Deborah Deas, M.D., M.P.H. is the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, the Mark and Pam Rubin Dean of the School of Medicine, and Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, Riverside (UCR).
Dr. Deas is a child/adolescent and addiction psychiatrist who completed her medical doctor degree, residency, and fellowship training at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). She also completed a National Institutes of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) research fellowship.
In 2024, Deas was named a distinguished life fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. In 2022, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine, which advises the nation on issues of health, healthcare, biomedical sciences, and technology. Dr. Deas has received a variety of accolades and awards at the national, regional, and local levels, including certificates of recognition from the California State Senate, the California State Assembly, and the County of Riverside (2020), the Woman of Action Award from the Riverside City Council (2020), the National Hispanic Health Foundation Award in Medicine (2019), and the NAACP Riverside Branch #1059 Medicine award (2019). In 2023 she received an honorary doctorate of humane letters (LHD) from Western University of Health Sciences
She is board certified in adult psychiatry, child/adolescent psychiatry, and addiction psychiatry.