About me
Dr. Billina Shaw is a Senior Medical Advisor within the Center for Mental Health Services at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). She is triple board certified in the areas of child, adolescent, and adult psychiatry and addiction medicine and is recognized as a Fellow of both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Society of Addiction Medicine. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Yale University, Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and Master’s Degree of Public Health from the Bloomberg Johns Hopkins School of Public Health where she was a Bloomberg American Health Initiative Fellow in the Addiction and Overdose focus area. She did her general adult and child and adolescent psychiatry training at the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt residency training program. Prior to working at SAMHSA, she served as the Medical Director of the Behavioral Health Division of the Prince George’s County Health Department. At SAMHSA, some of her areas of focus include serving as a liaison to the 988 and Behavioral Health Crisis Coordinating Office, co-leading the Black Youth Suicide Prevention Initiative, directing the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee, and assisting with Center activities concerning the behavioral health impacts of Long COVID.
