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Aaron Tyler O'Dea Short
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Psych/General Psychiatry and Psychology (Adult)
BioDr. Aaron Short is a Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated) in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine and Medical Director of the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program at the Menlo Park Division of the VA Palo Alto Health Care System.
Board-certified in Adult and Geriatric Psychiatry, Dr. Short cares for adults and older adults with complex psychiatric and medical conditions. His interests include neurocognitive disorders, behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, late-life mood disorders, neuropsychiatric complications of medical illness, and psychodynamic psychotherapy. He emphasizes evidence-based, compassionate, patient-centered care and interdisciplinary collaboration.
His clinical experience spans outpatient psychiatry, home-based psychiatric care and primary care programs, inpatient psychiatry, long-term care consultation, geriatric psychiatry e-consultations, and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). From 2015 to 2026, he provided ECT at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC) in Houston. He served as a consultant to VA Community Living Centers.
Dr. Short has served the Veterans Health Administration since 2011, integrating clinical care, education, and leadership. At VA Palo Alto, he leads interdisciplinary mental health services, strengthening operations, quality improvement, and training. Previously, he was Associate Director of the Behavioral Health Interdisciplinary Program at the MEDVAMC. His faculty appointments include Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) and McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, with leadership roles in psychiatry residency, geriatric medicine fellowship, and postgraduate physician assistant training. He mentors and supervises Stanford psychiatry residents and physician assistant students.
He earned a BS in Neuroscience and BA in Spanish, with a minor in Latin American Studies, at Tulane University. He also completed undergraduate coursework at Tufts University, Emory University, the University of Buenos Aires, and the University of Havana. During the summers of 2004 and 2005, he served as Assistant to the Director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). His early research included Chagas disease laboratory work at the University of Buenos Aires.
He earned his MD and MPH in Health Systems Management at Tulane, completed psychiatry residency at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital, serving as Chief Resident, and completed a Geriatric Psychiatry fellowship at BCM. Additional training includes psychodynamic psychotherapy at the Florida Psychoanalytic Center and transcranial magnetic stimulation at the Medical University of South Carolina.
His academic contributions include a VA MIRECC-supported educational initiative in Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) training, a coauthored book chapter on early-life trauma and suicide, and invited geriatric psychiatry presentations at institutional, regional, and international levels. His honors include the 2026 Tulane Medical Alumni Association Young Alumni Leadership Award; the 2025 Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award for Teaching and Evaluation and 2020 Outstanding Educator Award from BCM; the PGY-3 Clinical Service Award and Exemplary Teaching Award during residency; and the 2015 award for "Exceptional Therapeutic Skill, Psychodynamic Understanding, and Aptitude for Psychodynamic Psychotherapy" from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and Florida Psychoanalytic Institute. He was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society in 2014.
A Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Short is committed to advancing geriatric mental healthcare, developing future clinicians, and strengthening integrated psychiatric services. -
Ana Lilia Soto
Youth Development Manager, Psych/Public Mental Health & Population Sciences
Current Role at StanfordYouth Development Manager
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Aline Rocha
INSPIRE Training Manager, Psych/Public Mental Health & Population Sciences
Current Role at StanfordINSPIRE Training Manager
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Caleb Matthew Spiro
Casual Non-Exempt, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
BioMy main research interest revolves around understanding the general cognitive and affective properties of the mind, and how the prognosis of good and poor mental health status affects the developmental trajectories under chronic stress. To what extent reward-based networks can lead to increased proximity to vulnerability or heightened sensitivity to mental illness, specifically within the context of youth and adolescents, is an area that I am especially interested in. I am most interested in what factors help individuals become more resilient and build a narrative that they can get better with the right treatment practices. I believe that this can be done by combining neuroscience and functional imaging techniques (ex: fMRI, EEG) into the study and practice of clinical psychology.
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Nicole Stigler
Life Science Research Professional 1, Psych/General Psychiatry and Psychology (Adult)
BioNicole received her B.S. in Neuroscience and Psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she led research on the neural circuitry of sustained attention and the reinforcing properties of ketamine metabolites. She is passionate about identifying the cell-type specific circuits supporting motivated behavior and stress resilience to improve health outcomes.
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Savanna Elizabeth Stromberg
Associate Project Coordinator, Psych/Public Mental Health & Population Sciences
BioSavanna Stromberg, BS, is an Associate Project Coordinator at Stanford CDI, who will be working across projects on C-DIAS, CMHIS, and RASC. She recently received her BS in Psychology from the University of Washington, where she conducted research on trauma and mental health outcomes in the Honors Psychology program. With a strong interest in substance use interventions and mental health, Savanna is eager to expand her expertise in implementation research. At Stanford CDI, Savanna supports multi-project management, helps build and organize data, and assists with the development, communication, and design of research findings to internal and external audiences.
