The Center for Research and Innovation (CRI) aims to promote empirical values in mental healthcare—merging academic research with a forward-thinking clinical environment.

The CRI’s overall goals are to continually expand our understanding of our patient population and their needs, improve patient outcomes, support the professional development of our staff, and advance the industry as a whole. As one of the few institutions of its kind, the CRI establishes Newport as a thought leader in the field and an innovator in bridging science and clinical practice.

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Download our Science of Healing report to learn how Newport Healthcare is changing the lives of young people and families. The visually rich, in-depth report includes:   

  • Teen and young adult patient profiles
  • How we achieved a 50% decrease in adolescent depression
  • New this year: OCD treatment results and general functioning outcomes
  • Survey results from patients, parents, and referents
  • Testimonials from our alumni
  • TMS treatment outcomes from our PrairieCare program

The Mission of the CRI: Ongoing Work and New Initiatives

The CRI’s purpose is to advance Newport Healthcare as a leader and innovator in adolescent and young adult residential care, research, and program development, through:

  • Outcomes evaluation and data-informed care
  • Research and field-advancing knowledge
  • Professional and clinical development for staff

Highlights of 2025 Newport Healthcare Research Publications

All 2025 Research

Hettler, M., Steinberg, E., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Diamond, G., Riemann, B., & Roeske, M. (2025). Augmenting ERP With Attachment-Based Family Therapy: A Case Report in Residential OCD Treatment. Journal of cognitive psychotherapy, JCP-2025-0017.R1. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1891/JCP-2025-0017

Diamond, G., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Quigneaux, S., Sherbersky, H., Devacht, I., Roeske, M. (2025, November 20). Family-centered care in psychiatric residential and inpatient treatment for youth: Three family systems models. Family Therapy Magazine, 25(6). https://ftm.aamft.org/family-centered-care-in-psychiatric-residential-and-inpatient-treatment-for-youth-three-family-systems-models/

Rivers, A. S., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Whitaker, A., Watkins, N., Roeske, M., & Ruan-Iu, L. (2025). Parental Attachment for Emerging Adults in Psychiatric Residential Treatment: Associations with Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms. The Family Journal, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10664807251384280

Grant, D. (2025). A View of Social Media From A Clinician’s Couch. In The Oxford Handbook of Media Psychology (2nd ed., pp. 48–68). chapter, Oxford University Press.

Loftus, M., Becker, K., Roeske, M., Ruan-Iu, L., & Winston-Lindeboom, P. (2025). Integrating Care: A Case Report on an Adolescent Male with an Eating Disorder in a Psychiatric Residential Program. Residential Treatment For Children & Youth, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/0886571X.2025.2523026

Winston-Lindeboom, P., Watkins, N., Roeske, M., Ruan-Iu, L., Weissinger, G., & Diamond, G. (2025). Adolescent residential treatment outcomes: Changes in depressive symptoms throughout treatment. Children and Youth Services Review, 108239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2025.108239

Montag, C., Demetrovics, Z., Elhai, J. D., Grant, D., Koning, I., Rumpf, H. J., … & van den Eijnden, R. (2025). Social Media Use in Childhood and Adolescence: Minimizing Its Adverse Effects Through Corporate Social Responsibility and European Union Regulations. In Handbook of Children and Screens (pp. 477-484). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_65

Grant, D., & Rumpf, H. J. (2025). Introduction to the Section on Problematic Use of the Internet in Childhood and Adolescence. In Handbook of Children and Screens (pp. 173-178). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_24

Fineberg, N. A., Grant, D., Demetrovics, Z., Brand, M., Burkauskas, J., Corazza, O., … & Weinstein, A. M. (2025). Problematic Internet Use: A General Perspective. In Handbook of Children and Screens (pp. 179-185). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69362-5_25

Earlier Research

Evaluating attachment-based family therapy in residential treatment in the United States: Does adolescents’ increased attachment security to caregivers lead to decreases in depressive symptoms? Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health. Diamond, G., Rivers, A.S., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Russon, J., & Roeske, M. (2024)

Can research on family factors in youth psychiatric residential treatment programs inform efforts to implement family-centered care? The Family Journal. Winston-Lindeboom, P., Diamond, G., Roeske, M., & Rivers, A. S. (2024)

Validation of the Client Satisfaction Scale for Youth in Residential Psychiatric Care. Residential Treatment For Children & Youth. Ruan, L., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Rivers, A. S., Diamond, G., Chod, D., & Roeske, M. (2024)

Bolstering family therapy: Assimilating EMDR into ABFT in youth residential treatment. Family Process. Dellorco, M., Lynch, O., Ziegelmeyer, E., Roeske, M., Winston-Lindeboom, P., & Diamond, G. (2024)

A primer for quantum computing and its applications to healthcare and biomedical research. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Durant, T. J. S., Knight, E., Nelson, B., Dudgeon, S., Lee, S. J., Walliman, D., Young, H. P., Ohno-Machado, L., & Schulz, W. L. (2024)

Treatment readiness in psychiatric residential care for adolescents. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. Diamond, G., Ruan-Iu, L., Winston-Lindeboom, P., Rivers, A. S., Weissinger, G., & Roeske, M. (2024)

How Recognized Addiction Models and Our Relationships with Digital Media Intersect. Handbook of Media Psychology. Grant, D. (2024). Journal of Social and Personal Relationships: Attachment to parental figures in emerging adults from Brazil, India, and Nigeria: Associations with anxiety and depressive symptoms 

Addictive Behaviors: Problematic social media use in childhood and adolescence

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth: The Challenges of Assessing Anxiety Symptoms for Adolescents and Young Adults in Residential Treatment: The BHS-Anxiety and the GAD-7 Scales

Journal of Family Psychology: Maternal and paternal attachment in high-risk adolescents: Unique and interactive associations with anxiety and depressive symptoms

European Journal of Psychological Assessment: Validation of the Behavioral Health Screen-Depression With Adolescents in Residential Care

Journal of Youth and Adolescence: Family and Peer Relationships in a Residential Youth Sample: Exploring Unique, Non-Linear, and Interactive Associations with Depressive Symptoms and Suicide Risk


Michael Roeske Executive Director | Newport Healthcare

About the CRI’s Senior Director

Michael Roeske, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist, researcher, conference speaker, and former chief executive officer. He also serves as a Board Member for the Pennsylvania Association of Addiction Professionals, an affiliate of NAADAC; and is on the NAATP Advisory Board for the Project FoRSE Treatment Outcomes Program.

Dr. Roeske has previously worked and studied in a variety of treatment settings, including adult substance use disorder and adolescent mental health programs, community-based psychological services, and inpatient psychiatric hospitals.

Additionally, he has experience as an alcohol and drug counselor, clinical director, and adjunct professor, and has been quoted in a variety of media outlets, including CNN, Verywell Mind, Men’s Health, and Parade.

The development of a body of research provides validation and evidence of reliability for treatment services, and therefore supports relationships between treatment programs and accrediting organizations, licensing bodies, and insurance payers. This work can potentially be collaborative and generative in a way that creates a synergistic effect—with the ultimate goal of helping more young people find long-term, sustainable healing.

Michael Roeske, PsyD
Senior Director, Center for Research and Innovation

Research and Field-Advancing Knowledge

The CRI’s collection of demographic, baseline, and outcomes data will help fill gaps in existing research, measure important factors in treatment-seeking patient populations, and guide program assessment and development.

Data will also be used to study the efficacy of treatment and durability of change, and to inform empirical research studies. Significant findings will be submitted for publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at national conferences.

The Latest Conference Presentations by Newport Thought Leaders

“Associations between substance use and change in attachment insecurity in adolescence in residential care: Differences by parent and adolescent gender,” with Drs. Watkins, N., Roeske and Rivers, and Payne Winston-Lindeboom, MA

National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, November 2025, Baltimore, MD

“Device Use Impact on the Caregiver-Child Relationship: New Study Evidences Insecure Attachment Risks,” with Drs. Grant, Nosal, and Roeske

American Psychological Association Convention, August 2025, Denver, CO


“Emerging Complexities and Challenges Surrounding Childhood Trauma Narratives,” with Michael Roeske, PsyD

American Mental Health Counselors Association Conference & Expo, June 2025, Las Vegas, NV

All 2025 Conference Presentations
  • National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference (November 20, 2025) – Baltimore, MD.
  • Global Online OCD Conference (November 16, 2025) – Virtual
    • Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity OCD: Considering Unique Diagnostic and Treatment Challenges with Drs. Hadzik and Park
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (October 21, 2025) – Chicago, IL
    • Caring for Eating Disorder Patients: What the Non-Eating Disorder Specialist Needs to Know with Drs. Goetz, Frank, Mahr and Walker, and Kara Becker, LMFT
    • “So Many Choices”: How to Decide the Best Match for a Residential Placement with Drs. Loftus
  • Mental Health American Conference (October 17, 2025) – Washington, DC
    • Moms are Dying: Confronting the Maternal Mental Health Crisis Through Policy and Advocacy with Dr. Ghassemi
  • Young Adult Transition Association (October 8, 2025) – San Diego, CA
    • The Ring of Fire: Early Intervention Through Human Connection with Don Grant, PhD and Lynne Pedersen, CADC-I, ICADC-II
  • East Coast Symposium (October 4, 2025) – West Palm Beach, FL
    • A Disease of Loneliness – Addiction through an Attachment Theory Lens with Michael Roeske, PsyD.
  • Minnesota Counseling Association Annual Conference (September 19, 2025) – St. Peter, MN
    • Best Practices for Serving the LGBTQ+ Community with Nathan Grumhahl, DNP, APRN, PHN, PMNHP-BC
  • Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Conference (September 13, 2025) – San Diego, CA
    • The Potential Impact of a Primary Caregiver’s Device Use Behaviors on Attachment Bonds with Drs. Grant and Nosal.
  • Cape Cod Symposium (September 5, 2025) – Hyannis, MA
  • Intervention Research in Systemic Family Therapy Conference (September 4, 2025) – Columbus, OH
    • Treatment Engagement and Early-Response Outcomes among Sexual and Gender Minoritized Youth receiving Individual and Systemic Family Therapy Modalities in Psychiatric Residential Care with Drs. Russon, Ruan-Iu, L., Rivers, Roeske and Payne Winston-Lindeboom, MA and Sezercan Ucar, MA
  • Humanitarian Assistance Program Conference (August 16, 2025) – Denver, CO
    • From Crisis to Clarity: EMDR with Acuity Clients in Time-Limited Therapy with Olivia Lynch, LPC
  • Southwest School for Behavioral Health Studies Conference (August 11, 2025) – Chandler, AZ
    • Left to their own devices: Healthy Device Management Skills and Strategies for Our Clients, Families, and Selves with Drs. Grant and Nosal
  • American Psychological Association Convention (August 7, 2025) – Denver, CO
    • Device Use Impact on the Caregiver-Child Relationship: New Study Evidences Insecure Attachment Risks with Drs. Grant, Nosal and Roeske
  • National Association of Social Workers National Conference (June 18, 2025) – Chicago, IL
    • Psychiatric Pearls for the Social Worker: De-Mystifying the Black Box Warning, Manic Activation and Other Common Questions About Psychiatric Medications with Josh Stein, MD
  • West Coast Symposium (May 31, 2025) – La Quinta, CA
    • A Disease of Loneliness: Addiction Through an Attachment Theory Lens with Michael Roeske, PsyD
  • National Association of Addiction Treatment Provider (NAATP; May 19, 2025) – Seattle, WA
    • Illuminating the Dark Shadows of Cyber-Aggression with Dr. Grant
  • Southwestern Psychological Association Convention (May 28, 2025) – Little Rock, AK
    • Parental attachment for emerging adults in psychiatric residential care with Drs. Rivers, Roeske, Payne Winston-Lindeboom, MA, and Anna Whitaker, BS
  • Mental Health and Wellness Conference (NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania; May 19-20, 2025) – Harrisburg, PA
    • Bridging the Spectrum: Supporting LGBTQIA+ Autistic Clients in Therapy with Suzie Berthiaume, LPC, LBA
    • A Disease of Loneliness: Addiction Through an Attachment Theory Lens with Michael Roeske, PsyD
    • Chicken or the Egg: A Look at the Cannabis and Psychosis Debate with Michael Roeske, PsyD
  • Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA) Annual (May 6, 2025) – Detroit, MI
    • Social Media’s Influence and Contagion Effect Risks with Dr. Grant and Claudia Schwartz, LMFT
  • Emerging Themes in Behavioral Healthcare (May 1, 2025) – Los Angeles, CA
    • The Potential Impact of a Primary Caregiver’s Device Use Behaviors on Attachment Bonds with Drs. Grant and Nosal.
  • MACMH’s Child & Adolescent Mental Health Conference (April 27-28, 2025) – Duluth, MN
    • Psychiatric Pearls for the Non-Prescriber with Joshua Stein, MD
    • Social Media, Teens and Mental Health: How to Handle this Wasps Nest with Joshua Stein, MD
    • Therapeutic Boundaries: An Essential Framework in Mental Healthcare with Anastasia Ristau, PhD, LP, Mallory Jacobsen, MSW, LICSW, and Nancy Steffen, MA, EdD, LPCC
    • Supporting Families from the Start: Perinatal Mental Health for Child and Adolescent Providers with Sogand Ghassemi, MD, and Lisa Cross, LMFT
  • Society for Public Health Education Annual (April 16, 2025) – Long Beach, CA
    • The Potential Impact of A Primary Caregiver’s Device Use Behaviors On Attachment Bonds with Drs. Grant and Nosal
  • Annual Childhood Trauma and Attachment Conference (April 3, 2025) – Nashville, TN
    • Trauma and the family: How EMDR can support connection and recovery with Olivia Lynch, MS, and Sam Quigneaux, LMFT. 
  • Minnesota Social Service Association’s Annual Conference & Expo (March 27, 2025) – Minneapolis, MN
    • Shifting the Power Dynamic: Using a Person-Centered Approach to Re-Think Client Engagement with Kaylen Pedersen, MSW, LGSW
  • Annual Adolescent Symposium of Texas (Mental Health America of Greater Dallas; March 7) – Plano, TX
    • Cannabis and Psychosis: A Look at the Relationship in Adolescent Populations with Dr. Roeske
  • Youth Mental Health Conference (NAMI Keystone Pennsylvania; February 7, 2025) – Pittsburgh, PA
    • Redefining Trauma Treatment: Integrating EMDR Therapy and Attachment-Based Family Therapy (ABFT) with Olivia Lynch, LPC and Meredith Dellorco, LCSW
  • International OCD Foundation, OCD Camp (February 2, 2025) – Virtual
2024 Conference Presentations
  • National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) Conference, October 20, 2024: Chicken or the Egg: The Cannabis and Psychosis Debate with Michael Roeske, PsyD
  • American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Conference, August 8–9, 2024:
  • Psychiatric Residential Care for Youth: Commonly utilized, rarely explored in research with Dr. Roeske, Linda Ruan, PhD, Payne Winston-Lindeboom, MA, and colleagues
  • The role unhealthy device engagement may play in the development of insecure attachment bonds with Don Grant, PhD, Barbara Nosal, PhD, LMFT, LADC, and Michael Roeske, PsyD
  • Helping family members talk to each other about meaningful topics in a therapy session with Guy Diamond, PhD, and Samantha Quigneaux, LMFT
  • Summit on the Science of Technology and Human Behavior with Don Grant, PsyD, and colleagues
  • Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI; Division 9 of the APA) Annual Conference, June 22, 2024: Engagement and Outcomes of LGBQ+ Youth in Psychiatric Residential Care with Drs. Ruan and Roeske, Payne Winston-Lindeboom, MA, and colleaguesRenfrew Center Foundation Annual Conference, TBD: Treating Eating Disorders in a General Psychiatric Residential Program: Challenge Accepted with Mirela Loftus, MD, PhD, and Kara Becker, LMFT
  • National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors (NAADAC) Conference, October 20, 2024: Chicken or the Egg: The Cannabis and Psychosis Debate with Michael Roeske, PsyD
  • Mental Health America (MHA) Conference, September 20, 2024: Chicken or the Egg: The Cannabis and Psychosis Debate with Dr. Roeske
  • Cape Cod Symposium, September 7, 2024: Co-occurring Disorders in Young Adults: Common Issues in Treatment with Dr. Roeske
  • American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Conference, August 8–9, 2024: Psychiatric Residential Care for Youth: Commonly utilized, rarely explored in research with Dr. Roeske, Linda Ruan, PhD, Payne Winston-Lindeboom, MA, and colleagues; The Impact of Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation in Antisemitism on Social Media with Don Grant, PhD and Joanne Broder, PhD; The role unhealthy device engagement may play in the development of insecure attachment bonds with Don Grant, PhD, Barbara Nosal, PhD, LMFT, LADC, and Michael Roeske, PsyD; Helping family members talk to each other about meaningful topics in a therapy session with Guy Diamond, PhD, and Samantha Quigneaux, LMFT; Summit on the Science of Technology and Human Behavior with Don Grant, PsyD, and colleagues
  • Society for Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI; Division 9 of the APA) Annual Conference, June 22, 2024: Engagement and Outcomes of LGBQ+ Youth in Psychiatric Residential Care with Drs. Ruan and Roeske, Payne Winston-Lindeboom, MA, and colleagues
  • American Mental Health Counselors Association Annual, June 12, 2024: Co-Occurring Disorders in Young Adults: Common Issues in Treatment with Dr. Roeske
  • National Alliance on Mental Illness National Convention (NAMICon), June 4, 2024: How the digital world potentially reinforces insecure attachment in relationships with Drs. Grant and Nosal
  • California Mental Health Advocates for Children and Youth (CMHACY) Conference, May 17, 2024: Illuminating The Dark Shadows of Cyber-Aggression with Dr. Grant
    • Association of Children’s and Residential Services (ACRC) Conference, May 8, 2024: Treating Eating Disorders in a General Psychiatric Residential Program: Challenge Accepted with Dr. Loftus and Kara Becker, LMFT; VIRTUAL: Redefining Trauma Treatment: Integrating EMDR Therapy and Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Youth in a Residential Treatment Center with Olivia Lynch, MS, LPC, Erin Ziegelmeyer, MA, LPC, and Meredith Dellorco, LCSW
    • Minnesota Social Service Association Annual, March 20–22, 2024: Protecting Our Passion: Building a Vicarious Trauma Prevention Plan with Kaylyn Pedersen and Mallory Jacobsen; Human-centered therapeutic approaches for children who have experienced hard starts to life with Michael Benjamin and Rebekah Camacho; Apps that can save lives: how to work with suicidal youth and their technology to keep them alive with Laura Beth Gatzke; Looking Under Shark Fins and Turtle Shells: Relationship, Regulation, and Resilience for Children with Trauma/Attachment with Michael Benjamin
    • Adolescent Symposium (Mental Health America of Greater Dallas), February 14–15, 2024: Adolescent Substance Use: Trends, the Link to Insecure Attachment, and Implications for Treatment with Dr. Roeske; Rediscovering the Adolescent-Caregiver Bond through Attachment-Based Family Therapy with Meredith Dellorco, LCSW
    • National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Strategic Conference, January 18-20, 2024: EMDR on a College Campus: Is it something to consider for your school? With Olivia Lynch, MS, LPC, and Erin Ziegelmeyer, MA, LPC
    • National Association of Therapeutic Schools and Programs, January 15–28, 2024: How the digital world potentially reinforces insecure attachment in relationships with Drs. Grant and Nosal
2023 Conference Presentations
  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 70th Annual Meeting, Oct 23–28, 2023: Secrets of the Managed Care Process: Promoting Partnerships Between Providers and Payers with Dr. Loftus and colleagues; Residential Treatment Centers: A Wide Range of Therapeutic Models (PCIT, ABFT, TFCBT, ARC, DBT) with Dr. Loftus, Sam Quigneaux, LMFT, and colleagues
  • California Association of School Counselors Conference, Oct 18, 2023: The Kids are Not Alright: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Students with Ryan Federoff, M.Ed., and Dr. Roeske
  • Annual Childhood Trauma and Attachment Conference, Oct 12–14, 2023: Family Matters: Engaging Families in Adolescent Treatment with Meredith Dellorco, LCSW, and Samantha Quigneaux, LMFT
  • Young Adult Transition Association Annual Conference: How the digital world potentially reinforces insecure attachment in relationships with Drs. Grant and Nosal
  • Cape Cod Symposium, September 7–10, 2023: Opioid Misuse as an Attachment Disorder with Dr. Roeske
  • National Conference on the Advancement of Family Therapies, Aug 28–29, 2023: Practicing Healthier Device Management and Good Digital Citizenship with Dr. Grant
  • Flight Attendant Drug and Alcohol Program Conference, August 10, 2023: Transgenerational Dynamics and Trauma: An Overview with Leigh McInnis, LPC
  • American Psychological Association Annual Conference, Aug 3–5, 2023: Strategies for Engaging Parents into Child Focused Therapy with Drs. Diamond and Nosal and colleagues; Illuminating the Dark Shadows of Cyberaggression with Drs. Grant and Broder; Presidents’ Summit on the History, Status, and Future of Media Psychology and Technology with Dr. Grant and colleagues
  • Wisconsin School Counselor Association Summary Academy, Aug 2, 2023: The Kids are Not Alright: Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Students with Ryan Federoff, M.Ed.
  • American Mental Health Counselors Association Annual, June 27–29, 2023: Reinvigorating Family Therapy: Maximizing family engagement in adolescent treatment with Dr. Kreuger and Sam Quigneaux, LMFT
  • West Coast Symposium, June 1–3, 2023: Opioid Misuse as an Attachment Disorder with Dr. Roeske
  • Association of Children’s Residential and Community Services Annual, May 16–19, 2023: Family-centered Adolescent Residential Care Treatment: Theory, Organization and Service Delivery with Dr. Nosal and Sam Quigneaux, LMFT
  • Independent Educational Consultants Association Spring Conference, May 8–10: How the digital world potentially reinforces insecure attachment in relationships by Drs. Grant and Nosal
  • Georgia Addictions Counselor Association Annual, April 21–24, 2023: Adolescent Substance Use: Trends, the link to insecure attachment, and implications for treatment with Dr. Roeske
  • Minnesota Association of Family and Education Annual, April 12–14, 2023: The Pandemic Is Over, Right? Approaching the new normal as parents, educators, and caregivers with Joshua Stein, MD
  • Loudon County Public Schools Mental Health and Wellness Conference, January 28, 2023: Trauma-Informed Care with Leigh McInnis, LCP, and colleagues
2022 Conference Presentations
  • Wisconsin School Counselor Association Annual, November 2–4, 2022: School refusal with Ryan Federoff, M.Ed.
  • Mental Health Services (American Psychiatric Association), October 14, 2022, Washington, DC: Gun Violence as a Social Determinant of Mental Health with Dr. Loftus.
  • American Psychological Association, August 4–6, 2022, Minneapolis, MN: How the Digital World Potentially Reinforces Insecure Attachment in Relationships with Drs. Grant and Nosal; Recommended Guidelines for Ethical, Safe, and Successful Professional Online Engagement with Drs. Grant and Broder; Inpatient and Residential ResearchMethodological and Clinical Challenges and Opportunities with Dr. Diamond

Professional and Clinical Development for Staff

The CRI contributes to professional staff development by assisting in the use of research and data to inform treatment and by improving our understanding of the patient populations being served. It also enhances the ongoing effort to support staff in addressing various disorders and family systems disruptions.

In addition, the CRI explores pathways of professional development for staff. That might mean working with the CRI as part of a research project or clinical work group or presenting at a conference or continuing education event.

About the Center for Research and Innovation

Established following five years of outcomes research with third-party academic institutions, the CRI was an outgrowth of Newport Healthcare’s partnership with Guy Diamond, PhD, director of the Drexel University Center for Family Intervention Science and co–model developer of Attachment-Based Family Therapy, a groundbreaking empirically supported modality that provides the framework for Newport’s family therapy approach. Dr. Diamond and his team of researchers were instrumental in supporting Newport’s launching of the CRI, including the development of various proprietary scales measuring client improvements and experience.

A Q&A with Dr. Roeske, Senior Director

As a child, Michael Roeske was passionate about math. “I felt that there were patterns to be found everywhere, that everything could be measured and worked through equations, and therefore it was vitally important to study, understand, and apply those principles to theoretically everything,” he recalls.

Life eventually drew him in the direction of social services and away from efforts to find objective truth and complete certainty in outcomes. But he never lost his respect for numbers and data, and the potential power of analytics, as well as the constant pattern-seeking nature of humans. In his role with the CRI, he merges these passions and interests.

In this Q&A, Dr. Roeske discusses the CRI’s purpose and goals, how it helps drive Newport’s mission, and what he finds most intriguing about this work.