Dr. Robert McCarron is a driving force behind efforts to train California’s primary care providers in psychiatry and substance use disorder treatment. He is Founding Director for the UC Irvine Train New Trainers Primary Care Fellowship and the Train New Trainers Primary Care Training and Education in Addiction Medicine Fellowship.

These innovative programs teach physicians the key aspects of psychiatric treatment, including how to diagnose commonly encountered conditions such as mood, anxiety, psychotic and substance use disorders. The program “trains the trainer,” to spread knowledge of these principles beyond course attendees. Thousands of people have taken the courses since the founding of the program in 2015.