Position
Ambulatory Director, Women’s Mental Health Program, Psychiatric Research Institute
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Contact
Email: slray@uams.edu
Research Experience
My clinical research activities have focused on the reproductive safety of treatment options (i.e., pharmacological options and electroconvulsive therapy) for neuropsychiatric illnesses (i.e., depression, chronic pain, opioid use disorder) during the perinatal period.
Research Interests
My research accomplishments have demonstrated my enthusiasm, leadership ability, and essential methodological knowledge required for clinical investigations within obstetrical populations with psychiatric illnesses. These accomplishments include completion of a clinical research fellowship within maternal mental illness; designing, implementing, and conducting the inaugural clinical trial in electroconvulsive therapy at UAMS; multidisciplinary collaborations (e.g., obstetrics and gynecology, anesthesiology, interventional pain, pediatrics, pharmacology); obtainment of federal and local funding; successful recruitment and following of study participants over an 18-month period; administration of structured assessments, and mastery of regulatory processes.
Recent Publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1kMAHBoAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao