In her clinical role, Elizabeth (Beth) Brannan, MD, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and the Community Engagement Lead in the Intensive Program for OCD and Related Disorders within the Pediatric Anxiety Research Center (PARC) at Bradley Hospital. In her academic role, Dr. Brannan is an Associate Professor (clinician educator) of Psychiatry and Human Behavior.
Dr. Brannan served as the Associate Program Director of the Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship and the Triple Board Residency from 2020-2023, during which time she led the development of the fellowship's longitudinal curriculum in anti-racism, social justice, and cultural responsiveness. Between 2021-2024, Dr. Brannan completed the Brown Advocates for Social Change and Equity (BASCE), served as the PI of a project identifying race-based inequities in the use of restraints/seclusions on an adolescent inpatient unit, and served on the DPHB Anti-Racism Steering Committee and as the co-chair of the ARSC Education Workgroup. As of November 2024, Dr. Brannan is excited to bring her commitment to improving culturally responsive care to her role as a team member on Dr. Jennifer Freeman's $11 million PCORI-funded grant in which PARC is partnering with community-based mental health teams to disseminate evidence-based treatment for youth with anxiety disorders and OCD in a more community-oriented and culturally responsive way. Finally, in addition to ongoing roles teaching medical students, residents, fellows, faculty, and community pediatricians about pediatric anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder, she has led efforts to develop curricula for medical students, residents, fellows, and faculty on professional identity formation and formal skills training for managing emotions and navigating complex interpersonal interactions in health care.
Dr. Brannan received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and earned her medical degree at the University of California at Davis. She pursued combined training in psychiatry and pediatrics through the Triple Board Program (pediatrics, general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry) at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University.
