Jennifer Le, M.D.

Jennifer Le, M.D., recently joined the UofL faculty as an assistant professor of child, adolescent and family psychiatry. She is practicing at the Bingham Clinic, the university’s outpatient psychiatric facility for children, evaluating, diagnosing and treating children and adolescents with psychiatric illnesses. In her role at the Bingham Clinic, she also assists in linking families with community support resources. She also sees patients at Kosair Children’s Hospital, where she is an attending physician on the Ackerly Child Psychiatry Unit. Le received her medical degree from the University of Louisville in 2002 and completed a residency in psychiatry and a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Le is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, the Kentucky Psychiatric Medical Association and the Greater Louisville Medical Society.

Laura Shaffer, Ph.D.

Laura Shaffer, Ph.D., has joined the UofL faculty as an assistant professor of child, adolescent and family psychiatry and as director of postdoctoral and internship  the psychology residency programs in the division of child and adolescent psychiatry.  Shaffer earned her doctorate degree in child clinical psychology from the University of Denver in 2002. She completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health in 2004. Shaffer has published academic papers on the subject of adolescent psychology, and her work addresses topics such as the role of romantic relationships in adolescent development, other-sex friendships in adolescence and adolescent sexuality. Shaffer will conduct outpatient assessments and individual and family psychotherapy in the Bingham Clinic and serve as psychological consultant to the Healthy for Life program in the department of pediatrics. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Kentucky Psychological Association.

Brandi Jones, Ph.D.

Brandi Jones, Ph.D., has joined the UofL faculty as an assistant professor of child, adolescent and family psychiatry and she serves as the director of the Keller Day Treatment Program at the Bingham Clinic. Jones is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, from which she received her doctorate degree, and she completed an internship and a post-doctoral fellowship at Indiana University. Her work has focused on the psychological issues that face adolescent girls. Jones has published and presented data on adjustment issues as they relate to socioeconomic status and she is involved with several professional organizations including the American Psychological Association and the American Psychological Society. The Keller Day Treatment Program provides treatment for children too unstable to receive care on an outpatient basis, but who don’t require inpatient care. Treatments include individual, group, family and expressive therapies provided in a structured therapeutic environment. The program runs six hours per day, five days per week and also offers individualized instruction in special education classrooms. Jones will also deliver outpatient psychological services in the Bingham Outpatient Clinic.

The Bingham Clinic has been in existence since 1913, and is one of the oldest child guidance centers in the country. For over two generations, the clinic has been a vital part of the activities of the department of psychiatry of the University of Louisville School of Medicine. The clinic provides outpatient psychiatric services for local children and for children throughout the region. These services include careful psychiatric and psychological evaluation and treatments including pharmacotherapy, individual psychotherapy, family therapy and education. Unique aspects of outpatient services include evaluation and coordination of care of autistic children; evaluation of children who set fires; treatments for children with chronic illness; assessment and treatment of adolescent females with sexual behavior problems, and specialized family consultations.