Dr. Lisa Merlo Greene, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, has been named the new Director of Wellness Programs for the College of Medicine.Dr. Merlo Greene helped to develop the longitudinal wellness curriculum for the medical students within the Collaborative Learning Group (CLG) curriculum and is a leader of the Mind-Body Medicine course. She has assembled a comprehensive catalog of all available wellness resources for UF COM faculty and trainees and is working with GatorCare to increase available resources.
To better plan for additional faculty initiatives, both within-unit and college-wide, she will survey faculty in the coming months to assess current needs and opportunities. She is also available to meet with groups of faculty, divisions or departments to conduct a brief wellness needs assessment, consult regarding implementation of evidence-based interventions to enhance wellness and avoid burnout, consult on wellness related research activities, and arrange presentations on wellness topics. Please contact her at lmerlo@ufl.edu or 352-294-4932 for further information.
Check out the New College of Medicine Wellness Website: https://wellness.med.ufl.edu