Ms. Eve H. Byrd, Executive Director of the Fuqua Center for Late Life Depression, graduated from the Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University where she earned her Bachelors in Nursing in 1984 and her Masters in Psychosocial Nursing in 1999. She is a certified Family Nurse Practitioner and a licensed Psychiatric Clinical Nurse Specialist. She earned her Masters in Public Health with a concentration in Health Policy from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University. Her experience includes medical/surgical nursing, public health nursing and home health nursing. She is an adjunct faculty member at Emory’s School of Nursing. Ms. Byrd is a member of the Georgia Geriatrics Society and an affiliate member of the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. She also currently chairs the Atlanta region Aging and Mental Health Coalition. Ms. Byrd can be reached at the center at (404) 728-6302. Visit their website at www.fuquacenter.org.
Dr. Adriana Hermida has been the Director of Electroconvulsive Therapy Service at Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital since 2007. She is an Assistant Professor at Emory University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. She completed her residency training at the University of Chicago and her Geriatric Psychiatric fellowship at Northwestern University. Dr. Hermida is a consulting physician in the community and outpatient clinic. She is the Associate Director for the Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship, she mentors Geriatric Fellows, psychiatry residents and medical students. She is involved in research with transcranial magnetic stimulation and neuroimaging in Alzheimer’s diseases. Dr. Hermida can also be reached at the center at (404) 728-6302.
Jamie Lackie attended both Tennessee and Georgia for Bachelors and Masters degrees in Social Work. She currently works as a Social Worker in the Behavioral Health Unit at the Emory Eastside Heritage Center. Like so many others in her field, she became interested in working with seniors through volunteer work. Though many dementia-related illnesses cannot be reversed, Jamie notes that the symptoms can be treated. She is delighted to be able to help families and patients walk through the process, helping make the journey a little bit easier. Jamie can be reached at (770) 985-6470. Visit Eastside Heritage on the web at www.emoryeastside.com.
