Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, MD, MS, MAS
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Associate Program Director, UCSF Psychiatry Residency Training Program
Director, UCSF Public Psychiatry Fellowship at ZSFG
Director, UCSF Post Baccalaureate & Outreach Programs
Friday, February 20, 2026
5pm-6:30pm PST
Workshop Description:
Interested in psychiatry, mental health, or the “why” behind medicine? Join us for an energizing, candid conversation with Dr. Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, a UCSF psychiatrist and educator who trains future physicians and leads outreach programs for aspiring doctors. She will share her journey into psychiatry, what public psychiatry looks like at Zuckerberg San Francisco General, and how clinicians support patients facing complex social and behavioral health challenges. You will also learn how residency training works, how fellowships can shape a career, and how to explore mental health early through coursework, volunteering, research, and clinical exposure. This session is designed for community college, transfer, post-bacc, and university premeds who want a realistic roadmap. Dr. Ogbu-Nwobodo will also talk about mentorship, wellness, and sustainable success today. Most importantly, bring your questions. You can come, ask your questions, and get answers in real time, directly from the source, instead of second-hand myths or advice from people who have no clue about the process. Leave with practical next steps, resources, and a clearer picture of where you fit in medicine.
About the Speaker:
Lucy Ogbu-Nwobodo, MD, MS, MAS is dedicated to improving health care through social justice. After completing her medical school education from the University of California, Davis, (UC Davis), she moved to Boston for residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)/McLean Harvard Psychiatry Program, where she served as the MGH Administrative Chief Resident and Chair of the MGH Resident and Fellow Committee.
She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and serves in a number of leadership and clinical roles at UCSF, including as Director of the Public Psychiatry Fellowship, Associate Program Director in the Psychiatry Residency Training Program, and as the Director of the UCSF School of Medicine’s Post Baccalaureate Program and Office of Outreach.
She currently serves as a Co-Editor of the Racism and Mental Health Equity column with the Psychiatric Services Journal, which is a monthly publication of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). She is an elected Board Member of the American Association for Community Psychiatry (AACP) as well as the Black Psychiatrists of America, Inc. (BPA). She has created pipeline programs focused on optimizing the matriculation of historically excluded students into health professional programs, including starting the 501c3 non-profit organization Health Equity Leadership Academy, Inc.
She is a highly sought after keynote speaker and has received numerous awards and recognition for leadership and dedication to public service from many institutions and organizations including: the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), National Academy of Medicine (NAM), Harvard Medical School, UCSF, American Psychiatric Association (APA), The American College of Psychiatrists (ACP), Association for Academic Psychiatry (AAP), and many others.
The primary theme of her work is based on equity-focused organizational initiatives, culturally congruent community engagement, equitable mental health services delivery for marginalized communities, reproductive justice, and healthcare workforce diversity.
Register for Free:
What: From Passion to Psychiatry: A Physician’s Journey Through Psychiatry, Purpose, and Mental Health
When: Friday, February 20, 2026, 5 PM (Pacific Standard Time)
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