Why Choose Psychiatry at UB?

Our dedicated, internationally recognized faculty, unique research facilities and innovative clinical programs prepare you for success, whether you plan an academic career or intend to enter clinical practice.

Dedicated, Individualized Mentoring

You’ll be supported by strong formal mentoring programs and a friendly, open-door culture, whether you’re looking for advice on advice on research or help building your teaching or clinical career.

  • View our faculty profiles
    11/10/21

Broad-Based Clinical Training

Our school’s system of affiliated hospitals and clinics gives you a practical, well-rounded base of experience. You’ll learn to collaborate and communicate with professionals throughout the health care system, manage information in multiple electronic health records systems and treat patients from many different backgrounds.

  • Residency training sites
    10/10/19
    We enjoy close working relationships with the numerous area hospitals and psychiatric care facilities that host our core and specialty rotations.
  • Training sites for our fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry
    2/9/26
    Our sites throughout the Buffalo area ensure that you get experience with a wide variety of patients, conditions, treatment protocols and settings.

Vibrant Research Community

Our faculty, residents and fellows conduct award-winning research in diverse areas. Our specialized labs, journal clubs, academic rounds and day-to-day conversations bring together researchers at all levels from across our divisions and outside our department.

  • Learn about our labs and areas of research
    5/16/25
    Our department sustains a vibrant research community with connections to resources throughout the university, the region and internationally.
  • Explore research opportunities for students
    6/19/14
    Our faculty believe strongly in supporting students’ interests in conducting research during their training.
  • Read about our divisions and programs
    1/10/20
    Our faculty head up several dynamic divisions and programs that concentrate research, training and services in key areas within psychiatry.

Community Ties

Through a long-standing tradition of engaged, active research and clinical work, our department has built rich ties to the community. During your training, you’ll coordinate frequently with social workers, educators, legal professionals and more.

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
    7/21/25
    Our division embraces state-of-the-art psychodynamic, family relational, cognitive/behavioral and pharmacological approaches. We value mentoring, support and promotion of junior faculty and excellence in clinical and research training, and we provide an outstanding environment for professional growth and fulfillment.
  • Community Psychiatry
    1/7/26
    Individuals with psychiatric conditions frequently interact with multiple medical, social and legal systems. The Division of Community Psychiatry works to identify and address gaps where these systems interface with another.
  • Forensic Psychiatry
    4/9/21
    Forensic psychiatry forms an interface between mental health care services and the legal system. Our division’s faculty trains residents, students and fellows to navigate this distinct interprofessional realm, while also providing a variety of key services for the community.

Dynamic, Responsive Curriculum

Residents on our medical educator track conduct curriculum-based research, generating proposals we’ve integrated into our standard curriculum. We also offer specialized coursework in response to our students’ interests and needs.

  • Education and Training
    1/28/26
    Our programs span research and mentored training opportunities — from innovative medical student experiences to specialized fellowships.
  • Residency Tracks
    2/18/26
    We offer three optional specialized tracks—research, child and adolescent psychiatry, and medical educator—to help you develop expertise tailored to the career you want.

Critical Engagement with the Discipline

To help our residents understand the benefits and limitations of pharmaceutical treatment, we connect you with industry representatives and their research through an annual pharmaceutical symposium, grand rounds and resident rounds. We also host an annual psychiatry conference that draws a national audience.

  • Grand Rounds
    9/1/21
    Our weekly grand rounds series presents emerging research and current debates in the field.
  • Comprehensive Review of Psychiatry Conference
    9/5/25
    We host an annual conference on the latest advances in the diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders.