Dr. Vincent Collins Joins CHI Board of Trustees

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 5, 2020

The Board of Trustees of the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) has elected Dr. Vincent Collins as its newest member. Collins, who recently retired from his role as Associate Director of the Department of Behavioral Health at Denver Health, brings a depth of knowledge and experience in behavioral health with an emphasis in child and adolescent psychiatry to CHI’s board.

Collins’s career has included both clinical practice and academic research. In addition to his role at Denver Health, he most recently served as an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. His primary academic interests included working with adolescents suffering from severe mood disorders and with adolescents exhibiting symptoms of a psychotic process.

“Vincent brings a deep knowledge of the behavioral health system and the unique needs of young patients,” said Romana Hasnain-Wynia, Chief Research Officer at Denver Health and Chair of the CHI Board of Trustees. “We are excited that he is bringing his passion and expertise to our board.”

Since 2002, CHI has served as a nonpartisan, independent advisor and source of research and data for Colorado’s policymakers, foundations, community organizations, and health care systems. CHI is known for bringing insights from quantitative and qualitative analysis to bear on the most pressing issues affecting the health of Coloradans.

“I have dedicated my career to ensuring that all people – especially the youngest members of our communities – have the behavioral health support and care they need,” Collins said. “I look forward to being a part of the Colorado Health Institute and advancing its mission of ensuring that health policy is guided by data and evidence-based research.”

Collins received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and holds a B.A. from Yale University. He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 2009 and spent the year helping to establish a Department of Psychiatry at the Medical College of Malawi, in the city of Blantyre. The Department remains responsible for providing care to patients at the tertiary care teaching hospital and also for training medical students, nurses, and graduate students from Malawi and neighboring Zimbabwe.

More recently, Collins has pursued his other passion, earning a B.A. in Music from the Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2018. He is an avid saxophone player who still nurses a dream of securing a recording contract someday.