Seon Kum wins APA Minority Award

Department news | June 30, 2015


Seon Kum, Psychiatry PGY-3 Resident, has won a one-year funded American Psychiatric Association/SAMHSA Minority Fellowship to pursue projects and national leadership activities focused on diversity in mental health care and addressing health disparities. Seon’s plans for his fellowship year include establishing a Men of Color group for patients at the Seattle VA, helping to initiate and mentor medical students in the Department’s Diversity Subinternship Program, and exploring local mental health care delivery and needs for underserved groups, as well as national best practices.