Resident news
A note from Crystal Lim, PhD, ABPP, Psychology Training Director:
"During their one year of training in our department, psychology residents complete three 4-month clinical rotations, as well as provide services to patients in the department’s outpatient General Psychology Clinic, which is located on the 7th floor of the Clinical Sciences Building and is currently providing services via telehealth. The current class has completed their first rotation and recently started their second rotation. Thank you to division and departmental faculty for their involvement in training our current class of residents in clinical, research, and didactic settings.
In January, our program will be virtually interviewing applicants from around the country for the psychology internship match for the 2022-2023 training year. I would like to send a shout out to our program administrator Kristy Herbison for all of her efforts coordinating our interview days, all of our program faculty who have volunteered to participate in interviewing applicants in individual and group formats, and to our current residents for virtually meeting with applicants in the coming weeks."
Psychology Residents
The 2021-2022 UMMC Psychology Residents began their training at UMMC on July 1st.
Adult Track
Jordan Gette – Texas Tech University (Chief Resident)
Timothy Regan – Texas A & M University
Alainna Wen – Notre Dame University
Child Track
Tre Gissandaner – Texas Tech University
Lauren Mutignani – University of Arkansas
Kristin Perry – University of Buffalo
Psychology Postdoctoral Fellow
Kerry Kinney, PhD
Highlighted Psychology Resident Research Accomplishments:
During their one year clinical psychology residency, our residents are active in both clinical and research endeavors. Listed below are some of their recent research accomplishments since the start of the training year:
Highlighted Psychology Trainee Accomplishments:
Grants:
- Tre Gissandaner, Primary Mentor: Crystal Lim
- Title: Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research in Mississippi ECHO ISPCTN-2 (MS-CTN2)
- Dates: 09/2021 – 08/2023
- Funding Source: NIH/ECHO/ISPCTN
- Lauren Mutignani (PI), Tre Gissandaner (Co-I), and Kristin Perry (Co-I); Primary Mentor: Cindy Karlson
- Title: Peer Problems in Children with a Craniofacial Condition
- Dates: 12/2021 – 11/2022
- Funding Source: University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Intradepartmental Discovery Support Program (IDSP)
Manuscripts:
Gette, J. A., Stevens, A. K., Littlefield, A. K., Hayes, K. L., White, H. R., & Jackson, K. M. (2021). Individual and covid-19-specific indicators of compliance with mask use and social distancing: The importance of norms, perceived effectiveness, and state response. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(16), 8715.
Gette, J. A.,Gissandaner, T. D., & Littlefield, A.K. (2021). Alcohol and cannabis cross motives, class analysis, and substance use among concurrent users. Substance Use and Misuse, 1-11. DOI 10.1080/10826084.2021.1967991
Gette, J. A.,Gissandaner, T. D., Littlefield, A.K., Simmons, C.R., & Schmidt, A.T. (2021). Modeling the adverse childhood experiences questionnaire – international version. Child Maltreatment. DOI 1 0775595211043122 \
Presentations:
Gette, J. A.,Gissandaner, T. D., & Littlefield, A.K., (2021, November). Alcohol and cannabis cross motives, class analysis, and substance use among concurrent users Poster to be presented at the 55th Annual Convention for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Virtual Convention.
Gissandaner, T. D.,Gette, J. A., Schmidt, A. T., & Littlefield, A. K. (2021, November). Mitigating the Relation between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Perceived Stress: The Role of Resilience. Poster to be presented at the 55th Annual Convention for the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Virtual Convention.
Psychiatry Residents
Resident Retreat:
The Resident Retreat took place on October 27th, 2021. The residents had a fun day of paintball followed by a catered lunch from The Pig and The Pint and pumpkin carving.
Published Articles:
Bhardwaj, S., Chokhawala, K., (2021). 10 Things to know about opioid use disorder. The Journal of the Mississippi Psychiatric Association. August 2021.
Awards:
Dr. Sabrina Deleon, a second-year Psychiatry Resident, was awarded an Honorable Mention from Academic Medicine for her letter "Combatting Microaggressions in Training: Shifting the Culture and Setting Boundaries."
Women in Psychiatry Dinner:
Dr. Gleason led a Women in Psychiatry Dinner at Amerigo with many of our residents, including Dr. Pritchard, Dr. Gibson, Dr. Porter, Dr. Reynolds, Dr. Chokhawala, Dr. Partee, Dr. Patel, Dr. DeLeon, Dr. Salter, Dr. McCoy, Dr. Browne, and Dr. Huang.
Interview Season:
The adult psychiatry residency program interview season is virtual again this year. We have used the Thalamus platform to successfully conduct six interview days and we will have our final two interview days in January. We are looking forward to a successful Match Day on March 18th and can’t wait to meet our class of 2026 residents. We would also like to extend a huge thank you to all of the faculty and residents that have assisted us with helping the interview days go smoothly. We also very much appreciate your flexibility with accommodating schedule changes.
New Class:
The Adult Psychiatry Residency program is pleased to introduce our PGY 1 residents, class of 2025.
