Ruth Shim, M.D., M.P.H.
University of California
Ruth Shim, MD, MPH, is the Luke & Grace Kim Professor in Cultural Psychiatry and Vice Chair of Faculty Development in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, Davis. Dr. Shim provides clinical psychiatric care in the Healing and Optimizing Psychotic Experiences (HOPE) Clinic at UC Davis Health. She received an MPH in health policy from Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and an MD from Emory University School of Medicine. She also completed residency training and a fellowship in Community Psychiatry at Emory.
Dr. Shim is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Steinberg Institute. She serves on the Editorial Boards of JAMA Psychiatry and American Psychiatric Publishing, and edits two columns in Psychiatric Services: Social Determinants of Mental Health and Racism & Mental Health Equity. She is a regular contributor to JAMA Health Forum, where her articles focus on mental health policy issues. She is co-editor of the books The Social Determinants of Mental Health and Social (In)Justice and Mental Health.
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