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Multidisciplinary Training
The UM Department of Psychiatry and Z2T offer destination training for multiple disciplines interested in perinatal and infant and young children’s mental health.
The Perinatal and Infant and Early Childhood Psychiatry Clinics provide multidisciplinary training opportunities for medical students, Psychiatry Residents and Fellows, Psychology Trainees and Post-Doctoral Fellows, Social Work Interns and Post Graduate Fellows, and UM OB/GYN Women’s Health Fellows. UM students as well as students from other institutions have taken advantage of the opportunity to prepare to be a clinician that is able to provide women, infants, and young children with exceptional care. We provide opportunities to learn in a multidisciplinary setting among national and international leaders. We seek passionate, highly-motivated individuals across disciplines and levels who seek to have an impact on women, families, and young children.
Research training opportunities offer access to one of the world’s premier research institution’s faculty and resources. The University of Michigan Department of Psychiatry ranks in the top 15 in NIH research funding. The Zero To Thrive Faculty are committed to creating the next generation of researchers who will find bold solutions that prevent the transfer of risk from one generation to the next.
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Jessica Riggs, Ph.D.
Child Clinical Psychology Fellow, Michigan Medicine Department of Psychiatry
I grew up in Westland, MI and attended the University of Michigan – Dearborn for undergrad. I completed my graduate training in Clinical Psychology with a focus on Developmental Psychopathology at Eastern Michigan University. I then completed my pre-doctoral internship at the University of Michigan’s Mary A. Rackham Institute at the University Center for the Child and Family in Ann Arbor.
I specialize in working with young children and families across the perinatal period. I am especially interested in providing trauma-informed care to very young children (ages 0-6) who have been exposed to or experienced intimate partner violence, abuse, neglect, or other early life stressors. This is in line with my research activity, which focuses on understanding risk and protective factors within parent-child relationships across the first few years of life (birth to age 6). I love the work I get to do with Z2T. I find it meaningful and very connected to the families we serve and public policy.
Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my partner and our dog, Sadie (full name is Sonja Tremont Morgan after my favorite “Real Housewife” – I love reality television). I also enjoy spending time with friends, and planning themed parties to celebrate life’s moments. I love to go camping, and explore northern Michigan (and its many wineries!).