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Deborah V. Deas
Deborah V. Deas
Alma mater	College of Charleston; University of South Carolina; Medical University of South Carolina
	Scientific career
Fields	Psychiatry
Institutions	Medical University of South Carolina; University of California, Riverside

Deborah Victoria Deas is an American psychiatrist and academic administrator serving as the dean of the UC Riverside School of Medicine since 2016. She is a distinguished professor of psychiatry.

Life

Deas is from Adams Run, South Carolina.^[1] She earned a B.S. in biology from the College of Charleston in 1978.^[1] She completed a M.P.H. from the University of South Carolina in 1979.^[1] In 1989, Deas received her M.D. from Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC).^[1] She completed an adult psychiatric residency (1992) and a child and adolescent psychiatric fellowship (1994) and an addiction psychiatry fellowship.^[1]^[2] She conducted a substance abuse research fellowship with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.^[1]

Deas researches pharmacotherapy and psychosocial treatments in adults and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety disorders, and substance use disorders.^[1] Deas was the founding director of the MUSC adolescent substance abuse program.^[1] She also worked as the senior associate dean for medical education, chief academic officer, and senior associate dean for diversity and admissions.^[1] Deas was the interim dean of the college of medicine and a professor of psychiatry.^[1] In May 2016, Deas joined the University of California, Riverside as its vice chancellor for sciences.^[1]^[2] She is also the Mark and Pam Rubin dean of the UC Riverside School of Medicine and a distinguished professor of psychiatry.^[1] She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2022.^[1] She is a fellow with the American College of Psychiatrists and the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.^[1]