April 2023
Dear Friends:

Greetings from Ann Arbor! As chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Michigan Medicine, I am pleased to send you the inaugural issue of our new biannual alumni newsletter. We hope you enjoy catching up on department news while strengthening your connection to us and your fellow alumni.

Many of you completed our alumni engagement survey, and we are grateful. If you haven’t had a chance to yet, the survey is still open. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts on how you’d like to be engaged with the department — we’d love to hear from you.

I am also happy to share that we plan to resume hosting a Michigan Psychiatry Reception in conjunction with the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting. This year’s meeting will be May 20-24 in San Francisco. More details on the event can be found in the newsletter below. We look forward to seeing you there!

Another way to stay connected is through our Psychiatry Grand Rounds Series — now open to our alumni community — which takes place Wednesdays from 10:30 a.m. to noon ET. Click here to be added to our Grand Rounds email list to be informed of upcoming speakers and topics.

I hope you find this newsletter informative and prompting you to reconnect with us through some of the opportunities mentioned. You are a vital part of our Michigan family, and your engagement enriches us all and makes our department a better place. Thank you!

Sincerely,
Gregory Dalack, M.D.
Daniel E. Offutt, III Professor & Chair
Department of Psychiatry
WHERE: Wine Down, 685 Folsom Street, San Francisco
HOSTED BY: Gregory Dalack, M.D., Chair
Alumni Spotlight: Alvin Thomas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Dr. Thomas' research and clinical work explore risk and protective factors for Black boys in conditions that imperil them toward negative outcomes. Read more in our Q&A with Dr. Thomas.
Breaking Down Mental Health podcast
A new podcast for health care providers and others that bridges the gap between medicine and psychiatry. It provides clinical guidance about various mental health topics from the very basic to the more complex. Listen in.
Alumni Spotlight: Gina Capalbo, D.O.
Dr. Gina Capalbo is Chief of Psychiatry at Walter P. Reuther Psychiatric Hospital in Westland, Michigan, where she leads the psychiatry department and consults on forensic-related clinical issues. Read more about Dr. Capalbo and her memories of going through the Forensic Psychiatry Fellowship.
Faculty Careers in the Department of Psychiatry
We invite you to check out our open faculty positions. Please reach out to our Faculty Affairs Manager Jen Sullivan with your area(s) of interest and CV. We look forward to hearing from you! @umich.edu.

Your Support Makes a Difference
If you would like more information about supporting the Department of Psychiatry, please contact Courtney Metzger in the Michigan Medicine Office of Development.@umich.edu.

This e-newsletter was sent to U-M Psychiatry alums.