CURRICULUM VITAE

January, 2008

 

NAME:                      Yvette D. McLin, M.D.

 

PRESENT TITLE:  Resident Physician, Post Graduate Year 5

                                    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

University of Texas at Houston Medical School

 

ADDRESS:                2301 Bending Spring Dr.

Pearland, TX 77584

(713) 436-6956

 

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

University of Texas at Houston Medical School

1300 Moursund St.

Houston, TX 77030

(713) 500-2666

E-mail: yvette.s.drake-mclin@uth.tmc.edu

 

BIRTH DATE:         04/28/76

 

CITIZENSHIP:         U.S.A.

 

UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION:

 

1993 – 1997                B.S., Howard University, Washington, DC; Magna Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa

 

GRADUATE EDUCATION:

 

1998 – 2003                M.D., George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC

 

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING:

 

2003 – 2006                General Psychiatry Residency,

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA

2006 – present             Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship,

University of Texas Medical School, Houston

Expected completion: June 30, 2008

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

 

LOCAL:

2006 – present             Member, Houston Psychiatric Society (HPS)

2006 – present             Member, Black Psychiatrists of Houston

2006 – present             Member, Mary Susan Moore Medical Society

2006 – present             Member, Houston Medical Forum 

2003 – 2006                Member in Training, Louisiana Psychiatric Association

 

REGIONAL:

2006 – present             Member in Training, Texas Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (TSCAP)

2006 – present             Texas Society for Psychiatric Physicians (TSPP)

2007                                        Participant, Mental Health Advocacy Day (Austin, TX)

2006 – present             Member in Training, Texas Medical Association

 

NATIONAL:

2007 – present             American College of Psychiatrists (ACP)

2008 – 2009                            Award Recipient, Laughlin Fellowship

2006 – present             American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)

2006 – present                         Member in Training                

2006 – present                         AACAP Resident Representative

2003 – present             American Psychiatric Association (APA)

2005 – 2006                            Committee Member, Scientific Program Committee for the 2006 APA Institute on Psychiatric Services

2005 – 2007                            Award Recipient, APA/Bristol Myers Squibb Fellowship in Public Psychiatry

2005 – 2007                            Committee Member, APA Committee of Black Psychiatrists

2007                                        Workshop Presenter, APA Institute for Psychiatric Services Convention, New Orleans, LA.

2006                                        Workshop Presenter, APA Institute for Psychiatric Services Convention, Fall 2006, New York, NY

2005 – present             National Medical Association (NMA)

2005 – present                         Member

1999 – 2003                Student National Medical Association (SNMA)

1999 – 2001                            President, Student National Medical Association (SNMA), George Washington University Chapter

2000                                        Chairperson, SNMA Eastern Regional Conference

 

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY:

2007                            Volunteer, Twelve Days of Christmas Service Organization, Inc.

2007                            Participant, Women’s HIV/Sexual Health Education Program

2006                            Participant, All Healer’s Mental Health Alliance (AHMA)

2006                            Volunteer Coordinator/Facilitator, Hurricane Katrina Victim’s Women’s Group.

2000 – 2003                Tutor/Mentor, Upward Bound Program

 

PRESENTATIONS:

 

LOCAL:

2007                            Presenter, “Childhood Trauma: Neurobiologic and Psychologic Perspectives.” Child & Adolescent Division Journal Club; University of Texas at Houston, Department of Psychiatry, Houston, TX

 

NATIONAL:

2007                            Presenter, APA Institute for Psychiatric Services Convention, New Orleans, LA “Recovery and Resiliency in Children: Comparison of Services after 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina”

2006                            Presenter, Cleveland Clinic Department of Psychiatry, Departmental Grand Rounds, Cleveland, OH  “A Practical Approach to Disaster Psychiatry: Lessons Learned from 911 and Hurricane Katrina”

2006                            Presenter, APA Institute for Psychiatric Services Convention, New York, NY “A Practical Approach to Disaster Psychiatry: Lessons Learned from 911 and Hurricane Katrina” 

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

 

2002 – 2003                Research Assistant, George Washington University Department of Pharmacology, Research Topic: Strategies in Avoiding SSRI Discontinuation Syndrome, Supervisor: Vincent Chiapanelli, PhD

 

1999                            Fogarty International Research Fellow, University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Kingston, Jamaica, Research Topic: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women of Jamaica: An Island Wide Study. Supervisor: Fitzroy Henry, PhD

 

1997 – 1998                Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow,  Pulmonary Critical Care Unit, National Heart Lung & Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, Research Topic: Activation and  Regulation of Cholera Toxin by specific ADP Ribosylation Factors (ARFs).  Supervisors: Walter Patton, PhD; Joel Moss, MD

 

1997                            Fogarty International Research Fellow, Dept. of Neurobiology, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Research Topic: Ontogeny of NADPH - Diaphorase neurons in the medial septum and dorsal hippocampus to detect neuronal nitric oxide synthase (NOS).  Supervisor: Wagner Cintra, MD

 

1996                            Research Assistant, Dept. of Chemistry, Howard University, Research Topic: "Transesterification of Vernonia galamensis seed oil."  Supervisor: Folahand Ayorinde, PhD

 

1995                            Research Trainee, Natl. Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD), NIH, Intramural Summer Research Training Program Research Topic: “Immunological Characteristics of Gonadotrpin Releasing Hormone (GnRH).” Supervisor: Harry Chen, MD

 

LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:

 

2006 – present             Resident Representative, American Association of Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists (AACAP)

2005 – 2006                Committee Member, APA Institute of Psychiatric Services Scientific Program Committee

2006                            Committee Member, APA Committee of Black Psychiatrists

2006                            Resident Representative, LSU Dept of Psychiatry Graduate Education Committee (GEC)

2005 – 2006                Coordinator, LSU Dept. of Psychiatry Annual Resident Retreat

2000 – 2003                Member, Admissions Committee, GW School of Medicine

2002 – 2003                Instructor, Physical Diagnosis Course for 1st and 2nd Year Medical Students

1999 – 2001                            President, Student National Medical Association (SNMA) – George Washington Chapter

2000                                        Chairperson, Student National Medical Association (SNMA) Regional Convention

 

HONORS AND AWARDS:

 

2007                            Laughlin Fellowship Award, American College of Psychiatrists.  Recipients are “chosen from an elite pool of applicants deemed likely to make a significant contribution to the field of psychiatry.”

2006                            Gene L. Usdin Leadership in Psychiatry Resident Award, LSU Dept of Psychiatry

2005 – 2007                American Psychiatric Association/Bristol Myers Squibb Award Fellowship in Public & Community Psychiatry

2003                            Jerry M. Weiner Award for Excellence in Psychiatry, George Washington University School of Medicine

2000                                        Reproductive Health Advocacy Award, Institute of Women and Ethnic Studies (IWES), July 2000, (San Juan, Puerto Rico)

1999                                        National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty Minority International Research Training Fellowship Award, June 1999 (Kingston, Jamaica)

1997                                        National Institutes of Health (NIH) Fogarty Minority International Research Training Fellowship Award, June 1997 (Rio de Janiero, Brazil)

1996                                        Phi Beta Kappa Induction, Howard University Chapter, Washington, DC

1996 – 1997                Chemistry Departmental High Honors Achievement Award

1993 – 1997                Trustee Scholarship Recipient, Howard University, 1993-1997