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Debra J. Forrest, M.D.Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
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Dr. Forrest completed residency here and worked for three years in a Young Adult Services Inpatient Psychiatric Unit before settling into her current position at UConn in 2010. She has acquired various roles, including clinical and teaching work in Emergency Psychiatry, Developing and Directing UConn's Urgent Care Psychiatry Outpatient Clinic, serving as Medical Director at Hartford Behavioral Health, working as Assistant Program Director of Psychiatry Residency Training, and more. She aims "to improve the care of patients in the Greater Hartford Area and beyond, by helping to train the next generation of psychiatrists, by staying active in clinical work, and by being involved in the national mental health community". To that end, she invites your collaboration.
Degree | Institution | Major |
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B.S. | University at Albany, State University of New York | Biological Chemistry/Molecular Biology |
M.D. | State University of New York | Medical Degree |
Post-Graduate Training
Training | Institution | Specialty |
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Internship | University of Connecticut Health Center | |
Residency | University of Connecticut Health Center | Adult Psychiatry |
Through teaching, I learn. I enjoy teaching in various venues throughout a practitioner's career, though most of my teaching is within residency education. Within the residency, I have re-organized and/or developed courses for each year of training, focusing primarily on the Psychotherapy Curriculum. Within the UConn School of Medicine, I facilitate a small group learning activity on, "Health, Law, and Ethics". And in an effort to help people continue their education after residency, I've researched and presented two Grand Rounds Sessions on the Maintenance of Certification Process in Psychiatry and Neurology, which is a program of life-long learning. I seek to find constructive ways to implement this formal, yet individualized learning curriculum within our department and within the broader university Setting.
Name & Description | Category | Role | Type | Scope | Start Year | End Year |
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ARTIST (Anti-Racist, Trauma-Informed System Transformation) | Advisory Committee | Founding Member | UConn Health | Local | 2020 | |
Connecticut Medical Society | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | State | 2019 | |
American Psychiatric Association | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | 2011 | 2012 |
American Association of Directors of Psychiatry Residency Training (AADPRT) | Professional/Scientific Organization | Member | External | National | 2011 | 2012 |
Journal Articles
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C. elegans LIN-18 is a Ryk ortholog and functions in parallel to LIN-17/Frizzled in Wnt signaling.
Cell 2004 Sep;118(6):795-806
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Mutagenesis of histidine 26 demonstrates the importance of loop-loop and loop-protein interactions for the function of iso-1-cytochrome c.
Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society 1998 Apr;7(4):994-1005
Title or Abstract | Type | Sponsor/Event | Date/Year | Location |
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What you Should Know About Maintenance of Certification (MOC) in Neurology | Other | Hartford Hospital Department of Neurology | 2013 | Hartford Hospital |
Maintenance of Certification in Psychiatry: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives | Other | UCHC Department of Psychiatry | 2013 | John Dempsey Hospital |