About the Center for Mental Health + Aging

Dr. Deauna Shauri-Webb is a clinical psychologist at the Atlanta VA Healthcare System, where her work focuses on veterans living with HIV within an integrated care clinic. She provides evidence-based individual and group psychotherapy for PTSD, trauma-related disorders, and anxiety, and is deeply committed to improving mental health outcomes and reducing stigma for veterans living with HIV. She previously served as LGBTQ+ Veteran Care Coordinator and developed and supervised the Diversity Rotation within the APA-accredited psychology training program. Dr. Shauri-Webb currently serves as Assistant Director of Clinical Training, contributing to the oversight and development of doctoral-level psychology training.




Her professional interests include diversity and multiculturalism, HIV care and reducing HIV-related stigma, PTSD, LGBTQ+ mental health, and clinical supervision. She is a Fellow of the Georgia Psychological Association, a member of the American Psychological Association, and serves on ASPPB’s Item Review Panel for the EPPP licensure examination, where she evaluates exam content for cultural bias.


She is a Fellow of the Georgia Psychological Association and served on the Continuing Education Committee.

Deauna Shauri-Webb, PsyD    
Licensed Clinical Psychologist | Co-Director of CE Training

Endsley Real is a licensed clinical social worker. She has over 10 years of administrative experience in directing programs for those with substance use disorders, mental illness, and those living with HIV. Ms. Real is currently Chair of the Nominating Committee for Association of Social Work Boards charged with selecting the slate for the ASWB Board of Directors. She served for 5 years on the State of Georgia Composite Board for Professional Counselors, Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapist including 2 years as the board chair.

Ms. Real obtained her MSW from Clark Atlanta University in 1997 and obtained an MPH from Emory University in 2014. She has worked in a variety of settings and with many populations but much of her career has been in working with those with substance use disorders and mental illness. She lives in the Emory area with her wife Joan.

Endsley Real, LCSW, MPH
Licensed Clinical Social Worker |CE Training Advisory Committee Social Work Consultant

Dr. Dotson is Chief of the Division of Neuropsychology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Research Professor at Georgia State University, Senior Project Scientist for Behavioral Health at NASA (KBR), and Founder and President of CerebroFit Integrated Brain Health. She completed her doctoral training in clinical psychology at the University of Florida with a specialization in neuropsychology and a certificate in gerontology. She completed her postdoctoral training at the National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program.

Dr. Dotson’s research and clinical activities focus on positive and negative modifiers of brain health, including the intersection of depression with cognitive and brain aging.

Vonetta Dotson, PhD    
Clinical Gero-Neuropsychologist
CE Training Advisory Committee Member

Dr. Kandi Schmidt is the Director of Transplant Behavioral Health at Emory University School of Medicine and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Schmidt specializes in the assessment and care of organ transplant patients, working with patients and their caregivers across solid organ groups including heart, liver, lung, kidney, as well as with living donors. She is also co-chair of the Patient and Family Advisory Council of the Emory Transplant Center, which works to ease the journey of the patient and family navigating the transplant experience through education, communication, advocacy and collaboration.

Kandi Schmidt, PhD, ABPP
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
CE Training Advisory Committee Member