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Biography
Shashank V. Joshi, MD, FAAP, DFAACAP, is Professor of Psychiatry, Pediatrics and Education at the 海角乱伦社区 University School of Medicine and Graduate School of Education (by courtesy), and Director of the Triple Board Residency in Pediatrics, General (Adult) Psychiatry, and Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. He also serves as Director of School Mental Health at Lucile Packard Children鈥檚 Hospital, and is a Faculty Advisor at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (CCSRE), the John Gardner Center for Youth & their Communities in the Graduate School of Education, and the 海角乱伦社区 Center for Asian Health Research and Education (CARE).
In September 2023, he was appointed as Senior Associate Vice Provost for Academic Well-being in the Office of the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education (VPUE).
He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), and former Co-chair of the AACAP Committee on Schools. He serves on the Advisory Boards of the National Center on School Mental Health (NCSMH) and the Jed Foundation, and is a member of the Student Mental Health Policy Workgroup for the State of California.
He will begin a 2-year term as a member of the Senate of the 海角乱伦社区 Academic Council, 2025-2027.
Professor Joshi鈥檚 scholarly work focuses on school mental health, suicide prevention in school settings, cultural aspects of pediatric health, doctor-parent-teacher collaboration in medical care, and wellbeing promotion in youth and young adults. He is the lead author of the K12 Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention used by the California Department of Education and co-editor of the book, Partnerships for Mental Health: A Guide to Community and Academic Collaboration [Philadelphia, Springer (2015)].
His current book project is an international collaboration with Professor Andr茅s Martin (Yale), Thinking About Prescribing: The Psychology of Psychopharmacology with Diverse Youth & Families [Wash DC Amer Psychiatric Press, Inc (2022)], which examines the relational and psychotherapeutic aspects of medication treatment.
In September 2023, he was appointed as Senior Associate Vice Provost for Academic Well-being in the Office of the Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education (VPUE).
He is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), and former Co-chair of the AACAP Committee on Schools. He serves on the Advisory Boards of the National Center on School Mental Health (NCSMH) and the Jed Foundation, and is a member of the Student Mental Health Policy Workgroup for the State of California.
He will begin a 2-year term as a member of the Senate of the 海角乱伦社区 Academic Council, 2025-2027.
Professor Joshi鈥檚 scholarly work focuses on school mental health, suicide prevention in school settings, cultural aspects of pediatric health, doctor-parent-teacher collaboration in medical care, and wellbeing promotion in youth and young adults. He is the lead author of the K12 Toolkit for Mental Health Promotion and Suicide Prevention used by the California Department of Education and co-editor of the book, Partnerships for Mental Health: A Guide to Community and Academic Collaboration [Philadelphia, Springer (2015)].
His current book project is an international collaboration with Professor Andr茅s Martin (Yale), Thinking About Prescribing: The Psychology of Psychopharmacology with Diverse Youth & Families [Wash DC Amer Psychiatric Press, Inc (2022)], which examines the relational and psychotherapeutic aspects of medication treatment.
Other titles
Professor (Teaching),
Professor (Teaching) (By courtesy),
Professor (Teaching) (By courtesy),
Member,
Research interests
Adolescence | Child Development | Diversity and Identity | Higher Education | Immigrants and Immigration | Leadership and Organization | Parents and Family Issues | Poverty and Inequality | Professional Development | Psychology | Race and Ethnicity | Religion | Social and Emotional Learning | Special Education | Teachers and Teaching
Recent publications
Dang, K., Wiebe, C., Briquet, K., Joshi, S. V., Hilty, D., & Teshima, J. (2025). How Do You Think That Went?鈥 A Peer Feedback Process for Workshop Presenters at an Academic Meeting. Academic Psychiatry, In press.
Belur, P., Sherry, P., Rodriguez, I., Kurkure, C., & Joshi, S. V. (2024). Strategies for Reducing Suicide at Railroads: A Scoping Review of Evidence and Gaps. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 22(1).
Zalpuri, I., Matzke, M., & Joshi, S. V. (2024). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents: Early Detection in Primary Care Settings. Pediatrics.