Dr. Noshene Ranjbar is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson, Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Integrative Psychiatry Clinic at Banner - UMC South. She also serves as the Training Director for the Integrative Psychiatry Program. Dr. Ranjbar’s interests include integrative psychiatry, health disparities with a focus on Native American and immigrant mental health, and mind-body medicine. Dr. Ranjbar is involved in advocacy for refugees seeking asylum to the United States. She also serves as faculty at the Center for Mind-Body Medicine where she is involved in building health promotion programs within Native communities. She graduated from the UArizona COM-T Psychiatry residency program in 2012.
Noshene E. Ranjbar, MD
Associate Professor, (Clinical Scholar Track)
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Training Director, Integrative Psychiatry Program
Selected Publications:
Degrees
- MD: University of Virginia School of Medicine, 2002
- BA: University of Virginia, 1998
Honors and Awards
- Ron and Karen Pust Faculty Global Health Award February 2025
- Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion College of Medicine - Tucson Faculty Award March 2023
- Innovation Award for Integrative Medicine in Residency, Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 2020
- 1st Place Poster Award, Academy of Medical Education Scholars 5th Annual Medical Education Research Day, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, 2018
- Learning to Lead selected faculty participant, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 2017-2018
- Child Fellows’ Award for Excellence in Psychiatric Education, University of Arizona Department of Psychiatry, 2017
- Clinical Sciences Teaching Excellence Award, Academy for Medical Education Scholars, University of Arizona College of Medicine, 2017
- Tucson Public Voices Fellow, The Op-Ed Project, Tucson, AZ, 2017
- Faculty Travel Award – University of Arizona, 2015
- Special Project Faculty Initiative Award, University of Arizona Department of Psychiatry, 2014
- Farley Fund Fellowship Award, Boston Children's Hospital, 2012
- Senior Resident Award for Best Overall Performance, University of Arizona Department of Psychiatry, 2012
Residency
- University of Arizona Department of Psychiatry, 2009-2012
Internship
- Middlesex Hospital Family Practice Residency Program, Family Medicine, 2003-2004
Fellowship
- University of Arizona, Integrative Medicine, 2014-2016
- Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2012-2014
Board Certifications
- American Board of Integrative Medicine, 2017
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2016
- American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology - General Psychiatry, 2015
Publications
2021
Ranjbar, MD. Noshene E., MD. Matt Erb, MD. Julie Mari Tomkins, MD. Krishna Taneja, and MD. Amelia Villagomez, Implementing a Mind-Body Skills Group in Psychiatric Residency Training, 2021.
2020
Ranjbar, N., M. Erb, O. Mohammad, and F. A. Moreno, "Trauma-Informed Care and Cultural Humility in the Mental Health Care of People From Minoritized Communities.", Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ), vol. 18, issue 1, pp. 8-15, 2020 Jan.
PMCID: PMC7011220 PMID: 32047392
2019
Ranjbar, N., M. Ricker, and A. Villagomez, "The Integrative Psychiatry Curriculum: Development of an Innovative Model.", Glob Adv Health Med, vol. 8, pp. 2164956119847118, 2019.
PMCID: PMC6496491 PMID: 31080697
Renjbar, N., and M. Erb, "Adverse Childhood Experiences and Trauma-Informed Care in Rehabilitation Clinical Practice,” Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation (2019)., 2019.
Ranjbar, N., K. Alexander, M. Erb, and M. Gleason, "Psychiatric-Legal Partnerships Addressing Family Separation at the Border and the Long-Term Effects of Trauma", American Journal of Family Law, 09/2019.