Power of Diversity Lecture: Structural racism and its impact on mental healthcare, w/ Dr. Cheryl Wills

Dr. Wills will discuss structural racism and its impact on mental healthcare. 

Cheryl D. Wills, M.D., DFAPA, is Director of Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatric Services at University Hospitals of Cleveland and Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University. Her interests include occupational, community and correctional psychiatry.

Dr. Wills serves on the APA Board of Trustees and chaired its APA Presidential Task Force on Structural Racism. She has coauthored treatment guidelines with the APA Guideline Writing Group. She is actively involved in the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law and serves on the editorial board of the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. Her publications focus on forensic and clinical aspects of psychiatric practice.

Dr. Wills teaches locally and nationally on matters pertaining to mental health and law. Her skillset makes her an effective advocate the profession and an effective consultant to healthcare professionals, businesses, attorneys, medical boards, and legislators.

Sponsored by: Office For Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity

For more information email janaye.johnson@case.edu.

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