Luke and Grace Kim Visiting Professor in Cultural Psychiatry

Each spring we host a Luke and Grace Kim Visiting Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, inviting national experts on topics related to cultural psychiatry.

Previous Luke and Grace Kim Visiting Professors in Cultural Psychiatry include:

  • Margarita Alegría, Ph.D.
  • Lillian Comas-Díaz, Ph.D.
  • Michael Compton, M.D., M.P.H.
  • Mindy Fullilove, M.D.
  • Lawrence Kirmayer, M.D.
  • Roberto Lewis-Fernández, M.D.
  • Jonathan Metzl, M.D., Ph.D.
  • Altha Stewart, M.D.
  • Monica Taylor-Desir, M.D.
  • Sarah Vinson, M.D.
What is cultural psychiatry?
Psychiatry mentors by areas of interest

Message from the Diversity Chair

Ruth Shim, M.D., M.P.H.Ruth Shim, M.D., M.P.H.
Chair, Diversity Advisory Committee
rshim@ucdavis.edu

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences is committed to providing a more just, equitable, diverse, and inclusive culture 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., Luke and Grace Kim Endowed Professor of Cultural Psychiatry

Upcoming diversity events

DAC organizes quarterly film screenings and facilitates discussions with experts on JEDI topics. We also promote other diversity-related events that are offered around the health campus.

See department calendar