Caitlin Rippey, MD, PhD, completed her medical degree as well as PhD on the genetic basis of schizophrenia at the University of Washington. She then went on to psychiatry residency training there as well and will be a fellow in the integrated care training program.
From growing up in West Africa, to caring for underserved populations in clinical training, to doing anti-racism community organizing, she has been aware of how structural and systemic factors influence health and access to quality, culturally competent care.
The integrated care training program offers a way to combine her interests in systems of care, social justice, clinical care and research, within a team-based approach geared towards expanding access to mental health care.
She is committed to expanding mental health services in rural western Washington state, and sees integrated care that is responsive to individual communities’ needs as the ideal way to do this.