Activity Description
The Growing Rate of Mental Illness in Adolescents and Young Adults
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About the Faculty
Hani Talebi, Ph.D., LSSP
Director, Pediatric Psychology
Texas Child Study Center, Dell Children's Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin Dell School of Medicine
Hani Talebi, PhD, LSSP, is a licensed pediatric psychologist and the Director of PediatricPsychology for UT Health Austin Pediatric Psychiatry at Dell Children’s. With more than 20years of experience, he specializes in consultation/liaison psychology, parent management training, and brief evidence-based interventions for medically fragile children. Additionally, Dr.Talebi is an assistant professor in the Dell Medical School Department of Psychiatry andBehavioral Sciences.Dr. Talebi earned his combined doctorate in clinical, counseling, and school psychology with a specialization in clinical child and adolescent psychology from the University of California, SantaBarbara and his bachelor’s in cognitive science with a focus on infant cognition and evidence-based treatment of externalizing behavior disorders from the University of California, Irvine. He completed an internship in pediatric psychology at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County and a fellowship pediatric trauma at Child Abuse Listening and Mediation at the University ofCalifornia, Santa Barbara. He also completed a clinical research assistantship at Children’sNational Medical Center, where he oversaw clinical trials investigating the efficacy of various interventions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and other comorbid conditions.Dr. Talebi currently serves as the psychology service chief for the Consultation/Liaison MentalHealth team at Dell Children’s Medical Center. He has accrued technical aptitude in numerous evidence-based modalities, including individual and group cognitive behavioral therapy, research interests focus on decreasing all hospital readmission rates for children diagnosed with chronic illness.behavioral classroom management and parent training, and motivational interviewing. His research interests focus on decreasing all hospital readmission rates for children diagnosed with chronic illness.
Disclosure: Hani Talebi, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with commercial interests or conflicts of interest to disclose.
About the Faculty
Roshni L. Koli, MD.
Medical Director, Pediatric Mental Health
Dell Children's Medical Center
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
The University of Texas at Austin Dell School of Medicine
Roshni Koli, M.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and BehavioralSciences at Dell Medical School and medical director of pediatric mental health services for DellChildren’s Medical Center of Central Texas. Koli cares for children and families on the consultation-liaison service, mental health unit and IOP. Koli previously served as the medical director for Kapiolani Behavioral Health Services at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children as well as assistant professor of psychiatry for the John A. Burns School of Medicine in Honolulu. She completed her adult psychiatry residency with an emphasis in reproductive psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago and then specialized in child and adolescent psychiatry at Northwestern University/Lurie Children’s Hospital. Koli is passionate about collaborating with pediatricians and subspecialists to improve access tomental health care for children and families and reducing the stigma of mental health care. She is board-certified in adult and child and adolescent psychiatry.
Disclosure: Roshni Koli has no relevant financial relationship(s) with commercial interests or conflicts of interest to disclose.