Nicole DelCastillo, MD, MPH

Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer & Clinical Assistant Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Clinical Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine,
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Dr. Nicole DelCastillo is Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at Carle Illinois College of Medicine. Dr. DelCastillo served as a research fellow in the Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.  She previously completed a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Residency/Fellowship at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA in 2014.  From 2011 to 2013, Dr. DelCastillo was an American Psychiatric Association/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Minority Fellow.  Her community service efforts in Springfield, IL have ranged from co-chair and mentor to the High School Pipeline Mentoring Program, to mentor at Enos Elementary School, to breakfast cook and server at the Washington Street Mission.  All of her work thus far has been focused on working with disadvantaged youth with the goal of reducing disparities and eliminating the barriers of stigma, lack of education and access that prevent minority and underserved patients from receiving needed mental health services.  Dr. DelCastillo received her medical degree from Southern Illinois University (SIU), School of Medicine (SOM), Springfield, IL in 2009.  She completed her general psychiatry residency at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA in 2012.