Center on Halsted has announced the formation of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Institute (SOGI). The institute will offer live and Web-based graduate training and professional development programming. SOGI will also work to advance clinical practice through the promotion of research on LGBT behavioral health issues.
Braden Berkey, Psy.D., a former behavioral health director at Howard Brown Health Center, has been named the institute’s founding director. He currently sits on the Illinois Psychological Association’s Council.
The institute has also named its national advisory council. Members of the nine-member group include Armand Cerbone, director of behavior health services at Howard Brown; Isaiah Crawford, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Loyola University; and Beverly Green, a professor of psychology at St. John’s University in Jamaica, N.Y.
See www.centeronhalsted.org, call 773-472-6469 or e-mail SOGI@centeronhalsted.org.