Dr. Piland is a Professor of Practice at Texas Tech University (TTU), and a Clinical Associate Professor with the TTU-Health Sciences Center, Dept. of Pediatrics. She has been a licensed clinician as a Marriage and Family Therapist for over 25 years, has served as the director of the TTU Family Therapy Clinic for the last 17 years, while also overseeing the Children’s Behavioral Health Clinic since 2019. Her interests include integrated behavioral health, trauma intervention, and supporting children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In 2023, she acquired a split appointment between TTU and University Medical Center (UMC) Children’s Hospital for developing an Integrated Behavioral Health program, to enhance direct therapeutic services for patient-families across multiple units.