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Center for Mental Health, Policy, and the Law (CMHPL) > Who we are > Faculty

Faculty

Meet the Center for Mental Health, Policy, and the Law’s core faculty: Director Jennifer Piel, MD, JD, Sarah Kopelovich, PhD, and Katherine Michaelsen, MD, MASc.

Jennifer Piel

Sarah Kopelovich

Katherine Michaelsen

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    • Careers
    • Contact us
  • Education
    • Events
    • Grand Rounds
    • Lectures & trainings
      • Aggression & violence risk
      • Competency to stand trial
      • Duty to protect
      • Mental health advocacy and policy
      • Mental health liability
      • Overview of forensic mental health
      • Policing, mental illness, & race
      • Psychosis treatment
    • Trainees
    • What is forensic mental health?
  • Projects
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    • Washington State Legislative Updates
    • Legal Updates
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For more information about our Center, please email cmhpl@uw.edu.

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