The Transforming and Expanding Access to Mental Health Care Universally in Pediatrics (TEAM UP) Scaling and Sustainability Center, based at Boston Medical Center (BMC), announced a new collaboration with The Carmel Hill Fund to expand integrated behavioral health services across New York City (NYC).
BMC Press Release – JAMA Network Open
New research suggests integrating behavioral health services in pediatric primary care can reduce symptoms
The work offers hope for addressing the mental health crisis among children and adolescents.
Research led by the Transforming and Expanding Access to Mental Health Care Universally in Pediatrics (TEAM UP) Scaling and Sustainability Center of Boston Medical Center (BMC) finds that children who receive behavioral health services delivered through the TEAM UP Model™ of integrated behavioral health care have fewer behavioral health symptoms. The findings, published recently in JAMA Network Open, offer new hope for addressing the children’s mental health crisis.
TEAM UP Announces Newest Cohort
The TEAM UP Center at Boston Medical Center (BMC) is proud to announce the selection of its latest cohort of the TEAM UP model implementation initiative. Chosen through a highly competitive process, TEAM UP has selected six pediatric/family practices from across Massachusetts that have demonstrated commitment to building sustainable, team-based behavioral health integration in pediatric primary care.
Jesse Parker Williams Foundation Partnership
The TEAM UP Center proudly announces our new partnership with the Jesse Parker Williams Foundation.
Elijah Boliver, MPH, Appointed Practice Transformation Analyst
Elijah Boliver, MPH has been appointed Practice Transformation Analyst for the TEAM Center.
The New Home of the SWYC – TEAM UP Center
The Survey of Well-being of Young Children (SWYC)®, a preeminent early childhood screening tool, has a new home with the TEAM UP Scaling and Sustainability Center at Boston Medical Center.
BMC News – Inspire 2024
Expanding Care Across the Commonwealth TEAM UP grows to address children’s mental health needs (Inspire - Boston Medical Center) - August 30, 2024 - Patients from Cape Verde, Ecuador, Haiti, and Brazil, including many new immigrants, come for routine doctors’...
The Carmel Hill Fund Partnership
The TEAM UP Scaling and Sustainability Center (TEAM UP Center) is proud to announce our new partnership with The Carmel Hill Fund. With this new partnership, the TEAM UP Center will explore opportunities to advance behavioral health services in New York City (NYC) by completing a practice-level needs assessment coupled with a system-level landscape analysis.
HealthCity News
New Center Will Scale Up Successful Approach to Pediatric Mental Health Care (HealthCity - Boston Medical Center) - July 31, 2024 -As the need for mental health services skyrockets, children are languishing on waitlists for care. Pediatric psychiatrists and...
Boston University School of Public Health News
New TEAM UP Center Will Extend Behavioral Health Services to 126,000 Children in Massachusetts (Boston University School of Public Health News) - July 12, 2024 - The new TEAM UP Scaling and Sustainability Center will lead an expansion of the Boston Medical...
Announcing the TEAM UP Scaling and Sustainability Center
TEAM UP is proud to announce that Boston Medical Center is launching the Transforming and Expanding Access to Mental Health Care in Urban Pediatrics (TEAM UP) Scaling and Sustainability Center to combat the rising mental health crisis among children. BMC’s TEAM UP,...
Press Release – Journal of Ambulatory Care Management Publication
PRESS RELEASE Pediatric Provider and Staff Burnout in Federally Qualified Community Health Centers Boston, MA (October 20, 2023)- A new study published in the Journal of Ambulatory Care Management (JACM) examines burnout among pediatric providers and staff...
BMC Press Release – Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics Publication
Boston, MA (Aug. 14, 2023)- New research led by Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Public Health found that children who received integrated mental health care showed improvements in both mental health and school performance. These findings,...
BMC Press Release – JAMA OPEN Network Publication
New research led by Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Public Health found that integrating mental health services into pediatric primary care at federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) can improve access to...
Megan Bair-Merritt, MD, MCSE named BMC’s first Chief Scientific Officer
TEAM UP is excited to announce that Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE, TEAM UP's Evaluation Co-Director, has been named Boston Medical Center's (BMC) first Chief Scientific Officer (CSO). Dr. Bair-Merritt will provide strategic leadership for BMC's research efforts...



