Jeremiah E. Dickerson
Associate Professor, Psychiatry
PRONOUNS he/him
- M.D., State University of New York, Upstate Medical University
- B.S., Biology, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Residency, General Psychiatry, University of Vermont Medical Center
- Fellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Vermont Medical Center
- CPA, Narrative Medicine, Columbia University School of Professional Studies
Areas of expertise
health humanities, narrative medicine, learner wellness, autism spectrum disorder, social neuroscience, undergraduate and graduate medical education.
BIO
Jeremiah Dickerson is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and practices child and adolescent psychiatry at the UVM Medical Center where he is the director for the general psychiatry residency program. Clinically, his work focuses on autism diagnostic assessments and supporting neurodivergent individuals of all ages through family-centered care. At UVM, he’s had the privilege to create a range of teaching opportunities that bridge his interests of mental health, stigmatization, connectedness and community, narrative medicine, the history of psychiatry, social neuroscience, and the humanities. He’s facilitated book groups for a range of medical learners, has led museum visits for medical students, and teaches courses centered on psychiatric memoirs, graphic medicine, and the intersection of popular culture and mental health.
Courses
- Popular Culture & Mental Health
- Engaging the Story: Appreciating Lived Experience Through Communal Reading
- 2017-2020: Sex, Love, & the Neuroscience of Relationships - Graphic Medicine: Using Comics to Understand Psychiatry
- Various didactic series for psychiatry residents and fellows: Diagnostic Interviewing, Developmental Disorders, Interviewing and Assessment. History of Psychiatry, Neuroscience 1, 2, & 3,
- Psychiatry clerkship didactics: Stigma & Mental Health; Formulation & Assessment
- 2019-2024: Faculty facilitator for Professionalism, Communication, & Reflection (PCR)
- Healthy Brains, Healthy Bodies: Neuroscience of Relationships
Awards and Achievements
- 2026: Narrative Medicine Certificate of Professional Achievement, Columbia University School of Professional Studies
- 2023: Psychiatry Residency Program Resident Appreciation Award
- 2023: Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, UVM Larner College of Medicine
- 2022: American College of Psychiatrists Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education
- 2021: Psychiatry Residency Program Excellence in Academic Teaching Award
- 2013: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Teaching Award
Bio
Jeremiah Dickerson is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and practices child and adolescent psychiatry at the UVM Medical Center where he is the director for the general psychiatry residency program. Clinically, his work focuses on autism diagnostic assessments and supporting neurodivergent individuals of all ages through family-centered care. At UVM, he’s had the privilege to create a range of teaching opportunities that bridge his interests of mental health, stigmatization, connectedness and community, narrative medicine, the history of psychiatry, social neuroscience, and the humanities. He’s facilitated book groups for a range of medical learners, has led museum visits for medical students, and teaches courses centered on psychiatric memoirs, graphic medicine, and the intersection of popular culture and mental health.
Courses
- Popular Culture & Mental Health
- Engaging the Story: Appreciating Lived Experience Through Communal Reading
- 2017-2020: Sex, Love, & the Neuroscience of Relationships - Graphic Medicine: Using Comics to Understand Psychiatry
- Various didactic series for psychiatry residents and fellows: Diagnostic Interviewing, Developmental Disorders, Interviewing and Assessment. History of Psychiatry, Neuroscience 1, 2, & 3,
- Psychiatry clerkship didactics: Stigma & Mental Health; Formulation & Assessment
- 2019-2024: Faculty facilitator for Professionalism, Communication, & Reflection (PCR)
- Healthy Brains, Healthy Bodies: Neuroscience of Relationships
Awards and Achievements
- 2026: Narrative Medicine Certificate of Professional Achievement, Columbia University School of Professional Studies
- 2023: Psychiatry Residency Program Resident Appreciation Award
- 2023: Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, UVM Larner College of Medicine
- 2022: American College of Psychiatrists Award for Creativity in Psychiatric Education
- 2021: Psychiatry Residency Program Excellence in Academic Teaching Award
- 2013: Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Teaching Award