In her clinical role, Elizabeth (Beth) Brannan, MD, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and the Clinical Director of the Intensive Program for OCD and Anxiety 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 for 3 years, co-director of the first-year medical student Brain and Behavior course for 6 years, and director of the longitudinal third-year medical student Integration Seminar for 8 years. Currently, 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.
