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Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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Structure of the Department

Divisions

  • Addiction Psychiatry
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • General Psychiatry
  • Geriatric Psychiatry
  • Psychology 

Training Programs: Physicians

  • Medical Student Education
  • Psychiatry Residency Program
  • Addiction Medicine Fellowship
  • Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
  • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Fellowship
  • Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship

Training Programs: Psychologists

  • VUMC Internship in Professional Psychology
  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program in Professional Psychology

Centers and Programs

  • Center for Cognitive Medicine

  • Center of Excellence for Children in State Custody
  • Forensic Psychiatry
  • Vanderbilt Early Psychosis Program

Laboratories

  • Blackford Lab
  • Cascio Lab
  • Deutch Lab
  • Lewis Lab
  • McKernan Lab
  • MEND Research Clinic
  • Patel Lab
  • SENSE Lab
  • Woodward Lab

Administration

Office of the Chair

  • Stephan Heckers, MD, MSc, Department Chair
  • Jennye Laws-Woolf, Assistant to the Chair

Department Administration

  • Pamela Wesley, MBA, Department Administrator
  • Cindie Mills Johnson, Lead Administrative Assistant
  • Brenna Chapman, Lead Administrative Assistant
  • Joyce White, Lead Administrative Assistant

Finance

  • Patrick Moss, Administrative Officer, Finance

Grants and Contracts

  • Traci Tidwell, Administrative Officer, Grants
  • Vonda Nivens, Grants Manager

Training Programs

  • Shana Scanlin, Program Manager
  • Elizabeth Wilson, Associate Program Manager

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