Isaac Newton once said, “If I see further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” That is exactly how Lora Wichser, MD, feels as she takes on a new role as the Director of the Department’s Psychiatric Residency Program.
A University of Minnesota collaboration has resulted in a unique year-long fellowship known as the Minnesota Neuromodulation Medicine training program. Funded by MnDRIVE (Minnesota’s Discovery, Research, and InnoVation Economy), the program’s intent is to develop neurology, neurosurgery, psychiatry, and rehabilitation medicine specialists into competent, independent neuromodulation subspecialists.
Dr. Jenna Triana officially joined the department as an Assistant Professor on July 31, 2020. She completed her MD and undergraduate degrees at the University of Minnesota and her psychiatric residency at the University of Colorado in Denver. She then returned to the U of M to complete a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry.
“I’m excited to join a department that is doing a lot of cutting-edge research in many novel areas,” said the newest Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences faculty member, Assistant Professor Lisa Anderson, PhD, LP. Dr. Anderson, who will spend most of her time devoted to research, recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) T32 Midwest Regional Postdoctoral Training Program in Eating Disorders Research at the University of Minnesota.
On January 20, 2020, the first patient in the United States was diagnosed with COVID-19. By mid-March, the virus had hit all 50 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control. When Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education Kaz Nelson, MD, saw what was occurring, she realized that something needed to happen at the U of M – fast.
The Mind Deconstructed: Mental Health and Wellness
Dr. Kaz Nelson, Associate Professor, along with host, George, serve as translators between the psychiatric field and the non-medical community. This series seeks to dispel myths, address listener questions, talk directly about serious topics, such as suicide, and inform the public about what they need to know to maintain mental health and a life worth living.
