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Welcome Dr. Beth Springate to Our Faculty
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Dr. Beth Springate is a clinical neuropsychologist working closely with geriatric psychiatry and medicine colleagues in the growing Memory Disorders Clinic. Dr. Springate teaches cognitive assessment to students, residents and fellows and participates in ongoing research in geriatric depression and cognitive disorders. She received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology, with a concentration in neuropsychology at UConn, and completed her postdoctoral research fellowship at Brown. Dr. Springate has authored fifteen peer-reviewed publications and book chapters, largely focused on cognitive disorders in the elderly. She has earned several academic awards and honors which include graduating Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Rochester, and in 2012 receiving a RAND Summer Institute on Aging fellowship.
Welcome Dr. Jeffrey Pella to Our Faculty
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Dr. Jeffrey Pella is joining our faculty as a research child psychologist. After graduating from Roger Williams University with a degree in psychology, Dr. Pella received a Master of Science degree in developmental psychopathology and a Ph.D. in developmental psychology at the University of Reading, UK. He came to UConn two years ago as a post-doctoral fellow working in the clinical research lab of Dr. Golda Ginsburg on the School-based Treatment of Anxiety Research Study (STARS). Dr. Pella has published in the area of anxiety and other internalizing disorders in children and parents. He will be assuming key research and educational roles in our department, continuing to work on established studies and submitting new research proposals while providing supervision and teaching to students, residents and fellows.
Welcome Dr. Shirin Schilling to Our Faculty
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Dr. Shirin Schilling received her M.D. degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine. She recently graduated from the UConn School of Medicine, where she served as the Chief Inpatient Resident. Prior to attending medical school, Dr. Schilling worked as a clinical research coordinator and a clinical trials coordinator at Northwest Clinical Research Center in Bellevue, Washington. We are pleased that Dr. Schilling will have clinical and teaching responsibilities at UConn Health, where she will primarily see patients on the inpatient psychiatry unit at John Dempsey Hospital and will supervise a team of residents and medical students.

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