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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion with Dr. LaMisha Hill Weller
Dr. LaMisha Hill Weller is a Licensed Counseling Psychologist originally from the Chicagoland area. She completed her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon, her Pre-Doctoral Internship at UC Riverside, and her Post-Doctoral Fellowship at UC Berkeley. LaMisha began her professional career at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in 2013 with the Office of Diversity and Outreach.
In 2022, LaMisha joined UCSF’s Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences (OBGYN-RS) as an Associate Professor and the inaugural Vice Chair for Equity, Inclusion, and Structural Change. Within her professional scope of work, she also serves as the Diversity Advisor to the Birth Center (UCSF Health) and leads various initiatives to support belonging and health equity.
Anchored in the Spirt of Service, LaMisha works collaboratively to help individuals and organizations move towards their values of inclusion. Her skillset includes strategic planning, education and training, individual coaching, facilitating, and keynote speaking.
You can find Dr. Hill Weller on her website at https://www.drlamishahill.com/
Immigrant Mental Health with Dr. Norma Ramírez
Dr. Norma Ramírez, Ph.D (she/ her/ ella), is a bicultural-bilingual (Spanish-English) undocumented licensed psychologist in California and Nevada. She has served as the Clinical Director at an immigration non-profit where she provided free therapy and immigration mental health evaluations and is currently growing her private practice. Dr. Ramírez serves diverse populations from undocumented immigrant communities to first generation professionals to neurodivergent individuals to the LGBTQ community.
She is an advocate for the immigrant community, exemplified by her role as a plaintiff against the Trump Administration for illegally rescinding DACA in 2017 and recognition by the Biden and Harris Administration as a Latinx leader. Clinically, she provides direct services to clients, develops and implements behavioral health programming, provides mental health literacy workshops for minoritized populations, and provides workshops to educators, lawyers, and mental health professionals on improving services for undocumented communities. At the intersection of her spirituality, activism, and professional identities, her own marginalized identities inform how she approaches her work in all of these areas.
You can find Dr. Ramírez at her website: AllGoodThingsPs.comor on Instagram @AllGoodThingsPsychology
Physician Mental Health with Dr. Shin Ock
Shin Ock, PhD is a clinical psychologist and founder of Ezar Psychology, a practice specializing in providing actionable and values-guided mental healthcare for physicians and high-achieving professionals, whom she calls "exhausted exemplars." She practices in Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia, and all PSYPACT-authorized states.
You can find Dr. Ock on her website at www.ezarpsychology.com.
Climate Anxiety and Masculinity with Dr. Jon Reeves
Practicing Failure with Dr. Amanda Cassil: Episode 1 - Climate Anxiety and Masculinity with Dr. Jon Reeves
Burnout in STEM
Burnout is marked by physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion related to one's occupation. High performing careers, such as STEM careers (science, technology, engineering, and math) can feed into this exhaustion. What does burnout look like and what can you do about it?
