conference, Orlando, FL, 2010.
The SPRC/AFSP Best Practices Registry and Selecting Best Practices. Suicide Prevention
Resource Center webinar, 2010.
Youth suicide in American Indian communities. Annual IHS Adolescent Medicine Conference.
Window Rock, AZ, 2009.
Update on youth suicide prevention in Maryland. Annual Maryland Suicide Prevention
Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, 2009.
Doing the work on the local level: Building community capacity for suicide prevention. Suicide
Prevention Resource Center technical assistance conference call, 2009.
Building and strengthening partnerships with IHS. Annual Garrett Lee Smith/SAMHSA Grantee
Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 2009.
Community Based Participatory Research: What is it and how has it contributed to grantee
suicide prevention work? Annual Garrett Lee Smith/SAMHSA Grantee Meeting, Phoenix, AZ,
2009.
Continuing grantee roundtables. Annual Garrett Lee Smith/SAMHSA Grantee Meeting,
Phoenix, AZ, 2009.
Working with Emergency Departments. Annual Garrett Lee Smith/SAMHSA Grantee Meeting,
Phoenix, AZ, 2009.
Maryland’s new youth suicide prevention grant. Maryland Youth Suicide Prevention
Conference, 2008.
Linkages to Life: Maryland’s new youth suicide prevention plan panel. Maryland Youth Suicide
Prevention Conference, 2008.
Treatment for teen attempters. Maryland Suicide Prevention Conference, 2006.
Anxiety and depression: How community and environmental stressors affect children's
psychological well-being. Association of Independent Maryland Schools, 2005.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 Research Objectives: To evaluate mental health prevention and intervention programs for
children and adolescents at-risk for depression, suicide, or self-injurious behavior in underresourced communities.
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