Jeffrey J Borckardt, PHD - MUSC Health Institute of Psychiatry

Dr. Jennifer Dahne received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2016. She completed her predoctoral internship at the Medical University of South Carolina/Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center and her postdoctoral fellowship via MUSC's National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) T32 training program. Dr. Dahne subsequently joined the MUSC faculty in 2018 and she is currently an Associate Professor, affiliated both with the Addiction Sciences Division of the Department of Psychiatry and with the Hollings Cancer Center, Cancer Control Program. The overarching goal of Dr. Dahne's research program is to significantly reduce the public health impact of tobacco use, with a specific focus on cigarette smoking among vulnerable populations (e.g. socioeconomically disadvantaged adults, individuals with additional physical and mental health comorbidities). The majority of Dr. Dahne's work centers around development and evaluation of technology-based remote interventions for the treatment of smoking cessation and common comorbidities (e.g. depression). Dr. Dahne also currently serves as Co-Director of MUSC's Remote & Virtual Trials Program and has interests in developing methods to improve the feasibility and rigor of remote trials. Dr. Dahne is a current NIDA K23 recipient and is also PI of a NIDA-funded R41, a National Cancer Institute-funded R21, and a National Institute of Mental Health-funded R42. She is also an active collaborator on several NIH-funded projects focused on smoking cessation and telehealth intervention delivery.

Patrick M. O'Neil is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina, where he is director of the Weight Management Center. He received his BS in economics from Louisiana State University and his MS and Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Georgia. Dr. O'Neil has been professionally involved in obesity since 1977 in numerous clinical, teaching, research and public education roles. He directs the long-standing multidisciplinary MUSC Weight Management Center. His teaching activities include supervision of psychology interns, lectures to medical students and other trainee groups, and invited continuing medical education lectures. He is and has been principal investigator for a large number of externally funded clinical trials of weight-loss agents and interventions. He is the author of more than 100 professional publications, chapters, and presentations, primarily concerning obesity and its management. Dr. O'Neil is a longstanding active member of The Obesity Society, having served as councilor, vice president, and president. He is a present or former member of the editorial boards of the journals Eating Behaviors, Korean Journal of Obesity, Obesity (formerly Obesity Research), and International Journal of Obesity, and formerly served as associate editor of the journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. He is a former member of the Committee on Military Nutrition Research of the Institute of Medicine. Closer to home, Dr. O'Neil served as a member of the Scientific Council of the South Carolina Nutrition Research Consortium throughout its existence. He is a former member and chair of the South Carolina Board of Examiners in Psychology, and past president of the South Carolina Academy of Professional Psychologists. For over nine years, he wrote the popular "Weighing the Choices" column, which appeared every week in Charleston's Sunday edition of The Post and Courier. In 2015 he was elected mayor of the Town of Sullivan's Island, having served as a member of Town Council since 2001 and prior to that, member and chair of the Town's Planning Commission.