Accomplishments of the
UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Diversity Advisory Committee (DAC) 1999-2009
1. Recipient of the American College of Psychiatrists Creativity in Psychiatric Education Award for 2007.
See: http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/newsroom/releases/archives/psychiatry/2007/award1-2007.html
2. Establishment of the Luke and Grace Kim Endowed Professor in Cultural Psychiatry, the only such
position in the U.S., resulting in the recruitment of Francis G. Lu, M.D., who started in July 2009. See:
http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/newsroom/newsdetail.html?key=2830&svr=http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.e
du&expired=no&table=drafted
3. Recipient of the California Endowment/American Association of Medical Colleges grant on Cultural
Competence Curriculum (2005-2008), $150,000, Hendry Ton, M.D., Michael Wilkes, M.D., coinvestigators.
4. Establishment of a tradition of recruiting national experts in cultural psychiatry to present grand rounds
in psychiatry and conduct individual and group consultations.
2009-2010
Clare Pain, M.D. - The Toronto Addis Ababa Psychiatry Program
2008-2009
Kiet Truong, M.D. and Elizabeth Guiterrez, M.D. - Starting and Leading a Vietnamese
Therapy Group: Two Residents' Journeys
Debbie R. Carter, M.D. - Culture and Child Psychiatry
Elizabeth Miller, M.D. - A Community Based Approach to Intimate Partner Violence
Prevention and Intervention Among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans
Allen Josephson, M.D. - Spirituality and Worldview in Clinical Practice
2007-2008
Carl C. Bell, M.D. - Violence Assessment: Risk Factors are not Predictive Factors Due to
Protective Factors
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D., Ph.D. - Disparities in Health Care
2006-2007
Paul K. Leung, M.D. - Psychotherapy with Asian/Asian American Patients: The Oregon
Experiences
David Takeuchi, Ph.D. - Immigration and Mental Disorders: Results from the National
Latino and Asian American Study
Stephen Lopez, Ph.D. - Shifting Cultural Lenses in Clinical Practice with Latinos
Annelle B. Primm, M.D., M.P.H., Consultation
James Griffith, M.D. - When Religion Does Harm - How Do I Respond as a Clinician?
John Robinson, Ph.D. - Integrating Psychology and Spirituality: Theoretical Issues and
Practical Considerations
2005-2006
James Boehnlein, M.D. - Religion and Spirituality in Psychiatry
Robert C. Like, M.D. - Health Disparities in Mental Health
2004-2005
Russell F. Lim, M.D. - Stigma in Asian-American Mental Health - Clinical Perspectives
Joseph Westermeyer, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. - Trauma and Substance Abuse
2003-2004
J. David Kinzie, M.D. - Massive Psychiatric Trauma in Refugees: The Patients and Their
Doctors
Alla Volovich, Ph.D. - Clinical Work with Refugees from the Former Soviet Union
Renato Alarcon, M.D. - Personality Disorders and Culture: Clinical and Therapeutic
Perspectives
2002-2003
Lonnie Snowden, Ph.D. - Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity: A Supplement to
Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General
Laurence Kirmayer, M.D. - Models of Mental Health Care for Multicultural Societies
Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D. -Translating Research into Practice: Reducing Disparities
in Mental Health Care for Mexican-Americans
Byron and Mary Jo Good, Ph.D. - Emerging Challenges in International Mental Health
Arthur Kleinman, M.D. - Global Mental Health: Implications for American Psychiatry
2001-2002
Steve Lopez, Ph.D. - The Surgeon General's Report on Mental Health: Implications for
Hispanic Mental Health
Stanley Sue, Ph.D. - The Surgeon General’s Supplement to the Report on Mental
Health, Asian American Issues
Pedro Ruiz, M.D. - Suicide and Hispanics: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Francis Lu, M.D. - Religion and Spirituality: Psychiatry Takes a New Look
2000-2001
Nolan Zane, Ph.D. - Mental Health Treatment and Services for Asian Americans: Some
Advances and Many Challenges
Satsuki Ina, Ph.D. - Racism, Culture and Trauma: The Japanese American Case Study
Children of the Camps
Spero Manson, Ph.D. - Clinical Issues in Cultural Psychiatry: Native American
Perspectives
Anthony Marsella, Ph.D. - Culture and Psychopathology: Foundations and Directions
1999-2000
Francis Lu, M.D. - Cultural Competence: Training and Systems Perspectives
Albert Gaw, M.D. - Overcoming Non-adherence to Psychotropic Medications: A Cultural
Perspective
5. Sponsored seven residents to become APA/SAMHSHA Minority Fellows: Shannon Suo, M.D., Neha
Bahadur, M.D., Thor Cornelius, M.D., Tina Tonnu, M.D., Rachel Smith, M.D., Alex Huang, M.D., and
Kiet Truong, M.D.. Also sponsored two residents to become APA/Astra Zeneca Minority Fellows: Mary
Ann Barnovitz, M.D., and Ha Mistry, M.D.
6. Sponsored four CME courses through UC Davis:
A) “Cross-Cultural Challenges in the Assessment and Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,”
March 2001, with Anthony Marsella, Ph.D., David Kinzie, M.D., and Keh-Ming Lin, M.D., M.P.H. (142
attended)
B) “Culturally Competent Care of People with Dual Diagnosis,” April 2002, with Pedro Ruiz, M.D., Patricia
Ordorica, M.D., and Ann Yabusaki, Ph.D. (108 attended)
C) “Working with Diverse Populations: Practical Approaches for Mental Health,” March 2003, with Russell
Lim, M.D., Michael Smith, M.D., Arnold De La Cruz, Ph.D., Rachel Guererro, LCSW, Hendry Ton, M.D.,
Alan Koike, M.D., Rita Hargrave, M.D., and John Brown, Ph.D. (attended by 72 mental health
professionals)
D) “Promoting Wellness in Refugee Families: A Mental Health Perspective,” April 2005, with Russell Lim,
M.D., Joseph Westermeyer, M.D., Ph.D., Mymee Her, Ph.D., Vang Leng Mouanoutoua, Ph.D., Alan K.
Koike, M.D., Hendry Ton, M.D., Herbert Cruz, M.D., and Alla Volovich, Ph.D. (143 attended)
7. Co-Sponsored CME Symposium through UC Davis in 2009: “Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Primary
Care, General Medicine, and Mental Health” with Egardo Menvielle, M.D., Robin Dea, M.D., Carol Milazzo, M.D.,
Gregory Harrick, M.D., Ellen Haller, M.D., Patricia Roberston, M.D., Richard Loftus, M.D., co-chaired by Jesse
Joad, M.D. and Joel Johnson, M.D..
8. Improved Instruction in Cultural Psychiatry at UC Davis School of Medicine (SOM). See
http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/presskits/dec2008.pdf.
Added courses to the Psychiatry Residency curriculum
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PGY-1 Introduction to Cultural Psychiatry 2001-present: 1-5 sessions
PGY-2 Cultural Psychiatry 2001-present: 9-10 sessions plus a film
PGY-3 Psychotherapy and Culture 2003-present: 7 sessions
PGY-4 Advanced Cultural Psychiatry 2000-present: 6 sessions
Added to the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship curriculum
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Family, Culture and Society, 2005 to present: 26 sessions
Added courses to the medical student curriculum
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MS-2 Pharm 400A- Pharmacology and Culture
MS-3 Cultural Awareness and Cases
Doctoring III
Fourth year SOM clinical special studies module: Medicine, Culture and Psychiatry (Hendry
Ton, M.D. and Russell Lim, M.D.
9. Recruited new members: Dr. He, Dr. Nguyen, and Dr. Gill in 2001. In 2002, we added Noelle Thomas,
M.D., Arlene Burton, M.D., Neha Bahadur, M.D., Hendry Ton, M.D., and Anna Xiao, M.D.. In 2003, we
added Thor Cornelius, M.D., and Sufen Chiu, M.D., and Hong Shen, M.D.. In 2004, we added Tina
Tonnu, M.D., Mary Ann Barnovitz, M.D., David Rue, M.D., Susan Milam, M.D., and David Gellerman,
M.D.. In 2005, we added Marius Koga, M.D., Alexander Huang, M.D., and Shirin Gaheri, M.D.. In 2006,
we added Jevon Johnson, M.D., Jobe Morrow, M.D., Kiet Truong, M.D., and Kimberly Davis, M.D.. In
2007, we added Margaret Leung, M.D., and Alvin Lau, M.D., Sheela Reddy, M.D., and Shivani Chopra,
M.D.. In 2008, we added Puja Chada-Hooks, M.D., and Supriya Bhatia, M.D., and Tonya Fancher,
M.D.. In 2009, Francis G. Lu, M.D., was added.
10. Recruited ethnic minority and culturally diverse residents as well as those interested in cultural
psychiatry into the general psychiatry residency program.
11. Established monthly meetings including an annual retreat, a twice annual journal club and a bimonthly
case conferences, currently scheduled on the Second Tuesday of the month in Wong 123 from 5:30 to
7:00.
12. Representation on the Training Executive Committee (TEC), Psychiatry Academic Council (PAC),
Resident Selection Committee, and Department Executive Committee (DEC). In addition,
representation at the Central California Psychiatric Society (CCPS).
13. Presence on the UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Web site.
14. UC Davis Department of Psychiatry 2006 Brophy grant on “How to measure cultural competence using
an OSCE,” grant approved, funding pending.
15. PUBLICATIONS (2005 to 2009)
Lu FG: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. In Disparities in Psychiatric Care: Clinical and
Cross-Cultural Perspectives, Ruiz P, Primm AB, Eds. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore,
M.D., 2009.
Lim RF: The Role of Cultural Competence. In Disparities in Psychiatric Care: Clinical and CrossCultural Perspectives, Ruiz P, Primm AB, Eds., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, M.D.,
2009.
Fancher T, Ton H, Meyer OL, Ho T, Paterniti: Discussing Depression with Vietnamese American
Patients. Journal of immigrant and minority health/Center for Minority Public Health. 03/2009;
Koike AK, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Gellerman DG, Ton H, Lim RF: Cultural and Spiritual issues. In A
Practical Guide to Primary Care Psychiatry, McCarron RM, Xiong GL, Eds. Lippincott William &
Wilkins, Baltimore, M.D., 2009.
Cameron R, Ton H, Yang C, Endriga M, Lan MF, Koike A: The Transcultural Wellness Center:
Rehabilitation and Recovery in Asian and Pacific Islander Mental Health Care. Journal of social
work in disability & rehabilitation. 02/2008; 7(3/4):284-314.
Lim RF, Ton H: Depression and Culture: Implications for the Assessment and Treatment of Patients of
Diverse Ethnicities. Depression: Mind and Body, 4:2; 42-50, 2008.
Lim RF, Lu FG: Culture and Psychiatric Education. Acad Psychiatry, 32: 269-271, 2008. Special Issue
of Academic Psychiatry on Culture and Psychiatric Education.
Lim RF, Hua LL, Wegelin J, Kramer EJ, Servis ME: Teaching Cultural Competence in the Medical
School Pre-Clinical Curriculum. Acad Psychiatry, 32: 327-331, 2008.
Lim RF, Diamond RJ, Chang JB, Primm AB, Lu FG: Using Non-Feature Films to Teach Diversity,
Cultural Competence, and the DSM-IV-TR Outline for Cultural Formulation. Acad Psychiatry, 32: 291
-298, 2008.
Lim RF, Luo JS, Suo S, Hales RE: Diversity Initiatives in Academic Psychiatry: Applying Cultural
Competence. Acad Psychiatry, 32: 283-290, 2008.
Lim RF (Ed.): Clinical Manual of Cultural Psychiatry. Washington, DC: APPI, 2006.
Ton, H, Lim, RF: The Assessment of Culturally Diverse Individuals. In Clinical Manual of Cultural
Psychiatry, edited by Lim RF, ed., Washington, DC: APPI, 2006.
Caraballo A, Hamid H, Lee JR, McQuery JD, Rho Y, Kramer EJ, Lim RF, Lu FG: A Resident’s Guide to
the Cultural Formulation. In Clinical Manual of Cultural Psychiatry, Lim RF, Ed., Washington, DC:
APPI, 2006.
Lim RF, Lu FG, Hilty DM: The Impact of Social Inequalities on Health Care. In Behavior and Medicine,
4th Edition, Wedding D, Stuber ML, Eds. Hogrefe and Huber, Cambridge, MA, 2006
Lim RF, Primm AB, Hilty DM: Strategies for Women, Minority and Other Under-represented Faculty:
Advice for Women, Ethnic Minorities, and Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Early
Career Psychiatrists in Handbook of Career Development in Academic Psychiatry and Behavioral
Sciences, Roberts LW, Hilty DM (Eds.). APPI, Washington, DC, 2006 [First mention of DAC in print]
Lim, RF: Introduction to Special Issue on Culture and Community Mental Health. Community Mental
Health Journal, 2005 41:5: 505-509 Community Mental Health Journal, Special Issue: Culture and
Community Mental Health, October 2005.
Lim, RF and Lu, FG: Clinical Aspects of Culture in the Practice of Psychiatry: Assessment and
Treatment of Culturally Diverse Patients. June 30, 2005, Medscape.com,
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/507208
Shen, H, Chiu, S, Lim, RF: Cross-Cultural Issues in Asian American Youths. Adolescent Psychiatry,
2005, 29: 2005, pp. 315-34
Ton H, Koike A, Hales RE, Johnson JA, Hilty DM: A Qualitative Needs Assessment for Development of
a Cultural Consultation Service. Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 42, No. 3, 491-504, 2005