Join our active and successful research program based on our faculty’s clinical and community strengths.
We facilitate faculty collaboration within and outside our department and university. In addition, we encourage and identify research opportunities for residents, psychology interns, and post-docs.
Psychiatry Department Research Activity Report (2024)
Want to learn more? Discover the range of our current projects in this report.
We support new and experienced researchers in finding and securing funding, conducting research, and publishing results to improve outcomes for New Mexicans, their families, and others living with behavioral health challenges.
The approach is guided by a 10-Step model designed to help an organization systematically improved their tobacco addiction treatment for patients/clients and change their culture to better address tobacco. ATTOC has been demonstrated to be an effective approach in helping many addictions, mental health, hospital and other clinical settings.
Learn more about our studies on psychotic disorders, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), and psychiatric neuromodulation.
Find out how we partner with New Mexico communities, national stakeholders, and UNM collaborators to translate evidence-based behavioral health services into practice to improve the well-being of individuals with mental health and/or substance use disorders, their families, and communities.
Physician Scientists in psychiatry are uniquely poised to bridge the gap between research and clinical practice. Learn more about this program and other opportunities for residents in our Department.
There are many novel and exciting opportunities for residents in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences to learn new research skills and gain knowledge
On November 19, 2020, the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences hosted its 1st Annual Research Showcase. The virtual event consisted of individual presentations and breakout rooms.
The Second Annual Research Showcase was held on September 7,2022. It included an in-person and virtual component to maximize attendance and participation.
The Third Annual Research Showcase was held on September 20,2023. It included an in-person and virtual component to maximize attendance and participation.
The Department has many divisions. Community Behavioral Health (CBH) partners with New Mexico communities, national stakeholders, and UNM collaborators to increase capacity to address behavioral health disparities through prevention, clinical system development, direct clinical services, implementation science, workforce development and training, grant writing, and behavioral health services research and evaluation.
Vice Chair of Research and Tenured Professor
Annette Crisanti, PhD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
2400 Tucker Ave. NE
1 University Of New Mexico
MSC09-5030