Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, MD, MS, MAS, completed her medical school education at University of California, Davis, and her residency training at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/McLean Harvard Psychiatry Program. She is dedicated to improving health care through social justice. She is currently on the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in a number of clinical and leadership roles including as: an Associate Program Director in the Psychiatry Residency Training Program; the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital’s Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in Public Psychiatry and Lead Psychiatrist at the UCSF Alliance Health Project. She also has a faculty appointment at Massachusetts General Hospital as a Faculty Researcher. The primary theme of her work is based on equity-focused organizational initiatives, community engagement, research and mental health workforce development. She also serves as a Co-Editor of the Racism and Mental Health Equity column with the Psychiatric Services Journal, which is the monthly peer-reviewed medical journal of the American Psychiatric Association.
