Hani Talebi, Ph.D., LSSP
Vice President, Health Systems Integration
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
Affiliate Faculty, Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School
Hani Talebi, Ph.D., LSSP, is an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and a courtesy affiliate faculty member in the UT Austin’s Departments of Pediatrics and Educational Psychology. Formerly the director of pediatric psychology, Talebi is also a licensed pediatric psychologist and licensed specialist in school psychology.
Talebi earned his combined doctorate in clinical, counseling and school psychology with a specialization in clinical child and adolescent psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and his bachelor’s in cognitive science with a focus on infant cognition and evidence-based treatment of externalizing behavior disorders from the University of California, Irvine. He completed an internship in pediatric psychology at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County and a fellowship in pediatric trauma at Child Abuse Listening and Mediation at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also completed a clinical research assistantship at Children’s National Medical Center, where he oversaw clinical trials investigating the efficacy of various interventions for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and other co-morbid conditions.
Talebi currently serves as the vice president of health system integration at the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute. In addition to technical aptitude in numerous evidence-based modalities, his administrative efforts at the juncture of the medical and mental health models have resulted in innovative program development, various quality improvement initiatives and fiscally sustainable service provision platforms across milieus. His research interests focus on pediatric trauma, contextually relevant supervision practices on the C/L milieu and decreasing all hospital readmission rates for children diagnosed with chronic illness.
Disclosure: Dr. Talebi has no relevant financial relationship(s), potential or perceived, with commercial or conflicts of interest to disclose.