Temre Uzuncan, PsyD
Clinical Services Faculty
tuzuncan@wi.edu

BA Psychology California State University Long Beach, California, 1994
MA Psychology The Wright Institute, Berkeley, California, 2000
PsyD The Wright Institute, Berkeley, California, 2003

Temre Uzuncan, Psy.D. is a clinical psychologist and Director of the Wright Institute’s Integrated Health Psychology Training Program (IHPTP), an APA-Accredited Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship Program that places trainees in primary care and family practice medical residency programs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Dr. Uzuncan specializes in health psychology and behavioral medicine and has dedicated her career to building a workforce development pipeline of health service psychologists in community health settings. Dr. Uzuncan currently serves as Director-at-Large for the California Psychological Association Division 1, advocating for mental health professionals and accessible services to the public. In addition, Dr. Uzuncan is a member of the American Psychological Association, Division 38, Health Psychology and serves as the Project Director/Principal Investigator of the HRSA Graduate Psychology Education (GPE) Grant 2022-25 focused on community partnerships for increased access to trauma-informed behavioral health services. Dr. Uzuncan’s interests include the intersection of neuroscience, health, mental health and complex trauma.

Publications and Presentations:
Uzuncan, T., Niameh F., Zhang, S., Liang,Y., Changaris, M., Driving Public Health with Integrated Behavioral Health: Education, Policy, and Training (Division 18) APA 2025 (American Psychological Association) Presentation Accepted.
Uzuncan, T., Joshi, H., Crooks, S., Changaris, M. Driving Population Health Through Primary Care Partnerships: Case Study ADHD Clinic Development. California Psychological Association Convention September 21, 2024.
2024 San Joaquin Valley Integrated Behavioral Health Convening highlighting our work. Expert Panelist: Strengthening the Integrated Behavioral Health Workforce Across California Through Training Pipelines: Opportunities and Challenges, May 18, 2024.
Joshi H., Changaris, M. Corcoran-Lozano, P., Uzuncan, T. Partnering for Change: A Model for Integrating Residency Training Programs, (Workshop) Jonathan Rodnick Family & Community Medicine Colloquium UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine May 2023.
Uzuncan, T., Changaris, M., Magidi, D., & Dickerson, S. (2019). The Wright Institute Health Coaching Department Clinical Outcomes as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9 and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale GAD-7. Poster presented at 5th annual CCHS Research and Scholarship Day.
Hans, N., Perlman Berry, S., O’Donnell, N., Uzuncan, T. Naylor, J., Changaris, M., & Magidi, D. (2019). Reducing Disparities Through Access: Primary Care Health Psychologist Providing Culturally Responsive Neuropsychology Assessment Poster presented at 5th annual CCHS Research and Scholarship Day.
Newman, G. Uzuncan, T., Zurita-Ona, P. (2010) Integrated Health Psychology Training Program: Preparing an emerging professional psychology workforce to practice in Primary Care settings. Presentation at the California Psychological Association Annual Convention, Orange County, CA.
Newman, G. H. and Uzuncan, T. (2008). Primary care psychology: Creating access and improving the quality of care. The California Psychologist, 41, (5), 19-21.