Girl Up

Erin Sharp Newton, M. Arch serves as the  Director of UDMH, and has been a Fellow since 2016, and e serves the Journal as a Section Editor.  Erin is also the 2024 President for AIACNJ.org.  Erin completed her post-graduate work at the UCLA in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning with a Master’s in Architecture and  Master’s in Design from Domus Academy in Milan, Italy, where she worked as a Creative Director for Cibic & Partners with Aldo Cibic.  Her core project  “A Family Business”, and “Citizen City” (creating hybrid social environments), grew through Cibic Workshop and other venues, including the Milano Trienalle.  Her work has been featured at the Royal College of Physicians in London, Healthy Cities, European Healthcare Design, published in our Journal, Domus, Interni Magazine, and Philips Solid Side, and others.  She has served juror/ critic/ mentor at major architecture and design schools such as the Art Institute, Cornell University, Drexel University, Kean University, Moore College, NJIT, Sci-Arc, UC Fullerton, UCLA, Milan Politecnico, Venice Politecnico, and Woodbury University.

Adrienne Adams, MD, MS, is a psychiatrist who is Board Certified in child, adolescent, general psychiatry, and addiction medicine. She is currently the Vice Chair of Academics and Education for Endeavor Health-Northshore, Associate Professor-Adjunct Rush University Medical Center and Clinical Associate Professor- at UIC and University of Illinois College of Medicine-Rockford.  Dr. Adams has been involved with the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), American Medical Association (AMA), American Psychiatric Association (APA), American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT), and American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). A Distinguished Fellow in AACAP (2019) and in APA (2021) and inducted in the American College of Psychiatrists Honorary Society in 2023. She has held DEI roles within organizations including AADPRT, Illinois Psychiatric Society (IPS), and Illinois Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (ICCAP). She is the incoming President for the Illinois Psychiatry Society, board member for the Illinois Opioid Remediation Advisory Board, physician board member of the task for Chicago Missing and Murdered Women and Girls, and has been  interviewed on PBS, WGN-radio and other social media outlets.

Here is an additional resource with some key takeaways from our session and additional techniques to try out for stress management <3

Dr. Katie Hurley, DSW, LCSW is the Senior Director of Clinical Advising and Community Programs for The Jed Foundation (JED), a nonprofit dedicated to teen and young adult mental health and suicide prevention. She is the author of five books at the intersection of youth, parenting, and mental health, including the award winning No More Mean Girls. She also teamed up with her daughter, Riley, on a children’s book about female empowerment, Fiona McPhee, Please Listen to Me! Dr. Hurley is dedicated to promoting the mental health of tweens, teens, and young adults in her private practice, and speaks for schools, nonprofits, and other organizations.

Here is an additional resource to help us break the silence together, and there are things that YOU can do to help yourself and others today. <3