Join CFHA’s Families and Health Special Interest Group (SIG) for a presentation on the Relationally-Centered Integrated Behavioral Health Model by Dr. Angela Lamson and Dr. Jennifer Hodgson. Drs. Lamson and Hodgson have made invaluable contributions to the development and expansion of medical family therapy and family-centered care, and Dr. Lamson was the recipient of CFHA’s 2026 Family Oriented Care Award!
This event will be held on Friday, December 11th at 12pm ET // 11am CT // 10am MT // 9am PT.
Presenters:
Dr. Angela Lamson, LMFT, a Nancy W. Darden Distinguished Professor at East Carolina University, also serves as interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Development. She co-created the first Medical Family Therapy PhD program in the nation. She has previously served as the program director for the Medical Family Therapy doctoral program and Marriage and Family Therapy master’s program, Director of the Medical Family Therapy Research Academy, and Director of the Family Therapy Clinic at East Carolina University. She was Associate Dean for Research for the College of Health and Human Performance prior to holding the role of Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Economic & Community Engagement. She has secured about 8M in external funding through foundations, NSF, and DoD. She has funded more than 195 graduate students who have deployed integrated health practice and research, particularly in rural communities. She co-led the integrated care initiative with Contentnea Health that earned ECU and Contentnea Health the 2024 C. Peter Magrath Community Engagement Scholarship award.
Dr. Jennifer Hodgson, LMFT, is a Principal Consultant at Health Management Associates with expertise in integrated care, behavioral health workforce development, and medical education. She spent 24 years in higher education teaching and developing programs in family medicine, internal medicine, psychiatry, and medical family therapy. Dr. Hodgson co-developed the nation’s first doctoral program in Medical Family Therapy. She has authored and edited textbooks, book chapters, and peer-reviewed publications focused on integrated care and behavioral health training and has secured millions in local and federal grant funding. She earned her PhD in Human Development and Family Studies with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy from Iowa State University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Medical Family Therapy at the University of Rochester.
