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Theresa Bui graduated from university of Saint Thomas with a Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry in 2006 and received her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the University of North Texas - Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011. She completed the first 3 years of the General Psychiatry Residency Program at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and is currently doing her fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UTMB. She is currently involved in a community outreach project to raise mental health awareness in the Vietnamese community in the Houston-Galveston area by utilizing local Vietnamese radio and television channels.

• B.A., 2008, University of Saint Thomas, Houston, Texas
• D.O., 2011, University of North Texas - Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas

Dr. Chai received his medical degree from Zhejiang Medical University in 1995. He also received a Ph.D. degree in neuroscience from the University of Hong Kong in 2000. He worked in the field of neuroscience and cardiovascular system for the next ten years as an instructor and senior scientist in Baylor College of Medicine and Stanford University. He has over 70 peer review publications. He finished his general psychiatry residency training from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and joined the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry fellowship at UTMB in 2014. He is currently working with Drs. Thomas and Temple to explore possible translational research projects during his fellowship training.

• M.D., 1995, Zhejiang Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejian Province, China
• Ph.D., 2000, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong

Awards

• 2004-2006, Young Investigator Research Award,
• 2004-2006, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine,
• 2012-2013, American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education/Janssen Resident Psychiatric Research Scholars,
• 2013-2014, Excellent Resident of the Year for Outpatient Psychiatry Service,