Subject Matter Expert Office Lead
Center for Deployment Psychology
Newburgh, Indiana, United States
Jennifer Nevers, MSW, LCSW is the Subject Matter Expert Office Lead for the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) in Bethesda, Maryland. In this capacity, she supports military behavioral health faculty assignments and provides professional development and performance management. She also assists in the implementation and expansion of the Star Behavioral Health Providers (SBHP) program, training civilian behavioral health providers to work with service members, veterans, and their families.
Jennifer is a major in the Indiana Army National Guard, serving as a Behavioral Health Officer (BHO) with the 215th Medical Company Area Support. She interfaces with soldiers across Indiana, linking them to behavioral health services. She is also the lead BHO for Indiana’s State Partnership Program, assisting partner nations in improving their behavioral health systems of care.
Before joining CDP, Jennifer worked for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the Veterans Justice Outreach Program for over a decade, providing clinical services to veterans with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. She also served as a liaison with problem-solving courts, increasing access to care for justice-involved veterans.
Jennifer received her Bachelor of Social Work from Indiana University in 2008 and her Master of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis in 2009. She received a Post-Master’s Certificate in Program Evaluation from Washington University in 2021 and was recently accepted into the USU Global Health Graduate Certificate Program. Jennifer is certified in Cognitive Processing Therapy, an evidence-based treatment for PTSD and trauma-related disorders, and is also an EMDR-trained therapist. Jennifer specializes in addressing the unique needs of service members and veterans using evidence-based approaches.
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time