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A new psychiatry residency program is launching in the area to help meet the state’s growing behavioral health workforce needs. Developed through the Sam Houston Regional Education Consortium (SHREC), in partnership with Tri-County Behavioral Healthcare and Huntsville Memorial Hospital, the program plans to welcome its inaugural class of four residents in July 2026. SHREC, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-accredited institutional sponsor housed within the Sam Houston State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, will oversee the residency.

Sam Houston State University psychology professor Marcus T. Boccaccini has been named a Texas State University System Regents’ Professor, the highest academic honor bestowed by the TSUS Board of Regents.

Third-year student doctor Caroline Podvin, Class of 2027, entered her internal medicine rotation eager to learn how experienced physicians work through complex cases and uncertainty.