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   <name>Sarah Y. Vinson, M.D. </name>
   <title>Professor </title>
   <department>Psychiatry </department>
   <title2></title2>
   <department2></department2>
   <email>svinson@msm.edu</email>
   <phone>470-756-1311</phone>
   <location>50 Hurt Plaza Suite 630 Atlanta, GA 30303</location>
   <education><strong>POSTGRADUATE:</strong><br></br><span>Emory School of Medicine</span><br></br><strong>Fellowship:</strong><span> Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatry</span><br></br><br></br><span>Emory School of Medicine</span><br></br><strong>Fellowship:</strong><span> Forensic Psychiatry</span><br></br><br></br><span>Cambridge Health Aliance - Harvard Medical School</span><br></br><strong>Residency:</strong><span> General Psychiatry Residency</span><br></br><br></br><strong>GRADUATE:</strong><br></br><span>University of Florida College of Medicine</span><br></br><strong>Degree:</strong><span> Doctor of Medicine</span><br></br><br></br><strong>UNDERGRADUATE:</strong><br></br><span>Florida A&amp;M University</span><br></br><strong>Degree:</strong><span> Bachelor of Science Chemistry (Summa Cum Laude)</span></education>
   <research>
      <div class="section_box">
         <p>The intersection of Law and Mental Health: Structual Inequity, Social Justice and
            Mental Health</p>
      </div>
   </research>
   <clinicalinterests>
      <p>Evaluation and care of minoritized populations; Trauma</p>
   </clinicalinterests>
   <specialties>
      <p>General Psychiatry<br></br>Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatry<br></br>Forensic Psychiatry</p>
   </specialties>
   <boardcerts>
      <p>Triple Boarded General Psychiatry<br></br>Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatry<br></br>Forensic Psychiatry</p>
   </boardcerts>
   <publications>
      <div class="section_box">
         <ul>
            <li>McMickens, C., Jackson, N., Williams, K., Reese, L., Hardeman, L.,<span> </span><strong>Vinson, S</strong>. Justice-Involved Youth: Support for Community and Family Interventions.<span> </span><em>Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am.</em><span> </span>2024; 33(4).<span> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2024.02.005">doi.org/10.1016/j.chc.2024.02.005</a>.</li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li>Williams, K., French, A., Jackson, N., McMickens, C., White, D.,<span> </span><strong>Vinson, S</strong>. Mental Health Crisis Responses and (In)Justice: Intrasystem and Intersystem Implications.<span> </span><em>Psychiatric Clinics of North America</em>. 2024, Volume 47, Issue 3.<span> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2024.04.001">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2024.04.001</a></li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li>Ogbu-Nwobodo, L., Shim, R.,<span> </span><strong>Vinson, S.</strong>, Fitelson, E., Biggs, A., McLemore, M., Thomas, M., Godzich, M., Mangurian, C.. Mental
               Health Implication of Abortion Restrictions for Historically Marginalized Populations.<em><span> </span>The New England Journal of Medicine</em>, October 2022, Volume 387,#17.<span> </span><a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2211124">https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMms2211124</a></li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li>Wamuo, C., Pearson, M.,<span> </span><strong>Vinson, S.</strong><span> </span>The Collaborative Advocate: Psychiatrists’ Role in Addressing Criminal Legal Involvement,<em>Psychiatric Services</em>, October 2022.<span> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.22073010">https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.22073010</a></li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li>Goldman, M.,<span> </span><strong>Vinson, S</strong>. Centering Equity in Mental Health Crisis Services.<span> </span><em>World Psychiatry</em>. May 2022, Volume 21, #2.<span> </span><a>doi.org/10.1002/wps.20968</a></li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li><strong>Vinson, S.</strong>, Dennis, A. Systemic, Racial Justice-Informed Solutions to Shift “Care” from the
               Criminal Legal to the Mental Health Care System.<span> </span><em>Psychiatric Services</em>. 2021, 72(12):1428-1433</li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li><strong>Vinson, S</strong>. Structural Trauma and Psychiatric Practice: A Call to Action.<span> </span><em>Psychiatric Annals</em>. 2021, 51(11):505.<span> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20211021-01">doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20211021-01</a></li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li><strong>Vinson, S.</strong>, Kamara, A. Disabled Individuals and Structural Trauma: Implications for Mental Health
               Providers.<span> </span><em>Psychiatric Annals</em>. 2021, 51(11):513-515.<span> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20211012-01">doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20211012-01</a></li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li>Shadravan S.M., Edwards M.L.,<span> </span><strong>Vinson, S</strong>. Dying at the Intersections: Police-Involved Killings of Black People With Mental
               Illness.<span> </span><em>Psychiatric Services</em>. 2021, 72(6):623-625.<span> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000942">doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.202000942</a></li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li>Robles-Ramamurthy, B., Coombs, A., Wilson, W.,<span> </span><strong>Vinson, S</strong>. Black Children and the Pressing Need for Anti-Racism in Child Psychiatry.<span> </span><em>J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry</em>. 2021, 60(4):432-434<span> </span><a href="https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(20)32150-X/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email">https://www.jaacap.org/article/S0890-8567(20)32150-X/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email</a></li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li>Murray, P.,<span> </span><strong>Vinson, SY</strong>. Social Determinants of Children’s Mental Health. In: Parekh, R., Al-Mateen, C.,
               Lisotto, M., Carter, R. eds.<span> </span><em>Cultural Psychiatry in Children, Adolescents, and Families</em>. American Psychiatric Association Publishing; 2020. Chapter 10.</li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li>Fowler, B.,<span> </span><strong>Vinson, S</strong>. Digital Media, Culture, and Child and Adolescent Mental Health In: Parekh, R., Al-Mateen,
               C., Lisotto, M., Carter, R. eds.<span> </span><em>Cultural Psychiatry in Children, Adolescents, and Families</em>. American Psychiatric Association Publishing; 2020. Chapter 14./li&gt;</li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li>Shim, RS,<strong><span> </span>Vinson, SY</strong>. eds.<span> </span><em>Social (In)Justice and Mental Health</em>. American Psychiatric Association Publishing. 2020</li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li><strong>Vinson, S.</strong>, Waldman, R. The Pandemic Paused the U.S. School to Prison Pipeline: Potential Lessons
               Learned.<span> </span><em>The Lancet Child &amp; Adolescent Health</em>. 2020, 4(11):799-800.<span> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30306-0">10.1016/S2352-4642(20)30306-0</a></li>
            <li><strong>Vinson, S.</strong>, Coffey, TT, Jackson, N, McMickens, CL, McGregor, B, Leifman, S. Two Systems, One
               Population: Mental Healthcare, Criminal Justice and Marginalized Populations Living
               with Mental Illness.<span> </span><em>Psychiatric Clinics of North America</em>. 2020, 43(3):525-538.<span> </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2020.05.006">doi.org/10.1016/j.psc.2020.05.006</a></li>
         </ul>
      </div>
      <div class="section_box">
         <h3>Presentations</h3><strong>Academic Grand Rounds and National Peer-Reviewed Presentations</strong><span></span><p> </p>
         <ul>
            <li>We Should All Be Child Advocates: A Call to Action for All In Promoting Population
               Mental Health</li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li>Social (In)Justice and Mental Health</li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li>Social Determinants of Children’s Mental Health</li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li>Ghosts in the Office : Structural Racism and Black Mental Health Inequities</li>
         </ul>
         <ul>
            <li>Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Impairment and (Under)Treatment and Stigma</li>
         </ul>
      </div>
   </publications>
   <awards>
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         <ul>
            <li>Jeanne Spurlock MD Social Justice Award from the Association of Women in Psychiatry,
               2026  </li>
            <li>Andrew J. Young Humanitarian Award, Conferred by the Georgia Department of Community
               Affairs MLK Commission, 2026  </li>
            <li>James Reed Lectureship, Keynote Presentation, Morehouse School of Medicine, Department
               of Internal Medicine, 2024  </li>
            <li>Andrea Delgado Memorial Lecture Award, Black Psychiatrists of America, 2023  </li>
            <li>Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture's 2022</li>
            <li>Creative Scholarship Award for co-editing the book, Social (In)Justice and Mental
               Health   Georgia Psychiatric Physicians Psychiatrist of the Year, 2021  </li>
            <li>Atlanta 40 Under 40 Award Recipient, 2020 Class  </li>
            <li>National Alliance for Mental Illness Exemplary Psychiatrist Award, May 2020  </li>
            <li>American Psychiatric Association Minority Fellowship Outstanding Alumna Award, May
               2020</li>
            <li> </li>
         </ul>
      </div>
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         <h3>Professional Societies</h3>
         <ul>
            <li>American College of Psychiatry</li>
            <li>American Academy of Child &amp; Adolescent Psychiatry</li>
            <li>American Association of Community Psychiatry</li>
            <li>American Psychiatric Association</li>
            <li>Black Psychiatrists of America</li>
         </ul>
      </div>
   </awards>
</profile>