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Melinda Fawcett

Dr. Hobbs earns Health Care Risk Manager License

Jacqueline Hobbs, MD, PhD, DFAPAAssociate Professor Jacqueline Hobbs, MD, PhD, DFAPA is now a licensed State of Florida, Health Care Risk Manager. Licensees are require to take a 120 hour course, designed for healthcare professionals (physicians, nurses, pharmacists,…

Dr. Lewis named COM University Term Professor

Mark Lewis, PhD Professor Department of Psychiatry Professor, Mark Lewis, PhD has been named a College of Medicine 2017-18 University Term Professor. The University Term Professorship Program provides recognition to outstanding academic achievement. Professorships are awarded based on the Professor’s…

Dr. Shapiro AAP award winner

Dr. Shapiro (third from left) accepts his award at the AAP Annual Meeting in Denver earlier this month. Michael Shapiro, MD is the recipient of the 2017…

Recovery Corner with Jamie Smolen, MD

Binge drinking among college students. As we embark on the school year students have left the safety of home and stepping onto campuses feeling more independent than they have ever felt before. However, they may lack the life experience necessary to prepare them for the temptation of college partying.

September 2017 Newsletter

A monthly electronic newsletter highlighting the accomplishments and events happening in the Department of Psychiatry.

Congratulations Connie Pruitt!

  Happy Retirement Thank you for your years of dedication, service, and significant contributions to the UF Department of Psychiatry! January 6, 1998 – August 31, 2017                …

Update from Jacksonville

In case you don’t already know, the Sulzbacher Center is Northeast Florida’s largest provider of comprehensive services for homeless men, women and children. We are one of only a few centers in the nation to offer a full range of services for the homeless 24 hours a day,…

New OCD Rotation for Child Fellows

The announcement of the new Center for OCD, Anxiety, and Related Disorders (COARD) brings with it the addition of a rotation for the Department of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellows. Director of the new Center, Carol Mathews, MD is the faculty member leading the rotation. Beginning this year,…

SOCIAL Gators

This Fall Semester the UF Center for Autism and Related Disabilities (CARD) has teamed up with the Disability Resource Center, and the Counseling and Wellness Center to form SOCIAL Gators (Student Opportunities for Career, Independent, and Academic Life). SOCIAL Gators is a program for students who…