In response to behavioral health access and workforce challenges, several institutions within the University of Texas System have developed HRSA funded training programs that prepare learners to address the unmet behavioral health needs of underserved communities in Texas. This presentation will present four programs representing both urban and rural areas, each of which has successfully trained interdisciplinary cohorts of learners training in low-resourced and underserved communities. Each program will present an overview, including program data, and approaches to creating, funding, and sustaining quality interprofessional training in a low-resourced region.
Diana DiNitto, PhD, Professor, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Jane Gray, PhD, Associate Professor of Practice; Director of Clinical Training, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Educational Psychology, Austin, TX
Sasha Jaquez, PhD, ABPP, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Thenral Mangadu, MD, MPH, PHD, Associate VP Health and Interdisciplinary Research; Director, Institute for Health and Lifespan Research, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso
Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, ABPP, Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; Assistant Dean for Faculty, Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine, San Antonio, TX
Stephanie Simmons, PsyD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, The University of Texas at Tyler Health Science Center, Tyler, TX
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