Author: Derek Sullivan

Wellness Committee welcomes co-chairs

The Department of Psychiatry Wellness Committee continues to sponsor events to relieve stress and reduce burnout for department employees through promoting healthy living, fostering fellowship, and engaging in community volunteer efforts. In the past 12 months, the committee has helped organize night hikes, lunchtime yoga, teams for fundraisers, improv classes, writing workshops, and many other […]

Nov 8, 2023

PES celebrates three years

The Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) unit continues to grow as it celebrates its third anniversary. In October 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the PES received its first guest seeking emergent mental health care. Since then, more than 5,600 visits have occurred, allowing individuals to receive psychiatric care in a unique space designed to meet the […]

Nov 8, 2023

Residents begin new training program in Columbus, Nebraska

This summer, the UNMC Department of Psychiatry Residency Program started a training partnership with Columbus (Nebraska) Community Hospital and Columbus Psychiatry Clinic. In July, fourth-year resident Emily Royer, MD, began work at the outpatient clinic under the supervision of Venkata Kolli, MD. This month, Matthew Kelly, MD, started his rotation in Columbus. Dr. Kolli said […]

Sep 20, 2023

Publications and honored guests keep research division busy in September

It’s a busy time in the Department of Psychiatry Research Division. Last month, Dr. Soonjo Hwang and his staff were awarded the University of Nebraska Collaboration Initiative Grant. This grant supports collaborative clinical studies and research efforts among the different institutions under the University of Nebraska. Dr. Hwang has been working with Janelle Beadle, PhD, […]

Sep 20, 2023

Department of Psychiatry celebrates Women in Medicine

This September we celebrate Women in Medicine. The American Medical Association (AMA) created Women in Medicine Month to honor physicians who have offered their time, wisdom, and support to advance women with careers in medicine. As part of the celebration, the Department of Psychiatry invited Priscila Rodrigues Armijo, MD, to speak on September 6, 2023. […]

Sep 20, 2023

Psychiatry Department sends big group to ADMSEP in San Diego

The 2023 Annual Meeting of the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP) took place last month in San Diego, California. The UNMC Department of Psychiatry again sponsored the largest group of faculty, residents, and students in attendance.  This year, Daniel Gih, MD; Jeana Benton, MD, Bryndis Grissom, MD, MPH; Riley Machal, […]

Jul 18, 2023

Radius opens with mission to keep youths and their families together

On June 7, 2023, Nebraska community leaders, including UNMC Department of Psychiatry Chair, Howard Liu, MD, MBA, cut the ribbon on RADIUS – a new North Omaha-based, non-profit health center – which will provide trauma-informed residential care, education, in-home services, and behavioral health treatment – in the community where youth and families can stay connected […]

Jul 18, 2023

Residency program welcomes five new interns

This summer, five new residents began training in the Department of Psychiatry. Keisha England, MD; Monica Nava Frenier, MD; Christian Pollema, MD; Charlotte Ritchie, MD and Claire Stavenga, MD, have joined the department and already started seeing patients. Dr. Pollema said his goal for year one is to build a strong foundation of knowledge that […]

Jul 18, 2023

Department of Psychiatry Research Department receives funding from South Korea

The UNMC Department of Psychiatry Research Division announced $141,000 in funding from the South Korea Ministry of Science, Information, and Technology. Research Director Soonjo Hwang, MD, said the funding will be used to conduct a clinical study of virtual reality assessments of ADHD.  The new study is for children with ADHD, ages 5-13. “This will […]

Jul 18, 2023

Residents keep traveling through time with History of Madness podcast

Department of Psychiatry third-year residents Tianqi (Nina) Luo, MD, and Max Lydiatt, MD, have found a growing audience for their psychiatry-based podcast “History of Madness.” The pair’s sixth episode was released last week. The newest episode is titled, “Freud: Studies on Hysteria,” and continues the theme of looking at the history of psychiatry. All six […]

Jul 18, 2023