Dr. Adam Brenner, Professor of Psychiatry, has been named Editor-in-Chief of Academic Psychiatry, the official journal of the American Association of Chairs of Departments of Psychiatry, American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training (AADPRT), Association for Academic Psychiatry, and the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry.

The journal’s mission is to support work that furthers knowledge and stimulates evidence-based advances in academic medicine education, leadership, finance and administration, career and professional development, ethics and professionalism, and health and well-being. Academic Psychiatry is published bimonthly by Springer Nature Publishing.

In March, Dr. Brenner began serving his first term as new President of the AADPRT. Founded in 1970, AADPRT has worked to further the education and professional development of psychiatry educators and program coordinators. The mission of the group is to promote excellence in the education and training of future psychiatrists.

Dr. Brenner is a Distinguished Teaching Professor as well as Vice Chair for Education and Director of Residency Training in Psychiatry at UT Southwestern.