Puja Chadha, M.D.
Director of Faculty Diversity Education, Office for Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
As an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at University of California, Davis Dr. Chadha serves as Associate Director of Education for the Center for Reducing Healthcare Disparities as well as multiple teaching roles in the School of Medicine and Psychiatry Residency Training Program including Director of Diversity Education, Office of Faculty Development & Diversity leading curriculum to improve faculty supporting inclusion for diverse students as well as training on faculty search committee training diversity and inclusion efforts in workforce recruitment.
Clinically she has worked with UC Davis Psychiatry to open a 16-bed acute Psychiatric Health Facility as Assistant Medical Director and then moved on to work with underserved populations through the County Mental Health Clinics in Sacramento. She has worked in both private practice sector providing psychotherapy as well as with underserved at the Asian Pacific Community Counseling Center also known as the Transcultural Wellness Center where she was awarded Doctor of the Year 2014.