Chair’s Advisory Committee on Diversity Issues

Our Mission Statement

• To promote diversity among faculty and trainees within the Department of Psychiatry through education, mentorship, advocacy, and outreach.
• To make the Department of Psychiatry a leader on campus, in our community, and nationwide in respect and equity for all people, beliefs, needs, and cultural traditions, in accordance with the UCSD Principles of Community.

History

The Department’s first Diversity Committee operated from 2004-2007. The Chair’s Advisory Committee on Diversity Issues was formed in May 2011 at the request of then Department Chair Lewis L. Judd.

Committee Members

Dean Acheson	Natacha Akshoomoff	Autumn Backhaus	Kara Bagot	Ursula Bailer
Dewleen Baker	Katherine Bangen	Karen Hanson Bondi	Veronica Cardenas	Alexandra Clark
Kate Conover	Sheena Dev	Neal Doran	Emily Edmonds	Lisa Eyler
Carol Franz	Tiffany Greenwood	David Grelotti	Adam Halberstadt	Robert Heaton
Ellen Heyneman	Suzi Hong	Alan Hsu	Shamini Jain	John Keltner
Steve Koh	Xia Li	Laurie Lindamer	Jeanne Maglione	Maria Marquine
Emily Meier	Arpi Minassian	Christine Fennema-Notestine	Matthew Panizzon	Dawn Schiehser
Christine Smith	Andrea Spadoni	Louisa Steiger	Katherine Williams	Jared Young
Zvinka Zlatar

Meetings

The committee meets once monthly on the first Monday at noon in room 2071 of the Basic Sciences Building.

Activities

• 2016-2017 Annual Report
• 2015-2016 Annual Report
• 2014-2015 Annual Report
• 2013-2014 Annual Report
• 2012-2013 Annual Report
• 2011-2012 Annual Report

Contact Us

If you would like to learn more about the Committee, please contact Chairperson Lisa Eyler.