UC San Diego VA San Diego Clinical Psychology Internship Program. APA Accredited. Academically oriented.

Joined February 2022
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Congratulations to Andrew Bismark, our VA inpatient psychology supervisor, on his Salute to Service Award! Local folks can join the award ceremony at the front entrance of the hospital at 0800 on Oct 16.
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Important work from alum Dr Wong and colleagues
Excited to share our recent paper from an @AsianNeuropsych Advocacy Committee project! Check out what survey respondents identified as culturally insensitive tests and assessment practices. Shout out to awesome co-authors @ArastuSana and @rowenangphd 💫 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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A graduate of the internship and current VA researcher and UCSD faculty member, Dr Victoria Merritt, is one of the researchers utilizing the MVP to study TBI
Researchers using MVP data are studying how genes, lifestyle, military experiences and exposures affect health and wellness in Veterans. mvp.va.gov/pwa/science
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It’s not too late! Lots of wisdom to share from this internship alum. Hope you can join.
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We are so fortunate to have been a part of Dr Boots’ training. Congratulations on your new faculty position!!!
Last week I officially started at @MayoClinic as a clinical neuropsychologist and assistant professor. No more first day of “school” pictures (finally!!!), but I had to take a first day of work picture! So thrilled to be doing a job I love with wonderful colleagues.
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Way to go @DrTiffanyABrown! Your internship alma mater is proud of you and the impactful work you do!!
Thanks to a $5M @NIMHgov grant, @SDSU and @AuburnU professors are working to develop & provide the 1st identity-affirming eating disorder treatment for LGBTQIA patients. More on this research by SDSU’s Aaron Blashill and Auburn’s Tiffany Brown: bit.ly/4d0q0nm
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Current intern @LeahDTalbert is a featured speaker!
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UCSD/VA Psychology Internship Program retweeted
Wishing you a Happy New Year! 🎉✨ From our dedicated clinic staff to you, may the coming year bring moments of healing, growth, and happiness. #HappyNewYear
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UCSD/VA Psychology Internship Program retweeted
Dr. Anna Karam Jones sat down with Vox to talk about the largely understudied and hidden behavior of eating disorders: chewing and spitting. To read the full article please click the following link: vox.com/science/23902073/che…
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Happy birthday to Dr. Kathy Williams - Supervisor extraordinaire to our child psychology focused interns.

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Congratulations to intern Fini Chang who successfully defended her dissertation!!!
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She’s got a podcast AND a new book! (And she graduated from our internship!)
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Sharing from our monthly @PsychiatryUcsd newsletter. Over half of these grants are awarded to faculty and/or graduates of our internship! Putting the scientist-practitioner model into action!
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Congratulations to internship alumnus @LBrookmanFrazee on her @PsychiatryUcsd Champion of Diversity Award!!! Her list of accolades will not come close to fitting into the character limits here but trust that she is amazing!!
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Another stellar alum doing really important work. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
Excited to share that our article examining the association of Area Deprivation Index (ADI) and cognition in HABS-HD was recently published in @JAMANetworkOpen. Thanks to a great group of co-authors and the HABS-HD team!
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Way to go Dr. Thomas @KRThomasPhD ! Such a great team, too, made up of internship grads and faculty! @PsychiatryUcsd
Excited to announce that we were awarded an R01 to examine the heterogeneity of subtle cognitive decline phenotypes in ARIC and BLSA! We’ll be hiring a lab manager and postdoc. Email me if interested. @priyapalta @Alden_Gross @EmilyCEdmonds @KatieBangen @MarkWBondi #KeenanWalker
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Congratulations to intern Maddy Palermo! She won a rising star award as part of the UCSD Eating Disorder Conference in recognition of her research in eating disorders. Way to go @maddy_palermo! @PsychiatryUcsd @UCSD_EDC
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Congratulations @drkiakeating!
I’m so incredibly honored and humbled to receive this incredible award from APA Division 56 for Outstanding Service to the Field of Trauma Psychology. Thank you for the meaningful recognition, surrounded by inspiring colleagues @APADiv56 @APA @APA @APAconvention 🙏🏼 💫
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Look at the group photo and you'll see one of our internship supervisors, Dr. Castriotta, as well as one of our intern graduates (circa 2004(!), Dr. Heppner. Thanks for your many years of service to training and clinical care!
SALUTE TO SERVICE! This morning our Director, Dr. Frank Pearson, recognized team members for their years of service and commitment to our Veteran community. Today’s award recipients have a combined total of 810 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR NATION’S HEROES! Congratulations to all!
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Congratulations to Nicole DeTore on her new K award!
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