Dr. Florsheim recently joined the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee after 15 years as associate professor of psychology and adjunct associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. His primary interests are adolescent mental health and the development of prevention and treatment programs for high-risk youth. At UW–Milwaukee, he holds a joint appointment with the Helen Bader School of Social Welfare/CABHR and the Center for Urban Population Health. He is currently working with other faculty, university administrators, and community partners to launch a School of Public Health at UW–Milwaukee.

Dr. Florsheim’s current research focuses on: (1) testing the Young Parenthood Program, an intervention designed to support positive co-parenting and reduce violence among pregnant/parenting adolescents and their partners; (2) cultural issues relevant to the treatment of youth at risk for psychosis; and (3) relapse prevention programs for adolescents with substance abuse disorders.

Dr. Florsheim’s future research in Milwaukee will include: (1) developing mental health prevention programs for adolescents in the public school systems; (2) adapting the Young Parenthood Program to address the needs of adolescent mothers and young fathers in Milwaukee; (3) developing substance abuse and mental health treatment programs for court involved youth.

A licensed clinical psychologist, Dr. Florsheim has worked as a clinician and supervisor in a variety of adolescent treatment programs and educational settings. In Utah, he directed the Adolescent Development and Outreach Program, and co-directed a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded research training program for 10 years (with Dr. Paul White). He has received research funding from the NIMH, the Fogarty International Center (National Institutes of Health), the Office the Population Affairs, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Dr. Florsheim teaches classes in developmental psychopathology, adolescent psychotherapy, applied developmental psychology, and minority mental health.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Wesleyan University, a master’s degree in social sciences from the University of Chicago, and a doctorate in clinical psychology from Northwestern University.

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