The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is committed to a culture of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) for our faculty, staff, trainees, students, and, most importantly, the patients we serve. Our Diversity Advisory Committee (DAC) leads the charge by identifying and addressing areas of need, including enhanced education in cultural psychiatry, evaluation and improvement in our recruitment and retention strategies for those who are underrepresented in medicine (URM), and support and promotion of health equity research.—Ruth Shim, M.D., M.P.H., Director of Cultural Psychiatry
Our Commitment
Diversity in Mental Health
We are dedicated to a more just, equitable, diverse and inclusive culture for our faculty, staff, trainees, students and patients we serve.
Diversity in Mental Health
Our Focus Areas
Education
We integrate cultural psychiatry training into our programs to better prepare our trainees to understand the impact that the social determinants of mental health can have on well-being.
Recruitment and Retention
Our aim is to enhance the recruitment and retention of underrepresented faculty, staff and trainees by cultivating a diverse pipeline, funding visiting clerkships, promoting mentor opportunities and much more.
Research and Publications
Our faculty and residents are leaders in JEDI research, including cultural psychiatry, social determinants of mental health, and immigrant and refugee mental health, to name a few.
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Redefining Cultural Psychiatry
More about cultural psychiatryOur goal is to achieve equity and improve the lives of diverse populations affected by behavioral health conditions through education, research, community empowerment, advocacy and policy action.
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In the Community
View our training sitesSacramento is one of the most ethnically diverse and integrated metropolitan areas in the country. Our department has long recognized the importance of providing culturally relevant care through its commitment to cultural psychiatry training. As a result, UC Davis psychiatry residents receive robust training in working with diverse and marginalized patients across a variety of treatment settings at UC Davis and Sacramento County.
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Health Equity Partners and Resources
Some of the partners we work with in achieving our diversity goals:
