Full Name
Justin Upwell LPC, LAC
Job Title
Integrated Behavioral Health Supervisor
Company
Denver Health Hospital Authority
Speaker Short Bio
Justin R. Upwell, LPC, LAC, (they/them/he/him) is a supervisor of integrated behavioral health services, educator, and clinician with nearly a decade of experience advancing behavioral health care in underserved communities. At Denver Health Hospital Authority, they lead two interdisciplinary IBH teams while also leading the department’s EHR and documentation processes, driving innovation in provider workflow and collaborative care. Justin also serves on the hospitals’ Medical Staff Executive Committee as its first behavioral health representative and is a site PI on an NIH-funded clinical trial researching behavioral health interventions for type 2 diabetes with comorbid binge eating. As adjunct faculty at the University of Colorado Denver, they teach ethics and counseling practice, and mentor graduate students interested in Primary Care Behavioral Health. Their work centers equity, provider sustainability, and systems-level impact in integrated care.
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