Xiao-yan He joins Department of Psychiatry

Xiao-yan He recently joined the Department of Psychiatry as an assistant professor.

He, who specializes in child and adolescent psychiatry, received both a master’s degree and medical degree from Chongqing University of Medical Sciences in the People’s Republic of China. She was certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology last year.

He is particularly interested in developing screening, evaluation and management procedures for child and adolescent outpatient clinics and the clinical study of mood disorders in child and adolescent populations. He studied as a research fellow in child psychology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, where she was also honored with the Outstanding Resident Award in 2000.

She served as the principal investigator for an American Suicide Foundation study on suicide in Texas prisons. Her current research focuses on depression and suicide in children and adolescents as well as identification of high-risk individuals and prevention of suicide in correctional systems. He is a member of the American Psychiatry Association and the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.